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37 critical vulnerabilities found in VNC solutions. Patches now available

These are bad news for software programmers worldwide. Vulnerability testing researchers report the finding of 37 security flaws affecting four major implementations of Virtual Network Computing (VNC) open source software. Pavel Cheremushkin, researcher at Kaspersky Labs, was responsible for finding the vulnerabilities in LibVNC, TightVNC 1.x, TurboVNC and UltraVNC products. In his report, the expert […]

11 Flaws In 2-Billion Devices Using An Unknown OS?

It is like being hit by a bullet that we never saw coming our way. That is how we at hackercombat.com describe the controversy with regards to VxWorks embedded OS’ TCP/IP bugs that are now affecting close to 2 billion Internet-connected devices globally. Now known as Urgent/11, a batch of 11 flaws affecting VxWorks, an […]

Threat Intelligence With Two Most Used Operating Systems

With 4.312 billion users in the world, comprising 55.6% of the global population, the Internet has become an everyday center hub for almost all human events and actions. Be it for entertainment, information, remote computing, communication and many aspects of 21st century lifestyle. Across the board the most common operating systems with consumer devices in […]