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25 Smartphone Models Found Shipping With Severe Firmware Flaws: Defcon 2018

This year’s Defcon witnessed many interesting events, including the hacking of voting machines by 11-year-olds and macOS’s vulnerabilities to grant permissions to...

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Data Security

New WhatsApp flaws let attackers hack chats to spread fake news

Spreading fake news through WhatsApp was never so easy before. According to the latest research from Check Point security firm, WhatsApp users...

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Data Security

Multiple flaws found in Samsung SmartThings Hub

Enterprise network security researchers found dozens of flaws that could expose smart home devices to attacks Enterprise network security experts discovered 20...

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System Administration

Scout2 – Security Auditing Tool For AWS Environments

Scout2 is a security tool that lets AWS administrators assess their environment’s security posture. Using the AWS API, Scout2 gathers configuration data...

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Hacked

Intel Patches New ME Flaws That Could Let Hackers Run Arbitrary Code: Check For Patches

Another day, another security fix released by Intel. In a blog post, Positive Technologies has detailed four different vulnerabilities found in the...

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Hacked

Critical PGP Flaws Can Expose Encrypted Emails In “Plaintext” — Disable It Right Now

Email users who use PGP (based on OpenPGP) and S/MIME to encrypt and decrypt their communications are at “immediate risk.” The reason...

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Data Security

Researchers find critical security flaws in popular car models

Modern-day vehicles have become overly digitized for the sake of offering advanced technicality to drivers. However, being digital cannot ensure optimal security...

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Geek

Intel removes remote keyboard app for Android rather than fixing its flaws

Critical Flaws in Intel’s Remote Keyboard App for Android Lead to its Discontinuation. As is the norm with security researchers, when bugs...

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Hacked

AMD Processors Flaws: Firmware Patches Coming Soon, Won’t Affect Performance

Last week, the Isreal-based security company CTS labs was trending in the news for disclosing 13 critical vulnerabilities in AMD’s Ryzen and...

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Geek

Microsoft bug bounty program: $250k for reporting Meltdown & Spectre type flaws

The bug bounty program will remain open until December 31st, 2018. Recently, the identification of serious CPU flaws called Spectre and Meltdown shook...

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Data Security

Hackers can Send Fake Emergency Alerts by Exploiting 4G LTE Protocol Flaws

Researchers at the Purdue University and the University of Iowa, USA, have managed to break the key 4G LTE protocols for generation...

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Incidents

LTE security flaws could be used for spying, spreading chaos

A flight of new research papers show 4G LTE networks can be exploited for all sorts of badness. There have been lots...

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Incidents

AWS Bucket Exposes 50.4 GB of Financial Giant’s Data

Another AWS Bucket exposed to the public. This time the AWS Bucket belonged to Birst. A cyber security team have discovered a...

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Data Security

139 Malware Samples Identified that Exploit Meltdown & Spectre Flaws

Hackers could be close to developing malware that exploits flaws, suggests a German cybersecurity firm. AV-Test, an independent German antivirus testing and...

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Geek

3 of 5 Fortune 500 companies vulnerable due to ManageEngine flaws

Hackers can exploit security flaws in ManageEngine software to gain administrator type control of the system. Digital Defense Inc., a San Antonio based IT security...

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News

Hackers Are Exploiting Three Microsoft Flaws For Spreading Zyklon Malware

Security researchers have identified a new in-kind Zyklon malware campaign that spreads advanced botnet malware using at least three newly disclosed vulnerabilities...

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System Administration

Cloud Security Suite – AWS infrastructure Security Auditing

CS Suite is a one stop tool for auditing the security posture of the AWS infrastructure and does system audits as well....

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Articles

Apple confirms iPhone, Mac affected by Meltdown, Spectre flaws, but Apple Watch unaffected

Apple has issued a statement regarding the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, confirming all Mac systems and iOS devices are affected, but saying...

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Articles

Three Class Action Lawsuits have been filed against Intel because of Chipzilla

The prosecutions were filed in California, Oregon, and Indiana, according to The News. The three incidents focus on the setback in Intel...

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Geek

Meltdown and Spectre Flaws Collateral Damage to OS & Cloud Services Unavoidable

Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities haunting users and Tech Giants worldwide – Now the Giants have addressed the issue. Recently, we reported about...