Google has patched an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in its Chrome 88 update
update now Ryan Naraine / SecurityWeek : Google Chrome, Microsoft IE Zero-Days in Crosshairs Gareth Corfield / The Register : Chrome zero-day bug that is actively being abused by bad folks affects Edg...
Expired certificate caused Firefox add-ons to stop working on Friday; Mozilla has issued a fix for most issues, advises others not to try any workarounds
A small number of add-ons may be listed … Victoria Song / Gizmodo : Firefox Fixes Borked Extensions for Everyone but Legacy Users Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet : Mozilla releases Firefox 66.0.4 with fix dis...
Exploits, called KRACK, in Wi-Fi security protocol WPA2 open traffic to eavesdropping, connection hijacking, and malicious injection; US CERT advisory issued
A new vulnerability in the WPA2 protocol … Chris Merriman / Inquirer : KRACK down: Vendors start to patch WPA2 flaw Kevin Beaumont / DoublePulsar : Regarding Krack Attacks—WPA2 flaw Mat Smith / Engadg...
Google unveils “practical” SHA-1 collision using nine quintillion computations, releases two different PDFs with identical hashes, urges sunsetting of protocol
Here's Why That's Big For Web Security Steve Dent / Engadget : Google helps put aging SHA-1 encryption out to pasture Gordon Hunt / Silicon Republic : Is nowhere left secure? SHA-1 collision confirmed...
How a government targeted Ahmed Mansoor, an activist in the UAE, with three zero-day exploits meant to infect his iPhone with sophisticated commercial spyware
Saturday, August 27, 2016 Ewan Spence / Forbes : Apple Loop: iPhone 7 Launch On September 9th ‘Confirmed’, Dangerous iOS Flaws, New iPhone 7 Images Paul Szoldra / Business Insider : Inside ‘Pegasus,’ ...
Linux Mint site hacked on Feb. 20: hundreds downloaded a backdoored-variant of the Linux distro; Mint forum data including personal info for sale on dark web
Some people claim that Linux … Paul Ducklin / Naked Security : World's biggest Linux distro infected with malware Stefan Ortloff / Securelist : Beware of Backdoored Linux Mint ISOs Jim Lynch / InfoWor...