Security

Pierluigi Paganini February 15, 2018
Android Security Bulletin – Google fixed several Critical Code Execution vulnerabilities

Android Security Bulletin for February 2018 – Google has fixed tens of vulnerabilities for Android OS, including several critical remote code execution (RCE) flaws. The Android Security Bulletin for February 2018 addresses 26 vulnerabilities in the mobile operating system, most of which are elevation of privilege flaws. The 2018-02-01 security patch level fixed 7 vulnerabilities, 6 in […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 14, 2018
Windows Analytics now includes Meltdown and Spectre detector

Good news for administrators of Windows systems, Microsoft has added a Meltdown-and-Spectre detector to its telemetry analysis tool Windows Analytics. Microsoft has added a Meltdown-and-Spectre detector to its telemetry analysis tool Windows Analytics. The Meltdown-and-Spectre detector was available since Tuesday when Microsoft announced the new capabilities implemented in the free Windows Analytics service.  The new capabilities allow […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 14, 2018
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for February 2018 addresses 14 critical flaws

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for February 2018 addressed a total of 50 vulnerabilities in affecting Windows operating system, Microsoft Office, web browsers and other products of the tech giant. Fourteen issues are listed as critical, 34 are rated as important, and only two of them are rated as moderate in severity. The list of critical vulnerability includes […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 10, 2018
Online Auction Safety Tips for Buyers and Sellers

Buying or selling goods through online auctions is more popular than ever. Which are the best practices to follow for buyers and sellers for an online auction? Buying or selling goods through online auctions is more popular than ever. Today, there are a number of different auctions sites available where sellers can post new and […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 10, 2018
Lenovo patches critical flaws that affect Broadcom’s chipsets in dozens of Lenovo ThinkPad

According to a security advisory issued by Lenovo, two critical vulnerabilities in Broadcom chipsets affects at least 25 models of Lenovo ThinkPad. The affected models are ThinkPad 10,  ThinkPad L460, ThinkPad P50s, ThinkPad T460, ThinkPad T460p, ThinkPad T460s, ThinkPad T560, ThinkPad X260 and ThinkPad Yoga 260. One of the flaws was discovered in June by Google that publicly disclosed […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 10, 2018
VMware releases temporary mitigations for Meltdown and Spectre flaws

VMware has provided detailed instruction on how to mitigate the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities in several of its products. VMware is releasing patches and workarounds for its Virtual Appliance products affected by the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. The Meltdown and Spectre attacks could be exploited by attackers to bypass memory isolation mechanisms and access target sensitive […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 09, 2018
Researcher found multiple vulnerabilities in NETGEAR Routers, update them now!

Security researchers Martin Rakhmanov from Trustwave conducted a one-year-study on the firmware running on Netgear routers and discovered vulnerabilities in a couple of dozen models. Netgear has just released many security updates that address vulnerabilities in a couple of dozen models. The vulnerabilities have been reported by security researchers Martin Rakhmanov from Trustwave, which conducted a […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 08, 2018
Intel releases new Spectre security updates, currently only for Skylake chips

Intel is releasing new firmware updates that should address Spectre vulnerabilities CVE-2017-5715 for Skylake processors. Intel is releasing new firmware updates limited to Skylake processors to address Spectre vulnerabilities, patches for other platforms are expected very soon. The Spectre attack allows user-mode applications to extract information from other processes running on the same system. It can also be exploited […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 08, 2018
For the second time CISCO issues security patch to fix a critical vulnerability in CISCO ASA

Cisco has rolled out new security patches for a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-0101, in its CISCO ASA (Adaptive Security Appliance) software. At the end of January, the company released security updates the same flaw in Cisco ASA software. The vulnerability could be exploited by a remote and unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or trigger […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2018
UK Government Advices Industry Sectors To Comply With Guidance Or Pay $17 Million Fine

Aiming to tackle threats from rogue nations and hackers The UK Government urges to boost security measures of services in critical sectors. On November 2016 United Kingdom published the National Cyber Security Strategy to address cyber threats from rogue nations like Iran, Russia, China, terrorists, states sponsored hackers and cyber menaces like ransomware against the […]