Coolpad – an Android based smartphones are equipped with a backdoor by the manufacturer. Obviously the idea is not only to give user preferences advertisement, but also install applications without the knowledge of users. Coolpad devices have a strong user base in China and Taiwan. Security researchers of Palo Alto Continue Reading
Microsoft released last Patch Tuesday for 2014 year covering fixes for Internet Explorer, Office and Exchange Server. This month Patch Tuesday contains seven security bulletins – addressing twenty four security vulnerabilities. Out of seven, three bulletins are rated ‘CRITICAL’ i.e. MS14-080, MS14-081 and MS14-084. Internet Explorer gets fixes for 14 Continue Reading
Along with Microsoft, Adobe not only patched six security flaws in Flash but also addresses 20 vulns Reader and Acrobat. Out of six vulns patched in Flash, one is believed to be exploited wild. According to Adobe advisory, all fixes for Flash are rated as ‘CRITICAL’ allowing intruders to take Continue Reading
Google rolls out new tools targeting enterprise apps customers to provide more control over the devices. According to post on Google work blog, this new dashboard shows all the devices that have accessed Google accounts during the last 4 weeks period. It will aid users to figure out unsolicited access Continue Reading
This month is quite worrisome for Adobe Systems as it issues out-of-cycle Flash Player update. The reason is to fix a highly critical security flaw that allows cybercriminals to take complete control of vulnerable system. This issue was already covered under CVE-2014-8439 – released on 14th October’14 and further restriction Continue Reading
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