Tag: vulnerabilities

January 12, 2024

Microsoft has eased us into the new new year with just 48 updates for the Windows, Office and .NET platforms. There were no zero-days for January, and no reports of publicly exposed vulnerabilities or exploited security issues. Developers of complex, […]

December 1, 2023

If nothing else, Apple’s most recent emergency security update should be considered proof of an increasingly tense security environment. Enterprises must understand that while Apple maintains a pretty solid ecosystem — certainly at present the most secure, even according to […]

April 14, 2023

Microsoft has addressed 97 existing vulnerabilities this April Patch Tuesday, with a further eight previously released patches updated and re-released. There have been reports of a vulnerability (CVE-2023-28252) exploited in the wild, making it a “Patch Now” release. This update […]

January 23, 2023

Apple on Monday released iOS 16.3, macOS Ventura 13.2, and other software updates to the public. The new versions of the company’s operating systems come with new features but also bring multiple security patches. Not only that, but Apple also […]

September 19, 2022

The security breach that hit Uber last week was the work of Lapsus$, Uber said in a blog post Monday. The South American hacking group has attacked a number of technology giants in the past year, including Microsoft, Samsung, and […]

December 21, 2021

For all iPhone users who have upgraded or plan to upgrade their operating system to iOS 15.2, it appears that Apple has made it impossible to revert back to iOS 15.1—which the company has recently ceased signing, rendering it inaccessible […]

September 13, 2021

Apple has published a full support document detailing what’s new in iOS 14.8, watchOS 7.6.2, iPadOS 14.8, and macOS Big Sur 11.6. Apple says that the updates address security vulnerabilities that “may have been actively exploited in the wild.” Update: […]

March 26, 2020

Every 4G network is susceptible to a form of denial-of-service (DoS) attack, researchers say. We are in the early stages of a rollout of 5G, the next-generation wireless technology that will replace 4G, offering improved speeds and latency in the […]

November 7, 2018

Like it or not, your Windows 10 is highly vulnerable to all kinds of pernicious attacks — and hackers are just getting more and more creative with creeping into your personal computer. Denial of service, SQL injections, cross-site scripting, and […]

November 29, 2017

As the value of cryptocurrencies continues to skyrocket nearly across the board, hackers and scammers are stealing digital money from unsuspecting victims in all sorts of new and interesting ways. One method uses fake apps that steal credentials, but according […]

April 7, 2017

Do you want to play a game? That’s the question posed by a novel piece of ransomware that challenges victims to achieve a high score in a video game instead of demanding cash to unlock files. Yeah. “Minamitsu ‘The Captain’ Murasa […]

January 9, 2017

Among the mobile and desktop operating systems ringing up the 50 most vulnerabilities last year, Android was on top with 523 such flaws. In comparison, iOS was number 15 with 161 such issues. That was a reversal from 2015. That […]

April 13, 2016

It is an element of progress to have our mouse of keyboard wirelessly communicating with the computer, but have you ever wondered what dangers lie dormant in this efficient technology? A pair of Bastille researchers decided to verify just how […]

February 24, 2015

Operating systems and applications saw an overall rise in the average number of vulnerabilities spotted during 2014 with Microsoft Windows continuing to lead the way in terms of the overall number of potential problems. Data from the National Vulnerability Database […]