Security News

Will February’s Patch Tuesday fix a known zero-day? (Help Net Security)
2017-02-10 13:00

Coming into Patch Tuesday we have a known zero day on the Microsoft side, and we’ve seen example code for an SMB exploit that could lead to DoS and BYOD of a system. US CERT recommends blocking...

Week in review: Windows DoS zero-day, uncloaking Tor Browser users (Help Net Security)
2017-02-06 04:32

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Half of IT pros don’t know how to improve their security posture Mid-market enterprises have high confidence in their...

Exploit for Windows DoS zero-day published, patch out on Tuesday? (Help Net Security)
2017-02-03 20:12

A zero-day bug affecting Windows 10, 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and 2016 can be exploited to crash a vulnerable system and possibly even to compromise it. The bug It is a memory corruption bug in...

Microsoft Waits for Patch Tuesday to Fix SMB Zero Day (Threatpost)
2017-02-03 13:36

Microsoft said a Windows SMB zero day, which has a public proof-of-concept exploit available, is low risk and won’t be patched until an upcoming Patch Tuesday.

WordPress kept users and hackers in the dark while secretly fixing critical zero-day (Help Net Security)
2017-02-02 17:09

Last week WordPress released the newest version (4.7.2) of the popular CMS, ostensibly fixing three security issues affecting versions 4.7.1 and earlier. What the WordPress team didn’t share at...

WordPress: Why we didn't tell you about a big zero-day we fixed last week (ZDNet)
2017-02-02 13:21

WordPress fixed god-mode zero day without disclosing the problem (The Register)
2017-02-02 02:20

Adobe Patches 31 Vulnerabilities, Flash Zero-Day Under Attack (Threatpost)
2016-12-13 18:00

As part of Patch Tuesday Adobe patched a zero-day vulnerability in Flash Player the company claims is being used in targeted attacks against Internet Explorer users on Windows.

Mozilla Patches Firefox Zero Day Used to Unmask Tor Browser Users (Threatpost)
2016-12-01 17:00

Mozilla released a new version of Firefox on Wednesday to address a zero day vulnerability that was actively being exploited to de-anonymize Tor Browser users.

Tor Patched Against Zero Day Under Attack (Threatpost)
2016-11-30 17:44

A zero-day vulnerability in Firefox, similar to one created by the FBI in 2013, is actively being exploited in the Tor Project’s anonymizing TorBrowser.