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Iranian Hackers Exploiting VPN Flaws to Backdoor Organizations Worldwide

A new report published by cybersecurity researchers has unveiled evidence of Iranian state-sponsored hackers targeting dozens of companies and organizations in…

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Millions Of Windows And Linux Systems Are Vulnerable To This 'Hidden' Cyber Atta

What if I told you that there is an exploitable security risk hiding in plain sight that could result in the compromise of your Linux or Windows machine? What …

Linux Windows

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Critical Bug in WordPress Theme Plugin Opens 200,000 Sites to Hackers

A popular WordPress theme plugin with over 200,000 active installations contains a severe but easy-to-exploit software vulnerability that, if left unpatched, c…

WordPress

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A Dozen Vulnerabilities Affect Millions of Bluetooth LE Powered Devices

A team of cybersecurity researchers late last week disclosed the existence of 12 potentially severe security vulnerabilities, collectively named 'SweynTooth,' …

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Vulnerability In WordPress GDPR Cookie Consent Plugin Risks 700K Websites

Another WordPress plugin has now joined the list of plugins exhibiting threatening security flaws. This time, the vulnerability appeared inVulnerability In Wor…

WordPress

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Microsoft Rolled Out Huge Patch Tuesday February With 99 Bug Fixes

This week, Microsoft has rolled out one of the biggest Patch Tuesday update bundles ever. It contains fixes for 99Microsoft Rolled Out Huge Patch Tuesday Febru…

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Update Microsoft Windows Systems to Patch 99 New Security Flaws

A few hours after Adobe today released security updates for five of its widely-distributed software, Microsoft also issued its February 2020 Patch Tuesday edit…

Windows

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BRIGHTNESS Attack Can Takeover Air-Gapped Systems To Steal Data

Researchers have devised a new strategy to target air-gapped systems. Dubbed BRIGHTNESS, the attack method exploits the screen brightness settingsBRIGHTNESS At…

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Android Bluetooth Vulnerability Allowed Exploit Without User Interaction

Google has revealed a serious security flaw affecting its Android OS. As disclosed, a Bluetooth subsystem vulnerability affected the AndroidAndroid Bluetooth V…

Android

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Open-Source Security in 2020: Myths and Fac

Open-source software isn't a completely chaotic and breached wasteland of vulnerabilities. It's a global effort to make the development lifecycle faster.

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Realtek Patched DLL Hijacking Vulnerability In HD Audio Driver

Realtek has recently confirmed a serious vulnerability in its HD Audio Driver Package for Windows. Upon exploit it could allowRealtek Patched DLL Hijacking Vul…

Windows

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WhatsApp Desktop Platform Security Flaw Allowed Access To Local File System

A researcher found numerous security flaws in the WhatsApp Desktop platform for both Windows and macOS. The vulnerabilities could allowWhatsApp Desktop Platfor…

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Patches to make Sudo utility less open to abu

A flaw that gave out root privileges gets patched. It is a utility that,ÂsaidDan Goodin inÂArs Technica,Âcan be found in "dozens of Unix-like operating systems…

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5 High Impact Flaws Affect Cisco Routers, Switches, IP Phones and Cameras

Several Cisco-manufactured network equipments have been found vulnerable to five new security vulnerabilities that could allow hackers to take complete control…

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Flaw in Philips Smart Light Bulbs Exposes Your WiFi Network to Hackers

There are over a hundred potential ways hackers can ruin your life by having access to your WiFi network that's also connected to your computers, smartphones, …

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Linux and macOS PCs hit by serious Sudo vulnerabili

Have you heard that Linux andÂmacOSÂsystems have been hit by a nasty little bug in the Sudo utility? The good news is it has already been patched.

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Twitter Revealed Exploitation of Android App Flaw That Allowed Matching Phone Numbers With User Accounts

Towards the end of 2019, a researcher found a serious flaw in Twitter for Android app. The bug allowed matchingTwitter Revealed Exploitation of Android App Fla…

Android

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This WhatsApp Bug Could Have Let Attackers Access Files On Your PCs

A cybersecurity researcher today disclosed technical details of multiple high severity vulnerabilities he discovered in WhatsApp, which, if exploited, could ha…

Windows

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WordPress Plugin “Code Snippets” Vulnerability Risked Over 200K Websites

Researchers have found another WordPress plugin to be posing a threat to hundreds of thousands of websites. Specifically, they aWordPress Plugin “Code Snippets…

WordPress

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Hackers Exploited Twitter Bug to Find Linked Phone Numbers of Users

Twitter today issued a warning revealing that attackers abused a legitimate functionality on its platform to unauthorizedly determine phone numbers associated …

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Sudo Bug Lets Non-Privileged Linux and macOS Users Run Commands as Root

Joe Vennix of Apple security has found another significant vulnerability in sudo utility that under a specific configuration could allow low privileged users o…

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Critical Flaw in Zoom Could Allow Attackers to Mess With Meetings

A serious vulnerability existed in the Zoom video conferencing app that the vendor has recently patched. The flaw in theCritical Flaw in Zoom Could Allow Attac…

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RCE in OpenSMTPD library impacts BSD and Linux distr

Security researchers have discovered a vulnerability inside a core email-related library used by many BSD and Linux distributions.ÂThe vulnerability, tracked a…

Linux

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Ragnarok Ransomware Exploits Citrix Vulnerability To Target Vulnerable Servers

Here is another incident to reemphasize the need for patching the serious Citrix vulnerability (CVE-2019-19781). A new ransomware called RagnarokRagnarok Ranso…

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