exploits
Riot Games hack could help cheaters
Last week, the video game giant Riot Games revealed that hackers had compromised its “development environment” — where the company stores its source code — with a social engineering attack. Wh
Surveillance camera vulnerability could allow hackers to spy on and alter recordings
In newly published research, security firm Tenable reveals how popular video surveillance camera software could be manipulated, allowing would-be attackers the ability to view, disable or otherwise ma
Crunch Report | Amazon Buys Souq
Amazon buys Souq, the "Amazon of the Middle East," Apple acquires Workflow, Instagram blurs sensitive photos and adds two-factor authorization while Facebook rolls out mention alerts and reaction emoj
PegaSwitch is an easy exploit toolkit for the Nintendo Switch
A day after the world got confused whether or not the Switch was truly hacked, a group of programmers have released PegaSwitch, a "toolkit" that allows for limited code execution, allowing users to ex
What You Need To Know About Shellshock
Another week, another massive security vulnerability that is almost a household name. How bad is it? Really bad. According to Matt Harrigan of PacketSled, “It’s really pretty astonishing h
WebOS vulnerability found, patched by Palm in latest release
<img src="http://www.mobilecrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/prepre.png" />What to make of this <a HREF="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/webos/">WebOS</a> exploit? It was discovered by the Intrepidu
Windows 7 exploit (the first?) confirmed by Microsoft
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/win7.png" /><a HREF="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/windows-7/">Windows 7</a> users would be well-advised to block outgoing ports 139 and
Correction: Firefox vulnerability update
Just a quick update on something we posted yesterday concerning a security vulnerability found in Mozilla’s Firefox web browser (see the original post here). First, this incident was NOT a zero day
Classy CIA exploit makes you part of the .GOV
In line with the government-certified 8GB flash drive we just posted here’s a fun trick you can play on your local G-Men. There’s a search exploit at cia.gov that lets you type in any URL
Microsoft Word vulnerability confirmed
A vulnerability found in Microsoft’s Jet Database Engine — the engine that shares data between Microsoft Office products and other apps — has been confirmed by Microsoft to be the ar
Exploit makes iPhone a Spyphone*
Now this is scary. That iPhone in your pocket just might be your worst enemy. Ultranerd Rik Farrow, at the behest of Fast Company, has discovered a way to trick iPhone users into downloading malware t
The iPhone/Touch TIFF exploit explained in the cold poetry of code
Remember that weird TIFF exploit they used to get the iPhone/Touch to jailbreak itself? Neither do we. However, here is the source code for generating the improper and massive TIFF that is needed to g
Safari For Windows Updated To 3.0.1, Fixes Exploits
Apple just released Safari 3.0.1 for Windows, which fixes a few of those exploits we mentioned the other day. The update doesn’t apply to the Mac version of the public beta since Macs are inhere
0day Exploit For Safari For Windows Spotted
Apple released its Safari Web browser for Windows (and Mac!) yesterday. There’s already a so-called 0day exploit for it, one that causes the browser to instantly crash when visiting a specific W
Mac Users Don't Do Security Says Some Brit, Some Other Guy from Ohio
A fellow by the name of Kevin Finisterre has been posting OS X security holes and bugs on his website every day. Some aren’t too happy that Finisterre is doing this as it could let otherwise clu