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Instagram Flaw That Could Have Previously Exposed User Data Now Patched

It would seem that Facebooks’ Instagram frequently makes it to the news due to its security glitches. Recently, a researcherInstagram Flaw That Could Have Prev…

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An iOS 13 Bug Exposes Device Contacts While Exploiting FaceTime Call

After the launch of iOS 12, a researcher discovered back-to-back lock screen bypass flaws in the system exploiting various features.An iOS 13 Bug Exposes Devic…

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Yikes! iOS 13 Coming Next Week With iPhone LockScreen Bypass Bug

Good news... next week, on September 19, Apple will roll out iOS 13, the latest version of its mobile operating system.Yes, we're excited about, but here comes…

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New SIM Card Flaw Lets Hackers Hijack Any Phone Just By Sending SMS

Cybersecurity researchers today revealed the existence of a new and previously undetected critical vulnerability in SIM cards that could allow remote attackers…

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WebARX ' A Defensive Core For Your Website

Estonian based web security startup WebARX, the company who is also behind open-source plugin vulnerability scanner WPBullet and soon-to-be-released bug bounty…

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A Critical Exim Vulnerability, Lilocked Ransomware on the Rise, but Linux Not to Blame

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A Critical Exim Vulnerability, Lilocked Ransomware on the Rise, but Linux Not to Bla

Exim may be the Internet's most popular email server, but the MTA's recent history with security vulnerabilities is concerning to say the least. This past Frid…

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NetCAT: New Attack Lets Hackers Remotely Steal Data From Intel CPUs

Unlike previous side-channel vulnerabilities disclosed in Intel CPUs, researchers have discovered a new flaw that can be exploited remotely over the network wi…

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Latest Microsoft Updates Patch 4 Critical Flaws In Windows RDP Client

Get your update caps on.Microsoft today released its monthly Patch Tuesday update for September 2019, patching a total of 79 security vulnerabilities in its so…

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Some D-Link and Comba WiFi Routers Leak Their Passwords in Plaintext

What could be worse than your router leaking its administrative login credentials in plaintext?Cybersecurity researchers from Trustwave's SpiderLabs have disco…

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Adobe Releases Security Patches For Critical Flash Player Vulnerabilities

It's Patch Tuesday again'the day of the month when both Adobe and Microsoft release security patches for vulnerabilities in their software.Adobe has just relea…

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What we Can Learn from the Recent VLC Security Vulnerability Fiasco: A Conversation with VideoLAN President Jean-Baptiste Kem

About a week ago, the LinuxSecurity staff started tracking a security issue related to VLC, the popular open source media player. Security vulnerabilities are …

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Unpatched Docker bug allows read-write access to host OS

There are lots of books on tools and techniques to secure software containers, but what happens when someone discovers a basic architectural flaw? And what do …

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Debian Security Advisory: Critical DNS Exploit and Enhancements

A very serious flaw in the Internet's DNS servers may have been ripe for a significant exploit, though a familiar security researcher might have sounded the al…

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10 Tips to Enhance Your Apache Web Server Security Practices

Even with Apache's focus on producing a secure product, the Web server can still be vulnerable to any number of attacks if you fail to take some security preca…

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Home Routers: Remote Attacks Through Malicious JavaScript Exploit

They have demonstrated that users could open up their router's traffic as a result of visiting a web page loaded with malicious javascript. The researchers sai…

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Security flaws found in RealPlayer

EEye Digital Security has uncovered new security holes affecting a wide range of RealNetworks' media players, the latest desktop-based bugs set to worry IT man…

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Students warn of hacking threat

Three Brisbane university students have discovered a major flaw in wireless network technology that means hackers can bring down critical infrastructure in as …

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Linux Security Week - March 15th 2004

This week, perhaps the most interesting articles include "Rumors of Third Vulnerability in Linux Kernel Prove Unfounded," "VLANs on Linux," and "Open Source Ge…

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Zero-Interaction Authentication

Laptops are vulnerable to theft, greatly increasing the likelihood of exposing sensitive files. Unfortunately, storing data in a cryptographic file system does…

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Update: New Linux Kernel Exploit? / ABFrag

Daniel Roberts discovered a binary named "ABfrag" on one of his servers after detecting suspicious network activity. He sent in a note requesting anyone with i…

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Squid Vulnerability: Insecure forwarding of proxy_au

Vendors have not issued updates yet for a vulnerability just reported by the Squid Project. "Under some conditions Squid may forward the proxy authentication c…

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Apache Web Server Security Alert (Update)

Update: For millions of websites that were vulnerable care of ISS , Apache is not too happy. ISS (Internet Security Systems) released an insufficient patch alo…

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Security: Oh, that vulnerable feeling

There is no doubt that the Internet has brought unparalleled connectivity to computers, especially in the last few years. But ironically, this very advantage h…