BrowserFox variant High Stairs
Browsefox aka Sambreel aka Yontoo is a family of browser hijackers. When advertised they promise to “customize and enhance your…
August 2015
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CVE-2015-2502 Microsoft issues emergency patch for all versions of Windows
This is the second “critical” out-of-band patch issued in as many months. It’s all Internet Explorer’s fault — again. Microsoft…
VW tried to hide hacking exploits on its cars
For 2 years VW tried to hide the exploits that made its cars hack-able . Now, many might be getting…
Lenovo stuffs laptops with a rootkit in the BIOS
Lenovo has sold laptops bundled with irremovable software that features a bonus exploitable security vulnerability. If the crapware is deleted,…
Androids still vulnerable, even after Google patch
Update flawed, new one needed for countless gadgets Google’s security update to fix the Stagefright vulnerability in millions of Android…
Are you being tracked by your battery power levels.
A team of European security researchers has published a paper analyzing how the battery life of mobile devices could be used to track web…
Kali Linux 2.0 upgrade to Sana now available
We’re still buzzing and recovering from the Black Hat and DEF CON conferences where we finished presenting our new Kali…
Firefox 0day – CVE-2015-4495
Same origin violation and local file stealing via PDF reader Security researcher Cody Crews reported on a way to violate…
WordPress 4.2.4 Fixes Three XSS Vulnerabilities and One Potential SQL Injection
Six WordPress security bugs fixed in version 4.2.4 WordPress, the darling CMS of the open source community, has released moments…
BitDefender fails to encrypt usernames and passwords
BitDefender has compromised the details of around 250 users after a data breach revealed that it doesn’t encrypt details of…