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Adobe issues 'emergency' Flash update to stop new malware

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:00:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1302/Adobe-Flash-YesAGAIN-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />update Flash on both the Mac and Windows platform in order to fix two new vulnerabilities already being exploited "in the wild" to spread malware. One of the ta...]]>

[U] Yahoo Mail accounts compromised in quick XSS exploit

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:34:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1357583801_yahoomailhack2013.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Yahoo Mail accounts have been hacked, with a DOM-based cross-site scripting vulnerability being the main vector of attack. Details of the hack, including how to perform the attack on specific e-mail accounts, has appeared online in a YouTube video demon...]]>

Commonly used Broadcom Wi-Fi chipset vulnerable to attack

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 01:40:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1351301939_ipadiphone-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Broadcom -- the BCM4325 and the BCM4329. The chips are found in recent devices such as the iPhone 4, iPad, iPad 2, HTC Droid Incredible 2, Motorola Droid X2, and some...]]>

Security flaw found in iOS, allows spoofing of SMS messages

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:59:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1208/Apple-iOS-security-SMS.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />discovered a flaw in the way iOS handles SMS messages that could conceivably allow for malicious texters to disguise messages as being from a known or trusted source, potentially getting users to ...]]>

Google increases vulnerability reporting reward to $20,000

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:25:00 GMT

Google Wallet vulnerability exposes PIN on rooted handsets

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:25:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://cdn4.macnn.com/news/1201/samsunggalaxynexus-googlewallet2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /> Researchers at securi...]]>

Researchers discover Wi-Fi router PIN vulnerability

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1112/wifi.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /> The Microsoft is said to be &l...]]>

HTC confirms fix underway for privacy hole in Android phones

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:25:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1109/htc-logexploit.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /> A security researcher going b...]]>