Security
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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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WhatsApp Vulnerable to Memory Corruption and DoS Crash with Crafted Message in v2.18.61
WhatsApp is not new to memory corruption vulnerabilities. After a series of infamous and chronically frustrating special character message circulations…
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Command Injection Vulnerability found in WordPress Plainview Activity Monitor v20161228 and Prior
A command injection vulnerability has been found in the renowned personal blogging and website creation management platform: WordPress. The vulnerability…
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Mitigation Updates Released by Microsoft for L1 Terminal Fault which lets Hackers Remotely Access Privileged Data
Microsoft released numerous advisories since the beginning of the year to address the speculative execution side channel hardware vulnerabilities in…
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SQL Injection Vulnerabilities in Seagate Personal Cloud Media Server allow Retrieval of Private Data
The Seagate Media Server is a UPnp / DLNA Network Attached Storage mechanism incorporated into the Seagate Personal Cloud for…
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Adobe Patches 2 Code Execution Vulnerabilities in Photoshop CC 2017 & 2018
Hot off the discovery board is news of two important vulnerabilities that have been found in Adobe’s Photoshop CC versions…
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Spectre and Foreshadow Mitigation Updates Released for Windows 10 v1803 April Update and Server Core
After the Spectre and Metldown vulnerabilities discovered in the Intel micro processing chips widely used in computing devices, Foreshadow has…
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Airmail 3.6 Fixes Potential URL Scheme Vulnerability
Airmail has just released an update which patches a known security vulnerability in the e-mailing service. Security analysts recently discovered…
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Ghostscript Vulnerability Could Cause Data Security Breach
A vulnerability in the Ghostscript interpreter used to decipher Adobe Postscript and PDF documents online has come to light after…
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