vulnerability
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Signal Says Reports of a Zero-Day Bug Are False
Over the weekend, rumours circulated that Signal, one of the most trusted encrypted chat apps on the web, had a pretty bad zero-day vulnerability. The claims, which have now been all but debunked, swiftly caused a panic in the infosec community. Security site BleepingComputer reports that “numerous sources” reached out about the supposed bug, with…
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Patched TikTok Exploit Potentially Let Attackers Take Control of User Accounts
Security researchers revealed they uncovered a massive hole in TikTok’s security that affected every single user who has downloaded the app on Android devices worldwide. But if there is any lingering hint that any users were impacted by this “high severity” security exploit, then TikTok isn’t telling.
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You Should Probably Stop Using Your Wyze Camera Right Now
If you have a Wyze security camera, my suggestion would be to rip it out of the wall and throw it in the nearest trashcan. For the past three years, a glaring security vulnerability has sat festering in the company’s V1, V2, and V3 internet-connected cameras — the likes of which would have allowed hackers…
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Log4j: Just How Screwed Are We?
Well, it’s certainly been a year for cyber debacles, so, sure, why not tie things off with a nice, fat security vulnerability that affects almost everything on the internet? That sounds about right.