This year’s Security Analyst Summit is previewed and the news of the week is discussed, including a Microsoft IIS zero day, a new Mirai variant, and the broadband privacy ruling.
Tag Archives: Vulnerabilities
New Mirai Variant Carries Out 54-Hour DDoS Attacks
Researchers are tracking a new variant of the Mirai malware after it launched a 54-hour long DDoS attack against a U.S. college.
Apple Fixes 223 Vulnerabilities Across macOS, iOS, Safari
Apple fixed hundreds of bugs, 223 to be exact, across macOS Sierra, iOS, Safari, watchOS, and tvOS on Monday.
New Clues Surface on Shamoon 2’s Destructive Behavior
Researchers report new connections between Magic Hound and Shamoon 2, along with descriptions of how the Disttrack malware component of campaigns moves laterally within infected networks.
Threatpost News Wrap, March 27, 2017
The latest Wikileaks dump of Apple hacking tools, the LastPass vulnerabilities, and a new Android security report are discussed.
LastPass Fixes Three Password Theft Vulnerabilities
LastPass has fixed three bugs in the password manager discovered by Google research Tavis Ormandy in the last 24 hours.
Mozilla Patches Pwn2Own Zero Day in Firefox
Mozilla patched a zero day uncovered at Pwn2Own in Firefox in 22 hours on Friday.
VM Escape Earns Hackers $105K at Pwn2Own
Hackers pulled off a VM escape and took down Adobe Flash, Microsoft Windows and Edge, Apple Safari and macOS, and Mozilla Firefox at Pwn2Own 2017.
Threatpost News Wrap, March 17, 2017
Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including Pwn2Own 2017, Microsoft’s silence around February’s Patch Tuesday, and a nasty SAP bug.
Hackers Take Down Reader, Safari, Edge, Ubuntu Linux at Pwn2Own 2017
On the first day of Pwn2Own 2017 hackers poked holes in Adobe Reader, Apple Safari, Microsoft Edge, and Ubuntu Linux.