Adobe again released a security update for Flash Player, patching nine remote code execution vulnerabilities. Adobe Connect for Windows was also updated.
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Google Releases Supplemental Patch for Dirty Cow Vulnerability
Google’s November Android Security Bulletin patched 15 critical vulnerabilities, but only a supplemental patch for the Dirty Cow Linux vulnerability.
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Microsoft Patches Zero Day Disclosed by Google
Microsoft released 14 security bulletins today, six rated critical. Among the fixes is a patch for a Windows kernel zero-day vulnerability disclosed by Google that was being used in attacks by the Sofacy APT gang.
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TrickBot Banking Trojan Adds New Browser Manipulation Tools
The banking Trojan TrickBot is evolving fast, according to researchers, and within weeks will expand its victim list and attack scope.
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Teen pleads guilty to creating DDoS tool used in 1.7 million attacks
Adam Mudd created the tool when he was only 15 and went on to make $385,000 from its sale and a DDoS-for-hire service.
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WeMo smart home devices can be used to spy on Android phones
Researchers found vulnerabilities, now fixed, that could have turned your crockpot into a launching pad for malicious JavaScript.
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Glasses make facial recognition think you’re a celebrity
These biometric-baffling babies cost mere pennies. Just in time: Facebook’s said that users can’t stop it from using our biometrics.
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Berners-Lee raises spectre of weaponized open data
Tim Berners-Lee warns hackers could use open data to create societal chaos. What’s going on here? The fear of data sabotage, that’s what.
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There’s no best way to handle disclosure of zero-day vulnerabilities
Earlier this week, the headlines flashed with news that Google had disclosed a vulnerability to Microsoft that allows local privilege escalation in Windows 10.
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Monday review – the hot 17 stories of the week
From getting busted on the Dark Web and the ‘super cookie’ stopped by Firefox to the grandmother billed $5K for alleged piracy, and more!