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Firmware Zero-Day Allows Hackers to Disable Security Features

05

Jul

2016

A researcher has discovered a zero-day firmware vulnerability that can be exploited by malicious hackers to disable security features on Lenovo, HP and likely other PCs. Researcher Dmytro Oleksiuk revealed last week that he had identified a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) present on all Lenovo ThinkPad series laptops. UEFI […]

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Zero-Day in Magento plug-in could allow attacker to steal data

15

Oct

2015

Researchers at Trustwave spotted a zero-day #exploit in the Magmi plugin for the #magento e-commerce platform that can be used by an attacker to access #credentials and potentially gain complete control of the a user’s Magento database. The vulnerability exists in Magmi version 0.7.21 and prior when downloaded from SourceForge however, versions downloaded from Github […]

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Businesses ill-prepared to defend against dramatic rise in zero day attacks

04

Jun

2015

Businesses have been diligently working to defend against attacks and exploits for years. The problem is that much of the conventional wisdom about #security is reactive and most of the security tools available are only effective against known threats. The rise over the last year or so in targeted #zero day attacks has left many […]

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