On September 9th, Patch Tuesday fixes 42 security flaws covering Windows, Internet Explorer, .NET Framework, and Lync Server. This month Patch Tuesday contains a total of FOUR different bulletins, one of which was rated as CRITICAL. Internet Explorer (IE) has clinched the limelight by addressing 37 vulnerabilities under MS14-052 bulletin. Continue Reading
According to Kaspersky Lab, a wearable technology Google Glass is prone to hacker profiling through network vendors attacks. Kaspersky researchers, Roberto Martinez and Juan Andres Guerrero have done in-depth analysis of Google Glass and Samsung Galaxy Gear 2 in search of privacy issues that could be faced by users. Bluetooth Continue Reading
Online social networking service Twitter has launched a bug bounty program in an effort to eliminate the security flaws by giving the opportunity to researchers to formally disclose vulnerabilities and in return get the reward. Twitter has outsourced this program to HackerOne. Although there is no maximum limit for the Continue Reading
Latest Firefox implements support for public-key pinning feature. This newly added feature validates the authorization of a server based on an internal list of trusted certificates. Secure communication can be accomplished by encrypting the data, based on a digital certificate issued by any Certificate Authority (CA) and then verify the Continue Reading
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
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