Experts from security firm Bkav have identified a vulnerability in Viber – the popular application that allows users to make calls, send text messages and photos for free. The security hole could be exploited to bypass the lock screen on Android smartphones and gain full access to the device. According Continue Reading
On April 16, Oracle has closed 128 security holes across its whole range of products. Two of the vulnerabilities addressed by these patches are rated with the highest severity and a score of 10 according to the CVSS2. These two vulnerabilities affect the Workload Manager in Oracle’s 11g Database Server Continue Reading
A trojan that uses an authentication code to communicate with its command-and-control (C&C) server has tainted thousands of organizations around the globe, primarily companies in the U.K. Seculert, an advanced threat detection firm, posted the findings Wednesday about malware called “Magic” on its blog. The company discovered that the backdoor Continue Reading
Hosting providers around the world are seeing a massive increase in brute force attacks against WordPress and Joomla sites. Attackers are looking to gain access to and compromise accounts, but failing that, they are slowing down their targets or even rendering them unavailable as they exhaust the sites’ resources. Melbourne Continue Reading
Microsoft has pulled the plug on a buggy security update released as part of Patch Tuesday earlier this week. The issue first came to light a couple of days ago when some PCs in Brazil were rendered unbootable after installing update 2823324. Microsoft has since addressed the issue in a Continue Reading
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