WinRAR, the popular file compression and decompression utility, has a security vulnerability that allows attackers to remotely execute code on the user’s computer when opening an SFX (Self-extracting archive) file.Read More →
The Microsoft Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit, short EMET, is an optional download for all supported client and server versions of Microsoft’s Windows operating system that adds exploit mitigation to theRead More →
Yesterday’s update of the encryption software VeraCyrpt fixed two vulnerabilities that security researcher James Forshaw discovered in TrueCrypt’s source code. TrueCrypt, which has been abandoned by its developers, is stillRead More →
Yahoo’s developers have open-sourced Gryffin, a security scanner for Web content, specifically designed to cut down the number of false positives and also work at very large scales. Yahoo hasRead More →
In case didn’t know or need a reminder, browser cookies aren’t exactly impervious to attack. The DHS-sponsored CERT at the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University this week droppedRead More →
Once again, fully patched iPhone lock screens can be bypassed with a few keystrokes. iPhone users have yet another screenlock bypass vulnerability to watch out for, according to a newRead More →
Cisco pushed out on Wednesday its usual semiannual round of patches for IOS, the software the company uses for most of its routers and switches. This month’s security advisories addressedRead More →
TV starlet offers iCloud access, photoshopped nudes, to bait voyeur hackers. The chief hacker behind the infamous iCloud celebrity hacks has revealed in a documentary how the group dubbed RipSecRead More →
Antivirus applications and other security software are supposed to make users more secure, but a growing body of research shows that in some cases, they can open people to hacksRead More →
Security researchers at VerSprite have tested and discovered a few vulnerabilities in Western Digital’s My Cloud NAS (Network Attached Storage) hard drive, marketed by the company as your own personalRead More →
