The Web Security A flaw in Twitter's Android app allowed a researcher to match 17 million phone numbers with users The exposed accounts include high-profile politicians and celebrities By Adrian Potoroaca, December 26, 2019, 1:54 PM
Mobile Security WhatsApp bug allows complete control of group chats, crashing the app The latest update fixes the issue By Adrian Potoroaca, December 17, 2019, 3:52 PM
Mobile Security Several high profile Android apps still have vulnerabilities discovered years ago Messenger, Instagram and WeChat are among hundreds of unpatched apps By Adrian Potoroaca, November 23, 2019, 8:54 AM
Security Mobile Hackers can use a WhatsApp flaw in the way it handles video to take control of your phone Facebook fixed the issue in the latest app update By Adrian Potoroaca, November 19, 2019, 4:48 PM
Security Vulnerability discovered in Ring doorbells that leaked network credentials The security hole has been patched By Cal Jeffrey, November 8, 2019, 2:00 PM
Security Electronics SRLabs finds new smart speaker vulnerabilities that turn them into spying devices The same technique can be used to trick users into revealing their password By Cal Jeffrey, October 21, 2019, 3:12 PM
Security Researchers discover major flaw in PDF encryption standard Attacks can exfiltrate data from encrypted PDF files By Shawn Knight, October 3, 2019, 1:19 PM
Apple Mobile New iPhone bootROM exploit might lead to permanent jailbreak on hundreds of millions of devices Exploit cannot be patched without a hardware update By Cal Jeffrey, September 27, 2019, 2:58 PM
The Web Microsoft Microsoft issues patch for Internet Explorer zero-day It's being actively exploited in the wild By Rob Thubron, September 24, 2019, 9:05 AM
Apple Security Apple accuses Google's Project Zero of creating unfounded fears around recently disclosed iPhone vulnerability The companies are engaged in a public feud By Adrian Potoroaca, September 8, 2019, 7:41 AM 23 comments
Security Electronics Researchers reveal "KNOB" flaw that affects almost every Bluetooth device Someone could take over your Bluetooth devices as simply as turning a knob By Adrian Potoroaca, August 17, 2019, 7:36 AM 12 comments
Microsoft Security Microsoft fixes two wormable vulnerabilities as part of massive Patch Tuesday release Similar to the original BlueKeep vulnerability By Shawn Knight, August 14, 2019, 3:34 PM
The Web Security Group dating app found leaking location data, conversations, photos and more A privacy train wreck By Shawn Knight, August 9, 2019, 9:44 AM
Industry Security Facebook has failed to address a WhatsApp flaw that lets hackers take over conversations The bug has been plaguing the app for a year By Adrian Potoroaca, August 9, 2019, 6:15 AM
Security Hardware Microsoft quietly patched a Spectre-style vulnerability in Intel chips that could expose user data The speculative-execution flaw could bypass previous fixes By Rob Thubron, August 7, 2019, 5:20 AM 9 comments
Security Hardware Nvidia patches five vulnerabilities, encourages users to update display drivers ASAP GeForce, Quadro, NVS and Tesla GPU drivers are affected By Shawn Knight, August 5, 2019, 11:22 AM 12 comments
Apple Security Google's Project Zero found six iPhone 'interactionless' vulnerabilities Last week's update took care of most, but one exploit remains unpatched By Cal Jeffrey, July 30, 2019, 12:33 PM
Security Mobile WhatsApp spyware could also steal data from your Microsoft, Apple, Google, and Facebook accounts All your data are belong to NSO's customers By Adrian Potoroaca, July 20, 2019, 7:40 AM 16 comments
Security Mobile An exploit shows your Bluetooth-connected mobile devices are vulnerable to tracking Wearables like Fitbit are the easiest to exploit By Adrian Potoroaca, July 18, 2019, 5:56 AM
Software Security Zoom backtracks on 'legitimate solution' that left Mac webcams vulnerable to highjacking Immediate patch was issued to address the problem By Cal Jeffrey, July 10, 2019, 3:33 PM
Security Software Bug in video conferencing app Zoom allows websites camera access on Macs It's not a bug, it's a feature By Cal Jeffrey, July 9, 2019, 2:42 PM
Software Microsoft Microsoft warns that Windows 10 update will break some Bluetooth devices Unsecure devices will no longer pair with the OS By Rob Thubron, June 13, 2019, 5:20 AM 28 comments
Security Hackers exploit Asus cloud storage to install Plead backdoor on PCs Asus says it was made aware of the problem and has addressed it By Cal Jeffrey, May 16, 2019, 3:50 PM
Security WhatsApp vulnerability allowed spyware to infiltrate phones The discovery is being termed as a targeted surveillance attack By Humza Aamir, May 14, 2019, 7:04 AM
Hardware Security Razer issues fix for well-known Intel ME firmware vulnerability Problem was discovered in Blade models in February but has existed in Intel motherboards for at least a year By Cal Jeffrey, April 8, 2019, 3:14 PM