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Router backdoors hidden but still usable
In December 2013, French security hacker Eloi Vanderbeken uncovered what appeared to be a backdoor programmed into several models of DSL routers. The affected devices were built around hardware manufactured by Taiwanese company SerComm and the finished products came from several well known brands like NetGear, Linksys and Belkin, to name a few. This backdoor allowed
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Jailbroken iOS Devices Targeted in Malware Attack
Security researchers have discovered that certain models of iOS devices that have been “jailbroken” are now being targeted in a malware attack, dubbed “unflod”, that can collect the AppleID account login and password used on that device and transmit it to hacker-controlled servers. While jailbreaking iPhones or iPads isn’t likely to be something the majority
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Heartbleed security hemorrhaging continues
Heartbleed continues its rampage across the internet. There are too many stories to tell and too little time. Read on only if you have the stomach for it. Networking companies Cisco and Juniper have revealed that several dozen models of their hardware devices are affected by the OpenSSL security flaw known as Heartbleed. To see
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Widespread Encryption Weakness Discovered After 2 Years
Researchers from Google and security firm Codenomicon released details yesterday on a staggering security hole in one of the fundamental security technologies used by hundreds of thousands of websites around the world. Dubbed the “Heartbleed Bug”, this vulnerability is found within a code library called OpenSSL – a tool almost universally used in Linux-based webservers,
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XP Support ends April 8
In case you haven’t heard, about a third of the world’s computers are about lose official support from Microsoft on April 8. Any computer running Windows XP will no longer receive updates or fixes to any vulnerabilities discovered after the cutoff date. Microsoft will continue to provide limited support to its XP-compatible security products, like
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MS Office for the iPad is here
It feels strange to be writing about Microsoft and not mentioning a security loophole or zero-day exploit, but it is the day before April Fool’s after all. Fortunately for the iPad faithful, this isn’t a prank. On March 27, Microsoft launched iPad versions of it’s most used office productivity applications: Word, Excel and PowerPoint, all
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