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Greenflash Sundown Ransomware

Jason Davies 5236 Views 0 Comments ,  1 min read

This ransomware was first observed in 2015. Greenflash Sundown (also known as Greenflash or GS) is an advanced exploit kit used in

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BroadbandNews

Virgin Media secures deal to connect 2,700 homes in Manchester

Jason Davies 3554 Views 0 Comments ,  2 min read

Virgin Media has secured a land access agreement, known as a wayleave, with Northwards Housing and Manchester City Council that

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Firefox’s random password generator

Jason Davies 3549 Views 0 Comments ,  ,  0 min read

Following Google’s move – roughly a year later – Mozilla is adding a random password generator to Firefox. Infosec reporters

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Facebook Removes Accounts Used to Infect Thousands With Malware

Jason Davies 3323 Views 0 Comments ,  ,  ,  2 min read

According to reports hackers have used more than 30 Facebook pages to spread malicious software aimed at social media users

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Mongoose parse_mqtt() Function Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability [CVE-2019-12951]

Jason Davies 3650 Views 0 Comments ,  ,  ,  1 min read

CVE Number – CVE-2019-12951 A vulnerability in Cesanta Mongoose could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or

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Linux Kernel TCP Connection Low Maximum Segment Size Denial of Service Vulnerability [CVE-2019-11479]

Jason Davies 3634 Views 0 Comments ,  ,  ,  1 min read

CVE Number – CVE-2019-11479 A vulnerability in the Linux Kernel could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial

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Linux Kernel TCP Selective Acknowledgement Segments Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability [CVE-2019-11478]

Jason Davies 3760 Views 0 Comments ,  ,  ,  1 min read

CVE Number – CVE-2019-11478 A vulnerability in the Linux Kernel could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial

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GNOME libcroco Heap Buffer Overread Denial of Service Vulnerability [CVE-2017-7960]

Jason Davies 3202 Views 0 Comments ,  ,  1 min read

CVE Number – CVE-2017-7960 A vulnerability in the libcroco component of GNOME could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause

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ImageMagick WriteTIFFImage Heap-Based Buffer Over-Read Vulnerability [CVE-2019-11597]

Jason Davies 3486 Views 0 Comments ,  ,  ,  1 min read

CVE Number – CVE-2019-11597 A vulnerability in the WriteTIFFImage function of ImageMagick could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial

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Switch mobile provider via text message

Duncan 3320 Views 0 Comments ,  ,  4 min read

UK Mobile customers can leave their network by sending a simple, free text message, under new Ofcom rules. Previously if

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