Stagefright Variant ‘Metaphor’ Puts Millions Of Samsung, LG and HTC Phones At Risk
Millions of Android users are at risk of a new Metaphor exploit that can take over Samsung, LG and HTC phones in under 20 seconds.
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Mitre Takes On Critics, Set To Revamp CVE Vulnerability Reporting
Mitre Corporation will introduce a pilot program for classifying CVEs in response to critics who contend the agency is failing to keep pace with a massive influx of CVE number requests.
Safari, Flash Fall at Pwn2Own 2016 Day One
Hackers took down Apple Safari and Adobe Flash earning $282,500 in prizes on Wednesday, the first day of the annual Pwn2Own hacking challenge in Vancouver.
New malware called AceDeceiver targets iOS devices in China and enables man-in-the-middle attacks that enable hackers to silently drop apps on infected devices.
American Express has begun notifying cardholders that their data may have been compromised in a third-party breach.
Threatpost editor Mike Mimoso talks to Chris Valasek, Security Lead, Uber ATC, about the talk he and Charlie Miller gave at RSA, hacking cars, the challenges around getting manufacturers to patch vulnerabilities in vehicles, IoT, and more.
The Marcher Trojan is back and targeting Android users of porn apps to install a phony Adobe Flash Player update.
Researchers are tracking a massive spam campaign pelting inboxes with Locky ransomware downloaders in the form of JavaScript attachments.
All Samsung laptop owners are being urged to update their Windows PCs immediately after the discovery of a vulnerability that can allow remote attackers to download files onto a targeted system and gain complete control over the laptop.
At last week’s RSA Conference, developers and hackers shared the same stage and tried to iron out some of their differences.
