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Earlier this month, Cisco announced a critical vulnerability in its Nexus 9000 Series Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Mode Switch Software. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to connect to the affected system with th… Continue reading Cisco reports critical vulnerabilities in Nexus 9000 data center switches, PI software, and EPN manager
Today, Google announced a security bug in its Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Titan Security Keys. This issue is due to a misconfiguration in the Titan Security Keys’ Bluetooth pairing protocols, which is currently affecting the BLE versions in the U…. Continue reading Google to provide a free replacement key for its compromised Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Titan Security Keys
Microsoft has taken steps to release security updates for unsupported but still widely-used Windows operating systems like XP and Windows 2003. The company took this move as a part of its May 14 Patch Tuesday, due to the discovery of a “wormable&… Continue reading Microsoft releases security updates: a “wormable” threat similar to WannaCry ransomware discovered
Yesterday, Intel and a group of microarchitecture security researchers disclosed four new hackable vulnerabilities in Intel’s chips. These vulnerabilities expose extremely sensitive data and processes from a victim’s CPU to the attacker. In… Continue reading Intel discloses four new vulnerabilities labeled MDS attacks affecting Intel chips
Last week, the Rust team was informed about a vulnerability in Rust’s standard library, the details of which they shared yesterday. The vulnerability is caused by a function that was stabilized in the Rust 1.34.0 and 1.34.1 versions. The Common V… Continue reading Rust’s recent releases 1.34.0 and 1.34.1 affected from a vulnerability that can cause memory unsafety
Earlier this month, a major vulnerability was discovered in Whatsapp by its security team that allowed attackers to remotely install surveillance software on iOS and Android smartphones. The malicious software was injected in users phone by making What… Continue reading A WhatsApp vulnerability enabled attackers to inject Israeli spyware on user’s phones
On Tuesday, Binance Exchange, one of the popular cryptocurrency exchanges, reported a huge security breach where hackers stole around 7,000 bitcoins worth $41 millions, in a single transaction. The hackers were able to gain a bulk of user API keys, 2FA… Continue reading Hackers steal bitcoins worth $41M from Binance exchange in a single go!
In a report released yesterday by Symantec, the popular cybersecurity software and services company, it revealed that Chinese intelligent agents acquired the National Security Agency’s hacking tools, which they repurposed in 2016 and used them to… Continue reading Symantec says NSA’s Equation group tools were hacked by Buckeye in 2016 way before they were leaked by Shadow Brokers in 2017
At the ongoing Microsoft Build 2019 conference, Microsoft has announced a ton of new features and tool releases with a focus on innovation using AI and mixed reality with the intelligent cloud and the intelligent edge. In his opening keynote, Microsoft… Continue reading Microsoft Build 2019: Microsoft showcases new updates to MS 365 platfrom with focus on AI and developer productivity
Last week, Git repositories were hit by a suspicious activity where attackers targeted GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket users, wiping code and commits from multiple repositories. The surprising fact is that attackers used valid credentials, i.e. a passwor… Continue reading Attackers wiped many GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket repos with ‘compromised’ valid credentials leaving behind a ransom note