Signal Desktop Released by Moxie Marlinspike

In March when Moxie Marlinspike and Open Whisper Systems released the iOS version of the Signal encrypted messaging app, the noted security researcher promised to expand its reach and among other things, eventually release a desktop version of Signal. That vision was realized on Wednesday with th...

Cisco WebEx for Android Security Patch

Cisco has been busy the last two days pushing out a patch and security advisories for a number of its products, including a fix for a remotely exploitable vulnerability in its WebEx Meetings mobile application for Android. Cisco said the vulnerability affects versions prior to 8.5.1 of the app, a...

Microsoft Lync Skype for Business XSS

The vulnerability of Microsoft Lync and Skype for Business instant messaging programs exists due to the lack of security measures taken to protect the website structure. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to inject arbitrary web scripts or HTML code through instant messaging...

Chimera Ransomware Operation Shut Down

It seems that as quickly as the Chimera ransomware surfaced, the operation has been shut down. Researchers at Bleeping Computer said Tuesday that the malware was no longer active. A number of security companies were publishing alerts about this latest strain of crypto-ransomware, which was...

Adobe Issues HotFix For ColdFusion

Adobe this afternoon released hotfixes and security updates for three of its products that patch a handful of vulnerabilities, none of which are being publicly exploited. The most serious vulnerabilities were in ColdFusion, Adobe’s web application development platform. The hotfix affects ColdFusi...

[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: telegram-cli-1.3.1-7.20150730git2052f4.fc23

Telegram is an Open Source instant messaging platform for mobile and desktop focused on privacy. This is a Linux Command-line interface for Telegram...

Microsoft Skype for Business Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Microsoft Skype for Business is an enterprise-class communication tool from Microsoft Corporation that enhances support for intra-enterprise communications as well as content sharing and collaboration. Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Microsoft Skype for Business 2016, Lync 2010 and 2013 SP1...

Tor Releases Anonymous Instant Messenger. Here's How to Use It

The Tor Project has officially launched the first beta version of Tor Messenger, an open source and Encrypted instant messaging client that works on top of the Tor network. Tor Messenger is designed by keeping both simplicity and privacy in mind. The team claimed that their app encrypts the conte...

[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: activemq-5.6.0-12.fc22

The most popular and powerful open source messaging and Integration Patterns server...

[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: activemq-5.6.0-12.fc23

The most popular and powerful open source messaging and Integration Patterns server...

CVE-2015-3858

The checkDestination function in internal/telephony/SMSDispatcher.java in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48M relies on an obsolete permission name for an authorization check, which allows attackers to bypass an intended user-confirmation requirement for SMS short-code messaging via a crafted application...

CVE-2015-3858: Undefined Security Weakness

The checkDestination function in internal/telephony/SMSDispatcher.java in Android before 5.1.1 LMY48M relies on an obsolete permission name for an authorization check, which allows attackers to bypass an intended user-confirmation requirement for SMS short-code messaging via a crafted application...

Firefox 41 integrates Free Built-in Instant Messaging and Video Chat to Your Browser

Mozilla launches Voice and Video Connect with the release of Official Firefox 41.0 Release. After significant improvements done in the Firefox Nightly experimental build of version Firefox 41.0, the stable release has a lot to offer. How would it be experiencing a seamless communication – video a...

Microsoft Lync Server XSS

The vulnerability of Microsoft Lync Server’s messaging server exists due to the lack of measures taken to protect the website structure. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to inject arbitrary web or HTML code through a specially crafted URL...

Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Multiple TIBCO Products

TIBCO Rendezvous is a middleware product that helps users rapidly build and deploy large-scale distributed applications; Substation ES is a substation product that integrates communication software and provides real-time information exchange; Messaging Appliance is a suite of messaging software...

CVE-2015-4555

The provided documents specify a buffer overflow in the HTTP management interfaces of TIBCO Rendezvous products (Rendezvous before 8.4.4, Rendezvous Network Server before 1.1.1, Substation ES before 2.9.0, Messaging Appliance before 8.7.2). The root cause is an overflow in the HTTP administrative...

CVE-2015-3269

Apache Flex BlazeDS, as used in flex-messaging-core.jar in Adobe LiveCycle Data Services LCDS 3.0.x before 3.0.0.354170, 4.5 before 4.5.1.354169, 4.6.2 before 4.6.2.354169, and 4.7 before 4.7.0.354169 and other products, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an AMF message containin...

CVE-2015-3269: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Apache Flex BlazeDS, as used in flex-messaging-core.jar in Adobe LiveCycle Data Services LCDS 3.0.x before 3.0.0.354170, 4.5 before 4.5.1.354169, 4.6.2 before 4.6.2.354169, and 4.7 before 4.7.0.354169 and other products, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an AMF message containin...

Google Android SMS and MMS Message Tampering Vulnerability

Google Android is an open source operating system based on Linux, mainly used in portable devices. A security vulnerability exists in Google Android, which allows malicious applications to exploit the vulnerability to tamper with the sending and receiving status of SMS and MMS messages to carry o...

How To Use WhatsApp Web Client on iPhone and Other iOS Devices

WhatsApp Web client support is now available for iOS users. That's right, now iOS users can access their instant messaging facility on the web; without taking the other route via jailbreaking. Eight months ago, on January 21, 2015, WhatsApp was made available on web browsers, and let Android,...