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A security vulnerability in the massively popular SQLite database engine puts thousands of desktop and mobile applications at risk.
Discovered by Tencent’s Blade security team, the vulnerability allows an attacker to run malicious code on the victim’s…
Continue ReadingRob Joyce speaks Oct. 18, 2018, at CyberTalks in Washington, D.C. (CyberScoop)
Written by Dec 11, 2018 | CYBERSCOOP. Jeff Stone The U.S. government again is concerned about Chinese cyber-operations, a senior National Security Agency official said Tues…
Continue ReadingLogitech has patched a security vulnerability in its Options app after Project Zero publicly released details on the security flaw. After ignoring a bug report from Google’s Project Zero security team, Logitech has finally released a security patch for…
Continue Readingvia www.infosecurity-magazine.com FEC Votes to Use Campaign Funds for CybersecurityThe Federal Election Committee (FEC) has voted that lawmakers are allowed to use leftover campaign funds to guard personal email accounts and devices from cyber threats….
Continue ReadingThe problem with lapsing certificates. A report from the US congress this week has revealed that the network breach suffered by Equifax in 2017 was not found due to an expired software certificate. The certificate was linked to software which monitors …
Continue ReadingDetails ================ Software: Fortify SSC (Software Security Center) Version: 17.10, 17.20 & 18.10 Homepage: https://www.microfocus.com Advisory report: https://github.com/alt3kx/CVE-2018-7691 CVE: CVE-2018-7691 CVSS: 6.5 (Medium; AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/U…
Continue ReadingIt is not funny when a senator can’t tell the difference between Android and iPhone, it is dangerous. Republican Steve King’s questioning Google CEO Sundar Pichai about an issue with a rival’s technology this month is breathtakingly revealing of the ig…
Continue ReadingNews has broken that security researchers at Slovakia’s ESET have identified a new banking Trojan that bypasses PayPal’s two-factor authentication (2FA) to steal funds – waiting until users have fully logged in before enabling its exploit. The multifac…
Continue Readingvia www.infosecurity-magazine.com Cyber-Criminal Gets 20 Months After Using Home-Made Fraud DeviceA convicted cyber-criminal once dubbed “the acid house king” has been sentenced to 20 months behind bars for a new fraud campaign which saw him use a biza…
Continue ReadingThe mobile threat landscape is a dynamic ecosystem in perpetual motion. Cybercriminals are constantly renewing their attack techniques to access valuable data, challenging the capabilities of traditional mobile security solutions. Mobile threat defense…
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