Category Archives: arbitrary code execution

New Mac Malware Exploits GateKeeper Bypass Bug that Apple Left Unpatched

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Cybersecurity researchers from Intego are warning about possible active exploitation of an unpatched security vulnerability in Apple’s macOS Gatekeeper security feature details and PoC for which were publicly disclosed late last month.

Intego team las… Continue reading New Mac Malware Exploits GateKeeper Bypass Bug that Apple Left Unpatched→

Beware! Playing Untrusted Videos On VLC Player Could Hack Your Computer

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If you use VLC media player on your computer and haven’t updated it recently, don’t you even dare to play any untrusted, randomly downloaded video file on it.

Doing so could allow hackers to remotely take full control over your computer system.

That’… Continue reading Beware! Playing Untrusted Videos On VLC Player Could Hack Your Computer→

Adobe Issues Critical Patches for ColdFusion, Flash Player, Campaign

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It’s Patch Tuesday week!

Adobe has just released the latest June 2019 software updates to address a total 11 security vulnerabilities in its three widely-used products Adobe ColdFusion, Flash Player, and Adobe Campaign.

Out of these, three vulnerabi… Continue reading Adobe Issues Critical Patches for ColdFusion, Flash Player, Campaign→

Attack Kit Hijacks DNS of Home and Business Routers

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For the past year, attackers have been using an exploit kit that changes the DNS settings of home and small-business routers through users’ browsers. The tool, dubbed Novidade, was first used in Brazil in August 2017, but researchers from antivir… Continue reading Attack Kit Hijacks DNS of Home and Business Routers→

Critical Adobe Flash Bug Impacts Windows, macOS, Linux and Chrome OS

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Adobe issues patch for a Flash Player vulnerability that could lead to an arbitrary code execution on targeted systems. Continue reading Critical Adobe Flash Bug Impacts Windows, macOS, Linux and Chrome OS→