Nearly 1 million Windows systems are still unpatched and have been found vulnerable to a recently disclosed critical, wormable, remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)—two weeks after Microsoft releases the security patch. If exploited, the vulnerability could allow an attacker to easily cause havoc around the world, potentially much worse […]
Plus, Citrix catches sueball after employee data hacked Roundup It wasn’t just fake CIA agents, database mega-hacks and Bing flings in the security world last week. Here are a few tidbits beyond what you’ve read in El Reg.… The Register – Security
I have said it before, and I will say it again — Smart devices are one of the dumbest technologies, so far, when it comes to protecting users’ privacy and security. As more and more smart devices are being sold worldwide, consumers should be aware of security and privacy risks associated with the so-called intelligent […]
A security researcher who last year bypassed Apple’s then-newly introduced macOS privacy feature has once again found a new way to bypass security warnings by performing ‘Synthetic Clicks’ on behalf of users without requiring their interaction. Last June, Apple introduced a core security feature in MacOS that made it mandatory for all applications to take […]
An anonymous security researcher going by the name of SandboxEscaper today publicly shared a second zero-day exploit that can be used to bypass a recently patched elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows operating system. SandboxEscaper is known for publicly dropping zero-day exploits for unpatched Windows vulnerabilities. In the past year, the hacker has […]