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Android vulnerability allows malware to compromise most devices and apps
2014-07-29 17:04:21| InfoWorld: Top News
The majority of Android devices currently in use contain a vulnerability that allows malware to completely hijack installed apps and their data or even the entire device. The core problem is that Android fails to validate public key infrastructure certificate chains for app digital signatures, said Jeff Forristal, chief technology officer of Bluebox Security, a San Francisco company whose researchers discovered the issue.
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Thousands of sites compromised through WordPress plug-in vulnerability
2014-07-24 20:22:27| InfoWorld: Top News
A critical vulnerability found recently in a popular newsletter plug-in for WordPress is actively being targeted by hackers and was used to compromise an estimated 50,000 sites so far.
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Firm says vulnerability in Tails contained in I2P component
2014-07-24 13:04:17| InfoWorld: Top News
A vulnerability broker published a video demonstrating one of several flaws it has found in the privacy-focused Tails operating system, which is used by those seeking to make their Web browser harder to trace.
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Zero-day flaws in Tails aren't for sale, vulnerability broker says
2014-07-23 13:30:14| InfoWorld: Top News
A company that specializes in selling information on software vulnerabilities has reignited a debate over the handling of such information, especially when it pertains to privacy-focused tools. Exodus Intelligence, based in Austin, Texas, tweeted on Monday it had found several vulnerabilities in Tails, an operating system and suite of applications designed to make it harder to track a user's activity online.
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Vulnerability exposes some Cisco home wireless devices to hacking
2014-07-17 17:39:10| Wireless - Topix.net
Nine of Cisco's home and small office cable modems with router and wireless access point functionality need software updates to fix a critical vulnerability that could allow remote attackers to completely compromise them.
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