Security update

Quick Heal Launches an all new version 23 – Smart, Secure and Sustainable

Quickheal / 3 years
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4 min read

Cybercrimes have been on the rise post-pandemic and are becoming even more sophisticated. Digitization and work from home model have further widened the security perimeter, making cloud, network, and devices vulnerable. Thus, allowing cybercriminals to surpass the basic and traditional security measures available for free. We are witnessing a tremendous rise in internet and smartphone […]

CVE-2019-11815: Experts discovered a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux Kernel

Ganesh Lakariya / 7 years
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3 min read

Red Hat engineers and experts discovered a memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, which is basically a flaw while implementation of RDS (Remote desktop Protocol) over TCP. This flaw has affected Red Hat, Ubuntu, Debian and SUSE and security advisories have been issued for all. This flaw could enable an attacker to compromise a system […]

Security Vulnerabilities for Android and iOS Hit An All-time High in 2015

Antara Biswas / 10 years
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6 min read

Quick Heal hopes it has been a good year for you. But, has it been a good year for your mobile devices as well? It has been an alarming year for both Android and iOS users. If Android users were vulnerable to Stagefright attacks, iOS users had their own share of vulnerabilities with the Masque […]

This Week’s Bytes of the Latest IT Security News and Updates

Sakshat Karkare / 12 years
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3 min read

Adobe Hacked – Data of 2.9 million Customers Compromised! Adobe has announced in its blog of a major security breach that compromised the data of 2.9 million of its customers. According to the company’s chief security officer, the hacked data mainly included customer IDs, encrypted passwords, encrypted credit and debit numbers and their expiration dates. […]

Adobe addresses serious vulnerabilities with its latest patches

Soumya Patnaik / 13 years
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2 min read

Adobe Systems has released improved versions of Flash Player, Shockwave Player and ColdFusion to patch critical vulnerabilities in these. As stated by Adobe “these vulnerabilities could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system” The new versions of Flash Player for Windows and Mac (Flash Player 11.7.700.169) and […]

Web security basics: Watering hole attacks VS phishing attacks

Adithya Omanakuttan / 13 years
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3 min read

Computer users who are well versed with security threats know why and how clever phishing pages must be avoided. Clear signs help to identify fake phishing pages but what does one do against a “watering hole attack”? What exactly is a watering hole attack? A watering hole attack is a technique whereby users are profiled […]

Security news and updates from the last week

Adithya Omanakuttan / 13 years
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2 min read

New York Times website breached by Chinese hackers The New York Times recently discovered that their computer systems were breached by Chinese hackers. The hackers stole corporate passwords of each and every employee and spied on more than 50 individuals in a time span of 4 months. Apparently these attacks started when the Times started […]

As another Java flaw is discovered, is it time to disable Java completely?

Adithya Omanakuttan / 13 years
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3 min read

After a massive Java 0-day vulnerability surfaced in August 2012, Oracle released an out-of-cycle update to combat the exploit. However, we advised our readers to simply disable Java on their web browsers to avoid the threat. Java has now become a highly vulnerable program that causes more trouble than it is worth and this is […]

Microsoft releases a Fix it solution to prevent Internet Explorer hijacking vulnerability

Adithya Omanakuttan / 13 years
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2 min read

Microsoft has successfully released a ‘Fix it solution’ for the recently discovered targeted attack, CVE-2012-4792. This attack was specifically targeted at users of Internet Explorer versions 6, 7 and 8. Users of Internet Explorer 9 and 10 were not affected. The attack exploited a vulnerability that allowed an attacker to literally hijack a PC and […]

Vulnerable Wi-Fi routers lead to attacks and fake websites

Adithya Omanakuttan / 13 years
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3 min read

It was recently discovered that millions of ADSL routers were hacked in Brazil to create a large botnet chain. This is an unprecedented move that goes to show that not even our routers are safe from attackers. Many homes and offices use Wi-Fi routers for web access today so it is important to understand the […]