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Security Analysis Leads to Discovery of Vulnerabilities in 18 Electron Applications

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Aug

2022

Electron is a free and open source framework for developing cross-platform desktop applications. It has been used to build some very popular applications, including Microsoft Teams, WhatsApp, and Slack. The research project targeting Electron apps has been dubbed ElectroVolt and the findings were presented last week at the Black Hat conference. Read More

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Research Uncovers 3,200+ Mobile Apps Leaking Twitter API Keys

02

Aug

2022

New research from security firm CloudSEK shows that more than 3,200 mobile applications were leaking Twitter API (Application Program Interface) keys, which can be used to gain access and take over user accounts. The research highlights how these API keys could be used to create an army of Twitter bots and potentially wage some kind […]

Category Application security Security Written by Secureworld 0 Comments

Follina, Other Flaws Fixed in Final Microsoft Patch Tuesday

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Jun

2022

Microsoft’s final Patch Tuesday finally plugs a zero-day exploit after months of warnings from security researchers about a vulnerability that allows hackers to take control of Windows machines via a word processor. The operating system giant earlier this year said it will be moving to rolling, automatic updates rather than focusing on the second Tuesday […]

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