Dirty Cow Vulnerability Patched in Android Security Bulletin

Today’s Android Security Bulletin included a patch for the Dirty Cow vulnerability, a seven-year-old Linux bug that had yet to be patched by Google. Continue reading Dirty Cow Vulnerability Patched in Android Security Bulletin

Google Releases Supplemental Patch for Dirty Cow Vulnerability

Google’s November Android Security Bulletin patched 15 critical vulnerabilities, but only a supplemental patch for the Dirty Cow Linux vulnerability. Continue reading Google Releases Supplemental Patch for Dirty Cow Vulnerability

Mobile Menace Monday: How dare that rootin’ Dirty COW

If you follow cybersecurity news, you may have heard of the latest Linux exploit referenced under CVE-2016-5195, which has been dubbed Dirty COW. The name is derived based on the exploitation of the copy-on-write (COW) mechanism in Linux.Categories: Cy… Continue reading Mobile Menace Monday: How dare that rootin’ Dirty COW