Flaw Allows Attackers to Remotely Tamper with BMW's In-Car Infotainment System

The Internet of things or connected devices are the next big concerns, as more Internet connectivity means more access points which mean more opportunities for hackers. When it comes to the threat to Internet of Things, Car Hacking is a hot topic. Since many automobiles companies are offering car...

Lenovo Notebook now UEFI zero-day vulnerabilities the hacker can be attack-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

According to foreign media reports, the Security Institute Dymtro Oleksiuk said that hackers can bypass Windows basic security Protocol of the United Nations want the computer to attack, the reason is Lenovo PC drivers from Intel directly copy and paste. And other OEM vendors such as HP also exis...

Impact Windows total series operating system Zero-Day vulnerabilities on the Black Market the price reached a 9 million-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Recently,an ID called BuggiCorp hacking,is a underground hacker forums sell for the Windows operating system Zero-Day vulnerabilities in the program. Zero-Day Attack,translated as“zero-day attack”, a“zero day attack”or“initial attack”and the like. Hackers can exploit the vulnerability,and attack...

Hackers Find Bugs, Extort Ransom and Call it a Public Service

Crooks breaking into enterprise networks are holding data they steal for ransom under the guise they are doing the company a favor by exposing a flaw. The criminal act is described as bug poaching by IBM researchers and is becoming a growing new threat to businesses vulnerable to attacks. Accordi...

They Named it — Einstein, But $6 Billion Firewall Fails to Detect 94% of Latest Threats

The US government's $6 Billion firewall is nothing but a big blunder. Dubbed EINSTEIN, the nationwide firewall run by the US Department of Homeland Security DHS is not as smart as its name suggests. An audit conducted by the United States Government Accountability Office GAO has claimed that the...

Adobe Flash Player Days Numbered

If there’s unanimity among security professionals in anything, it’s in their loathing of Adobe’s Flash Player. There’s yet to be an APT or exploit kit that hasn’t welcomed vulnerabilities in the development platform with open arms. And for all that misery tallied up in lost intellectual property...

Zerodium Hosts Million-Dollar iOS 9 Bug Bounty

Exploit vendor Zerodium, a company started by VUPEN founder Chaouki Bekrar, today announced it will host a month-long million-dollar bug bounty focused on Apple iOS 9. Bekrar said in a statement there is a $3 million pool available for the bounty, which will close on Oct. 31 or earlier if the tot...

September 2015 Adobe Shockwave Security Patch

Adobe today released a new version of its Shockwave Player that patches two critical vulnerabilities that could be remotely exploited. Adobe said that it is not aware of public exploits for either security flaw. The vulnerability affects Shockwave for Windows, versions 12.1.9.160 and earlier and...

Government Releases Policy on Vulnerability Discovery and Disclosure

After more than a year of legal wrangling, the federal government has agreed to hand over its policy on vulnerability use and disclosure. The government had said that the policy was classified and too sensitive to release, but relented late last week and sent the document to the EFF, albeit a...

Rig Exploit Kit 3.0 Claims 1 Million Malvertising Victims

LAS VEGAS – A rampant malvertising campaign fueled by a new version of the Rig Exploit Kit has claimed at least 950,000 victims worldwide and is doing so with an unprecedented success rate. Researchers at Trustwave said in advance of this week’s Black Hat conference that they have been watching...

Windows XP Security Support Ends

Yes, there are still some rather large organizations maintaining their investments in Windows XP, as we recently learned when an unclassified U.S. Navy document showed that it had extended a support contract with Microsoft for two more years meaning that its systems will continue to receive XP...

July 2015 Microsoft Patch Tuesday Security Bulletins

Microsoft has patched a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows kernel uncovered and exploited by Hacking Team. The zero day was found among the 400 GB of data stolen from the Italian surveillance software maker and posted online July 5. A trio of Adobe Flash Player zero days were also uncovered...

Mozilla Disables Flash in Firefox

As the zero days in Adobe Flash continue to pile up, Mozilla has taken the unusual step of disabling by default all versions of Flash in Firefox. The move is a temporary one as Adobe prepares to patch two vulnerabilities in Flash that were discovered as a result of the HackingTeam document dump...

Hacking Team Promises to Rebuild RCS

The aftermath of the Hacking Team attack raised legitimate questions about the controversial Italian surveillance software vendor’s long-term viability. With reams of sensitive internal data and intellectual property posted online, how could the company survive? For now, however, the company seem...

Zero-Day Exploits for Stealing OS X and iOS Passwords

I think you'll agree with me when I say: Apple devices are often considered to be more safe and secure than other devices that run on platforms like Windows and Android, but a recent study will make you think twice before making this statement. A group of security researchers have uncovered...

Video: Vitaly Kamluk on The Equation Group APT

Kaspersky Lab’s global research and analysis team uncovered what they claim is the most sophisticated advanced persistent threat group yet known. Known as the Equation Group, researchers led by GReAT director Costin Raiu say the threat actors have been operating for 15 years or more and are known...

Chinese Hackers Compromised Forbes.com Using IE, Flash Zero Days

A Chinese APT group was able to chain together two zero day vulnerabilities, one against Adobe’s Flash Player and one against Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9, to compromise a popular news site late last year. The group’s aim was to gain access to computers at several U.S. defense and financial...

Apple OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 Update to Patch years-old Thunderstrike vulnerability

Apple is preparing to release the second update to OS X Yosemite in the coming days to its customers. The upcoming beta update OS X Yosemite 10.10.2 contains a patch for the Thunderstrike vulnerability that allows malware to be injected into Macs via the Thunderbolt port. Earlier this month,...

Google reveals 3 Apple OS X Zero-day Vulnerabilities

After exposing three critical zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Windows operating systems, Google's Project Zero vulnerability research program has revealed the existence of three more zero-day vulnerabilities, but this time, on Apple's OS X platform. The team has published three zero-day...

Firms Detail Zero Days Targeting Windows Kernel

After they were patched in yesterday’s round of Patch Tuesday security bulletins, security firms have begun to peel back the layers on two zero-day vulnerabilities that are being used in limited, targeted attacks against Microsoft’s Windows Kernel. According to FireEye, one of the firms that...