WordPress Update Breaks Automatic Update Feature—Apply Manual Update

WordPress administrators are once again in trouble.

WordPress version 4.9.3 was released earlier this week with patches for a total 34 vulnerabilities, but unfortunately, the new version broke the automatic update mechanism for millions of WordPress w… Continue reading WordPress Update Breaks Automatic Update Feature—Apply Manual Update

Intel Releases New Spectre Patch Update for Skylake Processors

After leaving million of devices at risk of hacking and then rolling out broken patches, Intel has now released a new batch of security patches only for its Skylake processors to address one of the Spectre vulnerabilities (Variant 2).

For those unawar… Continue reading Intel Releases New Spectre Patch Update for Skylake Processors

Immediately Patch Windows 0-Day Flaw That’s Being Used to Spread Spyware

Get ready to install a fairly large batch of security patches onto your Windows computers.

As part of its September Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released a large batch of security updates to patch a total of 81 CVE-listed vulnerabilities, on all suppo… Continue reading Immediately Patch Windows 0-Day Flaw That’s Being Used to Spread Spyware

Adobe Patches Two Critical RCE Vulnerabilities in Flash Player

Adobe may kill Flash Player by the end of 2020, but until then, the company would not stop providing security updates to the buggy software.

As part of its monthly security updates, Adobe has released patches for eight security vulnerabilities in its three products, including two vulnerabilities in Flash Player, four in ColdFusion, and two in RoboHelp—five of these are rated as critical.

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Over 70,000 Memcached Servers Still Vulnerable to Remote Hacking

Nothing in this world is fully secure, from our borders to cyberspace. I know vulnerabilities are bad, but the worst part comes in when people just don’t care to apply patches on time.

Late last year, Cisco’s Talos intelligence and research group disc… Continue reading Over 70,000 Memcached Servers Still Vulnerable to Remote Hacking

Cisco Finally Patches 0-Day Exploit Disclosed In Wikileaks-CIA Leak

Cisco Systems has finally released an update for its IOS and IOS XE software to address a critical vulnerability, disclosed nearly two months back in the CIA Vault 7 leak, that affects more than 300 of its switch models.

The company identified the vulnerability in its product while analyzing “Vault 7” dump — thousands of documents and files leaked by Wikileaks, claiming to detail hacking

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Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch For Critical RCE in Windows Malware Scanner

Microsoft’s own antivirus software made Windows 7, 8.1, RT and 10 computers, as well as Windows Server 2016 more vulnerable.

Microsoft has just released an out-of-band security update to patch the crazy bad bug discovered by a pair of Google Project Z… Continue reading Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch For Critical RCE in Windows Malware Scanner

Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch For Critical RCE in Windows Malware Scanner

Microsoft’s own antivirus software made Windows 7, 8.1, RT and 10 computers, as well as Windows Server 2016 more vulnerable.

Microsoft has just released an out-of-band security update to patch the crazy bad bug discovered by a pair of Google Project Z… Continue reading Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch For Critical RCE in Windows Malware Scanner

Update Your Apple Devices to iOS 10.3.1 to Avoid Being Hacked Over Wi-Fi

Note: We have published a follow-up article with more technical details about this vulnerability which resides in Broadcom WiFi SoC equipped not only in Apple devices, but also in Android devices from various manufacturers.

Less than a week after Apple released iOS 10.3 with over 100 bug fixes and security enhancements; the company has just pushed an emergency patch update – iOS 10.3.1 – to

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FTC sets $25,000 Prize for Automatic IoT Patch Management Solution

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has announced a “prize competition” for creating a software or hardware-based solution with the ability to auto-patch vulnerable Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

Today we are surrounded by a number of Internet-connec… Continue reading FTC sets $25,000 Prize for Automatic IoT Patch Management Solution