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EternalBlue Vulnerability Puts Pirated Windows Systems at Malware Risk
Pirated Windows versions have always been vulnerable when it comes to security. A recent report published by Heise Online confirms…
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Unit 42 Researchers Discover Xbash – Malware Which Destroys Linux and Windows Based Databases
A new malware known as ‘Xbash’ has been discovered by Unit 42 researchers, a blog post at Palo Alto Networks…
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Network Manager VPNC is Infected with Username Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A username privilege escalation vulnerability has been found in the network manager VPNC plugin. This injection vulnerability is exploited by…
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NetBSD 7.2 comes with Security & Stability Enhancements as well as USB 3.0 Support
NetBSD has come out with a new release for the 7.x series. The second feature update of NetBSD 7, NetBSD…
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Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Apache Struts 2.x Resolved in Update
In an advisory published on the Confluence website maintained by the ASF community, a remote code execution vulnerability in the…
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Windows Task Scheduler Micropatch Released by 0patch
Earlier this week, a user on Twitter who goes by the username SandboxEscaper posted on the social media platform’s feed…
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Apache Struts 2.3.25 and 2.5.17 resolve Cryptojacking Exploit Vulnerability
Information regarding a severe vulnerability found in Apache Struts was revealed last week. A proof of concept of the vulnerability…
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Dell EMC VPlex GeoSynchrony Users Requested to Upgrade to v6.1 to Avoid Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability
An insecure file permissions vulnerability has been discovered in the Dell EMC VPlex Geosynchrony. It’s found to affect versions older…
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Android Vulnerability Leaks Sensitive Data through WiFi Broadcast
A vulnerability has been found in the Android operating system which broadcasts sensitive system data through WiFi broadcasting signals. This…
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Linux Kernel 4.20 to drop NSA-developed Speck Algorithm
Linux kernel is one of the most common kernels found underlying operating systems. Its latest released version is 4.18.5 and…
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User Impersonation Vulnerability found in ownCloud v0.1.2
ownCloud is a client-server software which grants administrators several privileges such as carrying out commands by acting as the intended…
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Q4OS v2.6 updates Trinity to version 14.0.5
The Debain-based Linux distribution Q4OS has just released its version 2.6. Still a part of the version 2.x branch, this…
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Nitrux 1.0.15 brings Kernel 4.18.5 and Plasma 5.13.4 for Most Secure and Integrated Performance Yet
Nitrux 1.0.15 has just hit the shelves following a release statement last week. Nitrux is an Ubuntu-based desktop Linux distribution…
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Linux From Scratch & Beyond Linux From Scratch 8.3 Release uses Linux Kernel 4.18.5
Linux From Scratch version 8.3 has been announced by its renowned editor, Bruce Dubbs, along with Beyond Linux From Scratch…
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A Round Up of Firefox Updates: v62.0 Brings CSS Shape and Font Support
Mozilla has pushed out a whole round of updates to its web browsing products over the last few days. Mozilla…
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CSRF Vulnerability in phpMyAdmin 4.7.x Lets Attackers Delete Records through malicious URLs
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability has been found in the phpMyAdmin version 4.7.x (before version 4.7.7) through which malicious…
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DoS Vulnerability found in the New Contact Name Field of Microsoft’s People Application
Microsoft has its own centralized address book that combines all your social calls, communications, and connections into one place under…
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Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability found in Go Pro Fusion Studio v1.2
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Go Pro Fusion Studio version 1.2. Go Pro Fusion Studio is a…
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MEGA Updates Chrome’s trojaned Extension with a cleaner Version 3.39.5
MEGA Chrome’s trojaned extension was updated with a cleaner version 3.39.5 after an unknown attacker uploaded the trojaned version to…
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DoS & Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities found in Skype Empresarial v16.0.10730.20053
A denial of service vulnerability has been found in the Skype Empresarial Office 365 version 16.0.10730.20053. It was first discovered…
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Nord VPN v6.14.31 suffers from Local Vector DoS Vulnerability
A denial of service vulnerability was found in the Nord VPN version 6.14.31 on the 30th of August, 2018. This…
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Amazon Alexa Security Risk Allows Hackers to Take Over Voice Commands, Steal Private Information
The world is changing and in the modern era, we are becoming reliant on our Internet of Things devices by…
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Data Backed Up from WhatsApp to Google Drive Will Be ‘plaintext’
According to a recent announcement by Google, Android and iOS users will now be able to backup their Whatsapp data…
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Slackware Releases L1TF Mitigation Updates for v14.2
The Slackware Linux Project team has just released kernel updates for its Slackware version 14.2 which was initially released on…
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DLL Injection and Code Execution Vulnerability in v54.5.90 lets Hackers spread Malware
A DLL hijacking injection and code execution vulnerability has been found in the cloud based storage solution: Dropbox. The vulnerability…
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