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FileZilla fixes show how far we’ve come since Heartbleed

August 5, 2019 0 Comments EU-FOSSA, FileZilla, open-source, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Mark Stockley| Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2019 13:59:03 +0000

What have seven security fixes in FileZilla got to do with 2014’s Heartbleed bug?<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/wYKtm5ow4zI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Researchers hack camera in fake video attack

August 1, 2019 0 Comments camera hack, Forescout, Hacking, Internet of Things, IoT, IP surveillance cameras, security threats, surveillance, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 12:03:13 +0000

Tampering with surveillance cameras is a common activity for Hollywood heroes and criminals alike. Now, researchers have shown how they can do it in real life.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/t4JcdCzKtZI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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‘Urgent/11’ flaws affect 200 million devices – from routers to elevators

July 31, 2019 0 Comments Internet of Things, IoT, Patching, RTOS, security threats, Urgent/11, vulnerability, VxWorks, Wind River

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 16:43:19 +0000

There are 11 security flaws affecting VxWorks: “the most widely used operating system you may never have heard about”.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/nC9Xn3LZE9k” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Apple’s July patchfest fixes bugs in multiple products

July 24, 2019 0 Comments Apple, Apple patch, High Sierra, iOS, MacOS, Operating Systems, OS X, security threats, Sierra, tvOS, vulnerability, watchOS

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 10:33:27 +0000

Apple released fixes for various products this week, including one for a bug that has been public with proof-of-concept code for two months.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/DMw-BH1iNW0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Big password hole in iOS 13 beta spotted by testers

July 23, 2019 0 Comments Apple, face ID, iOS, iOS 13, iPad, iPhone, Mobile, Operating Systems, password security, passwords, security threats, vulnerability

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 10:18:52 +0000

A security clanger has been spotted in the current beta version of iOS 13 which allows anyone to access a user’s stored web and app passwords without having to authenticate.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/aZwDCfTPAro” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Your Android’s accelerometer could be used to eavesdrop on your calls

July 23, 2019 0 Comments accelerometer, Android, eavesdropping, Google, Mobile, Operating Systems, Privacy, security threats, side-channel attacks, Spearphone, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 10:13:08 +0000

Researchers have created an attack called Spearphone that uses the motion sensors in Android phones to listen to phone calls, interactions with your voice assistant, and more.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/XizfSFAizIQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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CVE-2019-0888: Use-After-Free in Windows ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)

July 19, 2019 0 Comments ADO, CVE-2019-0888, Exploit, SophosLabs Uncut, use-after-free, VBscript, vulnerability, Windows

Credit to Author: SophosLabs Offensive Security| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 14:00:58 +0000

Details of the vulnerability we reported to Microsoft and was fixed in last month’s Patch Tuesday<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/-BE2g_tELic” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>