The IT systems of three US hospitals have been infected with ransomware, which encrypts vital files and demands money to unlock them. The systems, at Kentucky Methodist Hospital, Chino ValleyRead More →
Apple is a company that has maintained and reinforced the statement over and over again that it takes consumer privacy very seriously — This approach is indeed inspiring and admirable. ButRead More →
Android re-installation ahoy to sink privilege elevation that opens avenue for rooting apps. Google has shipped an out-of-band patch for Android shuttering a bug that is under active exploitation to rootRead More →
Only 1 in 20 HTTPS servers correctly implements HTTP Strict Transport Security, a widely-supported security feature that prevents visitors making unencrypted HTTP connections to a server. The remaining 95% areRead More →
New research finds “bitflipping” attacks may pose more risk than many admit. Physical weaknesses in memory chips that make computers and servers susceptible to hack attacks dubbed “Rowhammer” are more exploitableRead More →
Security researchers have successfully exploited the Android-based Stagefright bug and remotely hacked a phone, which may leave millions devices vulnerable to attack. Israeli software research company NorthBit claimed it hadRead More →
A kernel bug in Snapdragon chips may make billions of Android devices susceptible to hacks.A report from The Hacker News has shed light on a major problem with Qualcomm, Inc.’sRead More →
We’ve discovered a new family of iOS malware that successfully infected non-jailbroken devices we’ve named “AceDeceiver”. What makes AceDeceiver different from previous iOS malware is that instead of abusing enterprise certificatesRead More →
And they’re still cheaper than looking for attacks manually. Nullcon Automated vulnerability scanners turn up mostly false positives, but even the wild goose chase that results can be cheaper for businessesRead More →
Flash, I love you, but we only have fourteen hours to save everyone’s computers. Adobe has urged users to patch their Windows, OS X and Linux editions of Flash Player toRead More →
