A recovered 98MB file underscores the risks of trusting personal info to strangers.

By Waqas

The IT security researcher at Cisco Talos Intelligence Group has discovered a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the LIVE555 media streaming library used by popular media players such as VLC and MPlayer. Maintained by the company Live Networks, the library works with RTP / RTCP, RTSP or SIP protocols, with the ability to process […]

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By Waqas

This article has been updated with a statement from Live Networks, Inc. The IT security researcher at Cisco Talos Intelligence Group has discovered a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the LIVE555 media streaming library used by popular media players such as VLC and MPlayer. Maintained by the company Live Networks, the library works with RTP […]

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By Waqas

This article has been updated with a statement from Live Networks, Inc explaining that the flaw only affected their implementation of RTSP server, which VLC and MPlayer do not use. The IT security researcher at Cisco Talos Intelligence Group has discovered a critical remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2018-4013 in the LIVE555 media streaming library. Maintained by the […]

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Drupal's advisory also included three patches for "moderately critical" bugs.

By Ian Trump

This is the second in a series of blog posts “on all things Bot.” From bad to good and looking towards the future, Bots remain an information security issue which has the potential to impact all commercial and recreational online activity. This series will explore the security and business ramifications of the modern internet where […]

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European leaders complete first step toward establishing a sanctions regime.

A report by the Wall Street Journal points finger at group that is know to Facebook Security.

Netflix security engineer discusses what goes on behind the scenes at one of the world's biggest tech companies.

The bugs let hackers crash IoT devices, leak their information, and completely take them over.