You may have heard about the discovery of a hack which targeted iPhone devices via websites for years. Google announced it had uncovered the issue as part of its Project Zero security analysis mission, and it showed how hackers could have accessed thousands of devices over a two year period. So how were websites able […]
Continue ReadingThe massive Spectre/Meltdown revelations the opened 2018 shook the computing world. While the vulnerabilities are now firmly out of the main news cycle, that is about to change. Security researchers have uncovered eight new Spectre-style vulnerabilities affecting Intel CPUs—propelling Spectre back into the security limelight. Let’s take a look at the new Spectre vulnerabilities, how they […]
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Discovered in late 2016, the Dirty COW is a computer security vulnerability that affects all Linux-based systems. The surprising thing is that this kernel-level flaw has existed in the Linux Kernel since 2007, but was only discovered and exploited in 2016. Today, we’ll see what exactly is this vulnerability, the systems it affects, and how […]
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Google has disclosed a zero-day vulnerability in Windows which is currently unpatched and being actively exploited in the wild. It’s far to say Microsoft is none too happy with this situation, claiming Google’s actions “puts customers at potential risk”. Sometime in early October, Google discovered serious vulnerabilities in both Windows and Flash. On October 21st, […]
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You recently received an unexpected iOS update. Go on, have a look. By now, you should have updated your iPhone to iOS 9.3.5 to patch three zero-day vulnerabilities being actively exploited to allow attackers chance to intercept and steal confidential information from a massive range of apps. The spyware, dubbed Pegasus, was discovered by mobile […]
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