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Netgear routers have gaping remote access hole

Command injection made easy: you can simply append a system command to a certain router URL…and the router will run it for you.
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Scope of Gaping Android Security Hole Grows – Threatpost


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Scope of Gaping Android Security Hole Grows
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Security researchers at Skycure are upping the ante on a vulnerability that it says now leaves 95.4 percent of Android devices vulnerable to an attack that hands over control of a phone or tablet to an attacker. First reported at the RSA Conference in
Clickjacking Bug Affects 95 Percent of Android DevicesOn the Wire (blog)

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GAPING Android security HOLE found in Galaxy S5, Nexus 5 and HTC One (m8) – Expert Reviews


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GAPING Android security HOLE found in Galaxy S5, Nexus 5 and HTC One (m8)
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A security researcher has warned of a vulnerability in devices based on Qualcomm's popular Snapdragon processors that can allow attackers to run malicious software without user knowledge. Discovered by Dan Rosenberg and unveiled at the Black Hat …
Snapdragon is an Android security flawFudzilla

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Microsoft finally patches gaping IE exploit with Patch Tuesday update

For the last decade, admins have awaited Microsoft Patch Tuesday with dread – or perhaps delight, but that seems highly doubtful. There’s no time to delay when it comes to patching this month, however, as Microsoft finally closed the gaping zero-day hole in IE that is being actively exploited in the wild by cyber crooks, nation-state hackers and pen testers.
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