Google Chrome latest version 37.0.2062.94 got 50 security fixes last Tuesday. Security researcher ‘lokihardt@asrt’ received a huge amount of $30,000 for finding out flaws in Chrome JavaScript engine V8, the Inter-process Communication (IPC), the data synchronization component and extensions. Most of the vulnerabilities allow remote code execution. Besides this other Continue Reading
Social networking giant Facebook will soon release an update for its messenger app. The patch will fix the issue on iOS that allows attackers to make calls automatically from users’ phones by clicking on web link. Andrei Neculaesei a developer from Copenhagen discovered the flaw which can be triggered through Continue Reading
The issue is being first reported by Teofil Cojocariu, a researcher with the Cyber Security Research Center from Romania (CCSIR) in June when Facebook added a new feature allowing administrators to refresh the content of attachments. Cojocariu created an exploit that can cause DDoS attacks through Facebook datacenters. After Facebook Continue Reading
Google Chrome enhancing the capabilities for safe browsing protection mechanism and now generating alerts for users to protect them from downloading deceptive apps. On 14th August, Moheeb Abu Rajab, a Google security staff engineer announced the added protection on the Google Chrome Blog. “We’ll show a warning in Chrome whenever Continue Reading
On 12th August, Microsoft released updates on its monthly Patch Tuesday. The update MS14-045 rated as ‘important’ that fixes Windows kernel security issues related to privilege escalation and code execution. Users have reported a blue screen of death (BSoD) on their machines which prompts Microsoft to pulled off the vulnerable Continue Reading
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