A new variant of the Petya ransomware (also called Petrwrap) began spreading internationally on Tuesday, June 27. The initial attack vector is unclear, but aggressive…
Tag: Vulnerability
In computer security, a vulnerability is a weakness which allows an attacker to reduce a system’s information assurance. Vulnerability is the intersection of three elements: a system susceptibility or flaw, attacker access to the flaw, and attacker capability to exploit the flaw.
Valve fixes Steam community site vulnerability soon after its discovery
If you’re any kind of PC gamer, then you likely frequent Valve’s Steam service to procure at least some of your games. And if you’re…
Windows 10 Anniversary Update protected users against two pre-patched exploits
Matt Oh and Elia Florio of the Windows Defender ATP Research Team said on Friday that Windows 10 Anniversary Update not only neutralized zero-day kernel…
All the major browsers are calling time on the SHA-1 hashing algorithm
The most popular web browsers are calling time on SHA-1, the hashing algorithm for securing data, and will soon begin blocking sites that use it.…
Microsoft patches nasty Windows 10 security flaw outed by Google
On October 31, Google publicly outed Microsoft for a critical zero-day security flaw in Windows 10 just 10 days after reporting the vulnerability to the…
Microsoft warns of fake MSE installer Hicurdismos
Microsoft has issued a warning to Windows users to be on alert for Hicurdismos. Hicurdismos is a fake Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) installer that tricks…
Two-step verification through texts might go the way of the dodo sooner or later
Even though the number of websites and services that use two-step verification as a way to secure accounts has increased over the years, the National…
Update your iPhone to iOS 9.3.3 now: New Stagefright hack threatens Apple devices
Remember Stagefright, that vulnerability in Google’s Android operating system that had security experts up in arms? Turns out Apple devices running older versions of iOS,…