Tag: Vulnerabilities
Partial Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilities Affect Multiple Wireless Router Chipsets
A security advisory from Synopsys revealed multiple vulnerabilities in the chipsets of wireless routers manufactured by Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Realtek. Referred to as CVE-2019-18989,...
Ask Yourself These 4 Questions Before Shopping Online
E-commerce has reshaped the shopping habits of consumers. From the convenience of buying at one’s fingertips to the endless discounted deals, online stores have...
India: COVID-19 Surveillance Tool Exposes PII of 8 Mn Users
A COVID-19 surveillance tool in the Indian state Uttar Pradesh inadvertently exposed the personal information of over eight million people. According to vpnMentor’s researchers,...
U.K. NCSC Launches New Vulnerability Reporting Toolkit
The U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) released a new “Vulnerability Reporting Toolkit,” which is intended to help organizations manage their vulnerability disclosure processes...
Vulnerabilities in PAN-OS Could Compromise Internal Networks
Security researchers Mikhail Klyuchnikov and Nikita Abramov from Positive Technologies uncovered four severe vulnerabilities in Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS, a software that runs on...
Threat Alert! Amazon Alexa “One-Click” Attack Could Jeopardize Personal Data
The researchers from Check Point discovered critical security flaws in Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant platform that could allow threat actors to obtain users’ personal...
Attention Bug Hunters! FireEye’s Private Bug Bounty Program Goes Public
Cybersecurity company FireEye, announced that it is making its private bug bounty program public, with a focus on business applications and corporate infrastructure security....
Qualcomm’s Flaws Led to “Achilles’ Heel” in 40% of Android Phones
Check Point, in its research dubbed “Achilles,” discovered multiple vulnerabilities in Qualcomm's Snapdragon Digital Signal Processor (DSP) chips, exposing over 40% of all smartphones...
Why Organizations Push Vulnerable Code in Their Application Security Program
According to a research report from Synopsys, 48% of organizations deliberately push vulnerable code in their application security programs due to time pressures. As...
Patch It! Google Releases Fixes For 50 Vulnerabilities in Android Operating...
Google released patches for over 50 vulnerabilities in the Android operating system with its August 2020 security updates. “Source code patches for these issues...
