Patch/Configuration Management, Vulnerability Management

Web forum site still down

February 6, 2009

The website for a popular open-source web forum application remains down after hackers knocked it offline earlier this week. The culprits bragged in a blog that they cracked phpBB.com by exploiting a previously announced bug in its PHPList mailing list manager, used to notify users about new product releases. -- DK

Dan Kaplan

Vulnerability Management

Apple patches TCC bypass vulnerability

SC StaffDecember 19, 2024

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-44131, was discovered in the FileProvider component and has been fixed in iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia 15 through improved validation of symbolic links.

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Data Security

Misconfiguration exposes Virtavo security cam user data

SC StaffDecember 18, 2024

Over 8.7 million records, many of which are duplicates, were discovered within the server, including user phone numbers, network information, device identifiers, performance metrics, and other personal details, according to Cybernews researchers.