Experts at Bitdefender have discovered a flaw in Linux Encryption Ransomware Linux.Encoder1 that exposes the decryption Key used to lock the files. Last week security experts at Russian antivirus firmRead More →
All Ubuntu users are urged to update as soon as possible. Canonical has just published four Ubuntu Security Notices that detail a recent Linux kernel vulnerability discovered in the kernel packagesRead More →
Major bug goes unnoticed in one of Java’s most popular libraries, despite getting a CVSS vulnerability score of 10 Back in late January, two security researchers (Gabriel Lawrence and ChrisRead More →
Google’s Nexus Android devices are considered the most secure by default since they’re guaranteed to receive all security patches for vulnerabilities found internally and those disclosed by third parties. Google’sRead More →
Software maker issued security patch hours after reports surfaced it was breached. Developers of the vBulletin software package for website forums released a security patch Monday night, just hours afterRead More →
Facebook’s is always changing and its team is adding new functionality every couple of months. With new changes there are chances of affecting security and introducing vulnerabilities explains an informationRead More →
Timing attacks are an interesting part of computer security. As an extreme example, imagine that your computer took one second to verify each character in your login password. And nowRead More →
My last on-topic post pontificated about the dangers and surprise of letting third parties into your house or codebase, where I discussed the addition of a TV DVR system to myRead More →
Cracking Wi-Fi passwords, spoofing accounts, and testing networks for exploits is all fun enough, but if you want to take the show on the road, you’ll want an easilyRead More →
Experts at Symantec have discovered a new variant of the Chikdos DDoS-Trojan that is targeting MySQL servers worldwide. There is a malware in the wild that abuses MySQL Servers forRead More →
