Graphic for illustrationCybersecurity researchers on Tuesday disclosed details about an address bar spoofing vulnerability affecting multiple mobile browsers, such as Apple Safari and Opera Touch, leaving the door open for spear-phishing attacks and delivering malware. Other impacted browsers include UCWeb, Yandex Browser, Bolt Browser, and RITS Browser. The flaws were … [Read more...] about Popular Mobile Browsers Found Vulnerable To Address Bar Spoofing Attacks
Vulnerable
New Flaws in Top Antivirus Software Could Make Computers More Vulnerable
Cybersecurity researchers today disclosed details of security vulnerabilities found in popular antivirus solutions that could enable attackers to elevate their privileges, thereby helping malware sustain its foothold on the compromised systems. According to a report published by CyberArk researcher Eran Shimony today and shared with The Hacker News, the high privileges often … [Read more...] about New Flaws in Top Antivirus Software Could Make Computers More Vulnerable
Intel CPUs Vulnerable to New ‘SGAxe’ and ‘CrossTalk’ Side-Channel Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two distinct attacks that could be exploited against modern Intel processors to leak sensitive information from the CPU's trusted execution environments (TEE).Called SGAxe, the first of the flaws is an evolution of the previously uncovered CacheOut attack (CVE-2020-0549) earlier this year that allows an attacker to retrieve the contents … [Read more...] about Intel CPUs Vulnerable to New ‘SGAxe’ and ‘CrossTalk’ Side-Channel Attacks
SIM Cards in 29 Countries Vulnerable to Remote Simjacker Attacks
Until now, I'm sure you all might have heard of the SimJacker vulnerability disclosed exactly a month ago that affects a wide range of SIM cards and can remotely be exploited to hack into any mobile phone just by sending a specially crafted binary SMS.If you are unaware, the name "SimJacker" has been given to a class of vulnerabilities that resides due to a lack of … [Read more...] about SIM Cards in 29 Countries Vulnerable to Remote Simjacker Attacks
More SIM Cards Vulnerable to Simjacker Attack Than Previously Disclosed
Remember the Simjacker vulnerability?Earlier this month, we reported about a critical unpatched weakness in a wide range of SIM cards, which an unnamed surveillance company has actively been exploiting in the wild to remotely compromise targeted mobile phones just by sending a specially crafted SMS to their phone numbers.If you can recall, the Simjacker vulnerability resides in … [Read more...] about More SIM Cards Vulnerable to Simjacker Attack Than Previously Disclosed
DHS Warns Small Airplanes Vulnerable to Flight Data Manipulation Attacks
What could be more horrifying than knowing that a hacker can trick the plane's electronic systems into displaying false flight data to the pilot, which could eventually result in loss of control?Of course, the attacker would never wish to be on the same flight, so in this article, we are going to talk about a potential loophole that could allow an attacker to exploit a … [Read more...] about DHS Warns Small Airplanes Vulnerable to Flight Data Manipulation Attacks
Zoom Video Conferencing for macOS Also Vulnerable to Critical RCE Flaw
The chaos and panic that the disclosure of privacy vulnerability in the highly popular and widely-used Zoom video conferencing software created earlier this week is not over yet.As suspected, it turns out that the core issue—a locally installed web server by the software—was not just allowing any website to turn on your device webcam, but also could allow hackers to take … [Read more...] about Zoom Video Conferencing for macOS Also Vulnerable to Critical RCE Flaw
Nearly 1 Million Computers Still Vulnerable to “Wormable” BlueKeep RDP Flaw
Nearly 1 million Windows systems are still unpatched and have been found vulnerable to a recently disclosed critical, wormable, remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)—two weeks after Microsoft releases the security patch.If exploited, the vulnerability could allow an attacker to easily cause havoc around the world, potentially much … [Read more...] about Nearly 1 Million Computers Still Vulnerable to “Wormable” BlueKeep RDP Flaw