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[Bug] macOS High Sierra App Store Preferences Can Be Unlocked Without a Password

jeudi 11 janvier 2018 à 09:09
Yet another password vulnerability has been uncovered in macOS High Sierra, which unlocks App Store System Preferences with any password (or no password at all). A new password bug has been discovered in the latest version of macOS High Sierra that allows anyone with access to your Mac to unlock App Store menu in System Preferences with any random password or no password at all. <!-- adsense

WhatsApp Flaw Could Allow 'Potential Attackers' to Spy On Encrypted Group Chats

mercredi 10 janvier 2018 à 20:46
A more dramatic revelation of 2018—an outsider can secretly eavesdrop on your private end-to-end encrypted group chats on WhatsApp and Signal messaging apps. Considering protection against three types of attackers—malicious user, network attacker, and malicious server—an end-to-end encryption protocol plays a vital role in securing instant messaging services. The primary purpose of having

Microsoft Releases Patches for 16 Critical Flaws, Including a Zero-Day

mercredi 10 janvier 2018 à 07:35
If you think that only CPU updates that address this year's major security flaws—Meltdown and Spectre—are the only ones you are advised to grab immediately, there are a handful of major security flaws that you should pay attention to. Microsoft has issued its first Patch Tuesday for 2018 to address 56 CVE-listed flaws, including a zero-day vulnerability in MS Office related that had been

Wi-Fi Alliance launches WPA3 protocol with new security features

mardi 9 janvier 2018 à 19:17
The Wi-Fi Alliance has finally announced the long-awaited next generation of the wireless security protocol—Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA3). WPA3 will replace the existing WPA2—the network security protocol that has been around for at least 15 years and widely used by billions of wireless devices every day, including smartphones, laptops and Internet of things. However, WPA2 has long been

Critical Unpatched Flaws Disclosed In Western Digital 'My Cloud' Storage Devices

vendredi 5 janvier 2018 à 13:24
Security researchers have discovered several severe vulnerabilities and a secret hard-coded backdoor in Western Digital's My Cloud NAS devices that could allow remote attackers to gain unrestricted root access to the device. Western Digital's My Cloud (WDMyCloud) is one of the most popular network-attached storage devices which is being used by individuals and businesses to host their files,