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CERT Warns Customers of Vulnerability Found in Netgear Routers
Netgear is just the latest of many high-profile companies to come under fire from security watchdogs and due to severe security holes that go unpatched. When such a security flaw is situated in your router, then it’s even worse since the router is the door into your home. The exploit…
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Researchers Find Malware Hiding in GIFs
Security researchers have found a type of malware on popular websites which hides in advertisement images and has been active for around two years. The Stegano exploit kit – discovered by Eset researchers – finds vulnerable computers and displays a custom GIF, the alpha channel of which contains malicious code.…
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Tesla Model S Remotely Hacked By Researchers
Tesla’s Model S may be one of the most technologically advanced vehicles on the road, with its large suite of features and Autopilot system. Unfortunately, now researchers have managed to use this to their own advantage, identifying a number of security vulnerabilities in the electric car that could facilitate…
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WoW Vulnerability Could Let People Rob You Without You Knowing
There’s a certain sense of accomplishment that comes with playing MMOs, whether it’s your top-of-the-line gear from the hardest raids or piles of gold you earned through crafting and smart trading. For all of the hard workers in an MMO, there are always the scammers, who seek to separate players…
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Lenovo ThinkPads Open To Zero-Day Firmware Exploit
When it comes to security, you like to think that your computers are at least the little bit safe from people who might want to cause you harm. We are reminded on a weekly basis that this may not be true as companies are hacked, accounts are sold online and…
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10 Year Old Hacks Instagram – Gets $10,000 Reward!
When it comes to social media, thousands of people use Instagram is used all over by hundreds who share pictures and videos with anyone from their immediate family to their fans from around the world. This year a 10-year-old from Helsinki, Jani, managed to find a potentially devastating bug that has since…
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Bug Found in The Division That Lets Players do Unlimited Damage
Tom Clancy’s The Division has enjoyed enormous popularity since its release, despite the almost constant existence of issues that have plagued players. Now, a new exploit has been found in the shooter that effectively breaks the game by allowing players to do potentially unlimited damage, making PvE trivial and destroying…
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FBI Doesn’t Want To Tell How It Tracked People Across The Tor Network
The FBI are known for their digital prowess, although they may require some help when it comes to breaking into an iPhone. One of their most recent successes was the tracking of people using the Tor network, but after a judge ruled that the defendants representatives needed to know how…
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Stagefright Vulnerability Now a Serious Threat to Android Devices
The Stagefright vulnerability in Android is nothing new, however for a long time it was (mostly) harmless due to difficulties in reliably using the flaw for malicious purposes Unfortunately for Google and Android users, researchers at Isreali cyber-security firm NorthBit have developed a proof-of-concept exploit, named Metaphor, based on…
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Two Year Old Java Vulnerability Reappeared Thanks to Broken Patch
Back in 2013, Oracle released a patch for a critical security flaw in Java. Now it has been found that this patch was ineffectual and easily bypassed, once again making PCs and servers running even the latest version of Java vulnerable to it. The tracking code for this flaw in the…
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ASUS Agrees to Regular Security Audits
ASUS are a well-known brand for technology, creating everything from laptops to gaming mice. One thing people may not realise is that ASUS are also a maker of wireless technology, something that has unfortunately gotten them into trouble in the past. ASUS, a Taiwanese manufacturer of hardware, once stated that their devices…
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TMZ Falls Victim to Malvertising Campaign
Malicious online activity in the form of hacks, malware and viruses have seen an exponential increase over the past 5 years, the rise in the number of consumers online coupled with a lax understanding concerning the dangers of the many cyber threats has led to more and more victims. Malvertising is…
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Fully Patched Adobe Flash Hit by New Zero-Day Update
Just as day follows night, and just as UbiSoft thinks up new and amazing game elements to strip away and charge microtransactions for, another zero-day exploit has been discovered for Adobe Flash. But this isn’t any old zero-day exploit, it’s an exploit found in the fully patched version of Flash.…
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WinRAR at Risk of Huge New Zero Day Vulnerability
WinRAR has a base of some 500 million users worldwide, those same users might want to take a look at a new Zero Day Vulnerability which has been detected within the newest version of the software. According to Mohammad Reza Espargham, who is a security researcher at Vulnerability – Lab, the…
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Android Lollipop Lock Screen Can be Bypassed Using Really Long Password
Any Android Lollipop device that is not using the latest build of the mobile operating system is vulnerable to having its lock screen bypassed by inputting a long string of characters as password. The bypass was discovered by researchers from the University of Texas this week and can be applied…
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