Apple has shipped an urgent security update to fix a major security flaw affecting iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch devices alongside a warning that the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild. The new iOS 14.4.2 was released on Friday with yet another band-aid for Apple’s flagship iOS platform and the company said it ..
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A proposed executive order would set new rules on the disclosure of data breaches that also affect United States government agencies, according to a Reuters news report. The report said the executive order, which could be released as soon as the next week, would require software vendors to notify U.S. government customers of cyber-security breaches ..
A critical vulnerability in the official Facebook for WordPress plugin could be abused to upload arbitrary files, essentially leading to remote code execution, according to a warning from security researchers at Wordfence. Formerly known as Official Facebook Pixel, the Facebook for WordPress plugin is used on more than 500,000 sites, allowing administrators to capture actions ..
A design flaw discovered in the architecture of 5G network slicing can allow malicious actors to access potentially sensitive data and launch denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, mobile network security company AdaptiveMobile Security warned this week. 5G network slicing enables operators to provide different amounts of resources to different types of traffic — based on their needs ..
A cybersecurity researcher who specializes in industrial control systems (ICS) has identified three types of critical vulnerabilities in products made by human-machine interface (HMI) manufacturer Weintek. The Taiwan-based vendor’s products are used worldwide. The company has posted a technical advisory instructing customers to install available patches and take steps to mitigate risks. It noted that ..
Cisco this week announced the release of software updates that address several vulnerabilities in Jabber for desktop and mobile platforms, the most severe of which could be abused to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. The bugs impact Cisco Jabber for Windows, macOS, and mobile platforms, and are not dependable to one another. To successfully ..
Solarwinds has shipped a major security update to fix at least four documented security vulnerabilities, including a pair of bugs that be exploited for remote code execution attacks. The patches were pushed out Thursday as part of a minor security makeover of the Orion Platform, the same compromised Solarwinds product that was exploited in recent ..
Microsoft on Wednesday announced that its bug bounty programs now also cover the desktop client of its Teams business communications platform. The tech giant is offering rewards for vulnerabilities in the Teams desktop client as part of its Application Bounty Program, which will feature additional app-related bounties in the future. The Teams desktop client bug ..
Facebook’s threat intelligence team says it has disrupted a sophisticated Chinese spying team that routinely use iPhone and Android malware to hit journalists, dissidents and activists around the world. The hacking group, known to malware hunters as Evil Eye, has used Facebook to plant links to watering hole websites rigged with exploits for the two ..
Private aviation services provider Solairus Aviation on Tuesday announced that some employee and customer data was compromised in a security incident at third-party vendor Avianis. In a data breach announcement on March 23, Solairus said aviation business management platform provider Avianis provided notification last December about an intrusion into Avianis’ Microsoft Azure cloud platform, which ..
