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Tag Archives: Vulnerabilities
Apple Releases Patches for iOS, OS X and Safari
Apple released security updates for iOS, OS X and Safari, patching a number of kernel-level code-execution vulnerabilities.
Critical Yahoo Mail Flaw Patched, $10K Bounty Paid
A researcher earned a $10,000 bounty from Yahoo for a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in Yahoo Mail.
Serious Linux Kernel Vulnerability Patched
The Linux security team today patched a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel discovered by startup Perception Point.
LastPass Mitigates Newly Disclosed Phishing Attack
LastPass has mitigated the effects of a new phishing attack presented this weekend at ShmooCon.
Apple’s ‘Targeted’ Gatekeeper Bypass Patch Leaves OS X Users Exposed
Two separate Apple patches for Gatekeeper bypasses have been incomplete, and leave users exposed to attacks.
Denial-of-Service Flaw Patched in DHCP
The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) on Tuesday patched a denial-of-service vulnerability in numerous versions of DHCP.
Curious Tale of a Microsoft Silverlight Zero Day
A Silverlight vulnerability patched yesterday by Microsoft could be tied to a Russian hacker who tried to sell a similar zero day to the Hacking Team.
Microsoft Patches Six Critical Flaws With First Update of 2016
Microsoft only released nine bulletins for its first Patch Tuesday of 2016, but six of them are marked critical and seven can lead to remote code execution.
Adobe Patches Code Execution Flaws in Reader, Acrobat
Adobe today patched 17 remote code execution vulnerabilities in Acrobat and Reader.