All major browsers fall during second day at Pwn2Own hacking contest

Friday, March 14th, 2014

Security researchers demonstrated zero-day exploits against Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox and Adobe Flash Player during the second day of the Pwn2Own hacking competition Thursday, racking up total prizes of US$450,000. A team from French vulnerability research firm Vupen hacked Google Chrome by exploiting a use-after-free vulnerability ...

Apple security flaw could allow hackers to beat encryption

Saturday, February 22nd, 2014

A major flaw in Apple Inc software for mobile devices could allow hackers to intercept email and other communications that are meant to be encrypted, the company said on Friday, and experts said Mac computers were even more exposed. If attackers have access to a mobile user's network, such as by ...

Security vulnerabilities found in 80% of best-selling SOHO wireless routers

Friday, February 21st, 2014

Tripwire has analyzed the security provided by the most popular wireless routers used in many small and home offices and found that 80 percent of Amazon’s top 25 best-selling SOHO wireless router models have security vulnerabilities. Of these vulnerable models, 34 percent have publicly documented exploits that make it relatively simple ...

One tweak can make your Windows PC virtually invulnerable

Thursday, February 20th, 2014

Microsoft published 147 vulnerabilities in 2013 that were rated as Critical. Critical, however, is a relative term, and there is one simple thing anyone can do that would guard against almost every single Critical vulnerability according to a new report from Avecto. In its 2013 Microsoft Vulnerabilities Study, Avecto found that you could ...

Security Updates Available for Adobe Flash Player

Thursday, February 20th, 2014

Adobe has released security updates to address a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 12.0.0.44 or earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh and Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.336 or earlier versions for Linux.  Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to take control of an affected system. US-CERT recommends that users and administrators review ...