Recently, security researchers at Checkmarx discovered a pair of serious vulnerabilities in the popular online meeting website Meetup. According to the researchers, a hacker could combine cross-site scripting (XSS) with cross-site request forgeries (CSRF) to gain admin privileges on the site. This would allow them to do anything from changing … [Read more...] about Meetup Website Has Patched Vulnerability Open To Hackers
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Update Fix For VLC Media Player Security Bug Now Available
Do you use the VLC Media Player to watch downloaded movies and other videos? If so, be aware that researchers have discovered a serious security flaw in the code that allows for remote code execution, which could compromise your system. The vulnerability is being tracked as CVE-2020-13428 and is described as a buffer overflow issue. This … [Read more...] about Update Fix For VLC Media Player Security Bug Now Available
Zombieload V2 Is Back To Wreak Havoc On Intel Chips
Zombieload is back. First discovered in May of this year, it was described as a successor to the infamous Meltdown attack. That was a data-leaking side-channel vulnerability that impacted all Intel processor generations from 2011 and beyond. Intel hasn't had a good run of late, being beset almost constantly by these kinds of issues, and … [Read more...] about Zombieload V2 Is Back To Wreak Havoc On Intel Chips
Another WhatsApp Vulnerability Has Been Found
WhatsApp is the most popular messaging platform in the world. Unfortunately, that means it's got a giant bullseye on it where hackers are concerned. In recent months, the company has faced no end of troubles as a raft of vulnerabilities have been exposed and exploited by hackers from every corner of the globe. The company is still reeling … [Read more...] about Another WhatsApp Vulnerability Has Been Found
Update Your Browser To Fix New Firefox Security Vulnerability
Are you a Firefox user? If so, you'll want to update to version 67.0.4 as soon as possible. Just last week, Mozilla released Firefox 67.0.3 to address a critical remote code execution vulnerability that was being used in the wild to target vulnerable systems selectively. Unfortunately, that proved to be just the tip of the iceberg. Since … [Read more...] about Update Your Browser To Fix New Firefox Security Vulnerability
Large Percentage Of Mobile Apps Have Security Flaws
How many apps do you have on your phone? If you're like most people, you've likely got dozens or more. Considering how much storage is available on mobile devices these days, people tend to install apps, and when they no longer want them, they don't bother to uninstall them. Whatever your number is, the statistics recently published by Positive … [Read more...] about Large Percentage Of Mobile Apps Have Security Flaws
