also @ TechSpot: Building a Thin Mini-ITX PC: Small and Silent Performance

TechSpot News

browser exploit articles


All browsers fall at Pwn2Own but Chrome OS survives Pwnium

All browsers fall at Pwn2Own but Chrome OS survives Pwnium
  • Posted March 8, 2013, 9:32 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in IT Security, Software
  • No browser was left standing at this year's Pwn2Own hacking contest. The latest versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Google's Chrome, and Mozilla's Firefox all succumbed to exploits on day one, with hackers targeting a variety of zero-day vulnerabilities on each…

Android phones with NFC can be hijacked via their own browser

Android phones with NFC can be hijacked via their own browser
  • Posted July 27, 2012, 1:11 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in IT Security, Software
  • New research by security specialists Accuvant has revealed at this year's Black Hat conference that the latest smartphones running Android, and equipped with Near Field Communications (NFC) capabilities, can be hijacked using malicious code loaded via the devices' web browser. …

Google Chrome breached at Pwn2Own and Pwnium

Google Chrome breached at Pwn2Own and Pwnium
  • Posted March 8, 2012, 10:05 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in IT Security, Software
  • Ending a three-year streak coming out unharmed at organized hacking challenges, Google's Chrome browser was breached at "Pwn2Own" and the company's own "Pwnium" event yesterday, both of which are running simultaneously at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver. …

Facebook identifies violence, porn imagery culprits

Facebook identifies violence, porn imagery culprits
  • Posted November 16, 2011, 3:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, IT Security
  • Today, Facebook announced they have identified the unscrupulous individuals responsible for propagating objectionable material across their user's accounts. The questionable photos and videos included beastiality, excessive violence and pornography...

1the archive »

TechSpot on:

Subscribe to TechSpot

Get free exclusive content, learn about new features and breaking tech news.