Most popular Android apps open users to MITM attacks
An analysis of the 1,000 most popular free Android apps from the Google Play store has revealed a depressing fact: most of them sport an SSL/TLS vulnerability that can be misused …
Hacking traffic light systems, it’s so easy
A new study conducted by security researchers at the University of Michigan demonstrated that it is easy to hack traffic light systems.
Facebook Server Leveraged for DDoS Attack
The way in which images attached to Facebook posts are refreshed can be abused to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks using the site's high-bandwidth servers, a s…
Windows Registry Forensics using ‘RegRipper’ Command-Line on Linux
RegRipper is a flexible open source tool that can facilitate registry analysis with ease. It contains pre-written Perl scripts for the purpose of fetching frequently needed inform…
Graphic Library Flaw Exposes Apps Created With Delphi, C++ Builder
Researchers at Core Security say they have identified a security vulnerability in the Visual Component Library (VLC) that affects apps developed with Delphi and C++ Builder.