Some 1114 vulnerabilities were discovered in the five most popular browsers. Phil Muncaster Secunia Research last year spotted over 16,000 vulnerabilities across more than 2400 products, with nearly 14% rated…
Day: March 17, 2016
American Express warns customers about third-party breach
Incident took place in 2013, but the third-party service provider isn’t named. By Steve Ragan In a notification letter dated March 10, American Express warns cardholders that their account information…
TeslaCrypt ransomware now impossible to crack, researchers say
Victims can either either restore files from a backup or if that’s not possible, pay up. By Jeremy Kirk The latest version of the TeslaCrypt ransomware has tidied up a…
'Millions' of Android mobes vulnerable to new Stagefright exploit
Paper lays out how to bypass Google’s ASLR. Richard Chirgwin A group of Israeli researchers reckon they’ve cracked the challenge of crafting a reliable exploit for the Stagefright vulnerability that…
'Millions' of Android mobes vulnerable to new Stagefright exploit
Paper lays out how to bypass Google’s ASLR. Richard Chirgwin A group of Israeli researchers reckon they’ve cracked the challenge of crafting a reliable exploit for the Stagefright vulnerability that…
Dozens of Russian banks Phished by crooks pretending to be FinCERT
Campaign was well executed and planned, researchers say. By Steve Ragan Dozens of banks in Russia were targeted this week by hackers pretending to be the security arm of the…