The media outlet The Verge obtained a copy of a contract between Google and OEMs that obliges them to two years of security updates for popular phones. Google continues the battle for securing devices of its users, this time making mandatory for device makers two years of Android security updates. One of the main problems with […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is embracing the work of ethical hackers and their researches to secure medical devices. Hacking is an ever-present concern in today’s highly connected society. People typically shudder to think about their smart speakers or home security systems getting compromised, and indeed, vulnerabilities in those devices would be traumatizing. […]
Splunk recently addressed several vulnerabilities in Enterprise and Light products, some of them have been rated “high severity.” Splunk Enterprise solution allows organizations to aggregate, search, analyze, and visualize data from various sources that are critical to business operations. The Splunk Light is a comprehensive solution for small IT environments that automates log analysis and integrate […]
VMware has addressed a critical arbitrary code execution flaw affecting the SVGA virtual graphics card used by its ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion products. VMware has released security updated to fix a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability (CVE-2018-6974) in the SVGA virtual graphics card used by its ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion solutions. The issue in the VMware products […]
Juniper Networks has released security updates to address serious vulnerabilities affecting the Junos operating system. This week, Juniper Networks has patched dozens of serious security provided security patches for each of them, the security advisories are available on the company website. The most severe flaw is probably the CVE-2018-0049, which could be exploited by an attacker to […]
SAP released its October 2018 set of patches, it includes the first Hot News security note for SAP BusinessObjects in over five years. SAP released its October 2018 set of patches that included 11 security notes, the company also released 4 updates to previously released notes. The patches include 15 notes, 2 rated Hot News and one of […]
Security firm Group-IB has estimated that in H2 2017-H1 2018 cyber attacks caused $49.4 million (2.96 billion rubles) of damage to Russia’s financial sector Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyber attacks, has estimated that in H2 2017-H1 2018 cyber attacks caused $49.4 million (2.96 billion rubles) of damage to Russia’s financial sector. […]
Google announced a security breach that may have exposed data of over 500,000 users of its Google+ social network, these are the measures in response to the incident. Yesterday Google announced a security breach that may have exposed data of over 500,000 users of its Google+ social network. Security experts and privacy advocated criticized the […]
Purchasers of Bitcoin wallets usually have one priority topping their lists: security. What’s the truth about the security of these wallets? When buying conventional wallet coins and paper money, people often prioritize characteristics like the size, color, shape, and number of compartments. However, purchasers of Bitcoin wallets — the software programs that facilitate storing someone’s […]
Users are reporting problems with the CCleaner software that appears to be partially broken after the installation of Windows 10 October 2018 Update Many Windows users are reporting problems after the installation of Windows 10 October 2018 Update, a few days ago a Reddit user discovered the Task Manager tool was showing inaccurate CPU usage after the upgrade. Other users […]