• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Aug-10-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Use the internet? This Linux flaw could open you up to attack

A flaw in the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) used by Linux since late 2012 poses a serious threat to internet users, whether or not they use Linux directly.That’s the key finding of a research study that’s scheduled to be presented […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Aug-10-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on A new $500,000 iOS bug bounty beats Apple’s offer

A security firm is offering up to US$500,000 for information on zero-day vulnerabilities in iOS, surpassing Apple’s bug bounty just days after it was announced.On Tuesday, Texas-based Exodus Intelligence said it will give between $5,000 and $500,000 for zero-day vulnerabilities […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Aug-10-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Disable WPAD now or have your accounts and private data compromised

The Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol (WPAD), enabled by default on Windows and supported by other operating systems, can expose computer users’ online accounts, web searches, and other private data, security researchers warn.Man-in-the-middle attackers can abuse the WPAD protocol to hijack […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Aug-10-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Disable WPAD now or have your accounts and private data compromised

The Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol (WPAD), enabled by default on Windows and supported by other operating systems, can expose computer users’ online accounts, web searches, and other private data, security researchers warn.Man-in-the-middle attackers can abuse the WPAD protocol to hijack […]