Huge Flaws Affect Nearly Every Modern Device; Patch Could Hit CPU Performance

The Hacker News Daily Updates Working with Linux - Quick Hacks for the Command Line ($32 Value) FREE For a Limited Time Say goodbye to unproductive Linux habits and switch to the express lane. Download Now Sponsored LATEST NEWS Jan 4, 2018 Hundreds of GPS Location Tracking Services Leaving User Data Open to Hackers Security researchers have unearthed multiple vulnerabilities in hundreds of GPS services that could enable attackers to expose a whole host of sensitive data on millions of online location tracking devices managed by vulnerable GPS services. The series of vulnerabilities discovered by two security ... Read More Meltdown and Spectre CPU Flaws Affect Intel, ARM, AMD Processors Unlike the initial reports suggested about Intel chips being vulnerable to some severe 'memory leaking' flaws, full technical details about the vulnerabilities have now been emerged, which revealed that almost every modern processor since 1995 is vulnerable to the issues. Disclosed today by Google ... Read More Huge Flaws Affect Nearly Every Modern Device; Patch Could Hit CPU Performance UPDATE: Researchers have finally disclosed complete technical details of two kernel side-channel attacks, Meltdown and Spectre—which affect not only Intel but also systems and devices running AMD, ARM processors—allowing attackers to steal sensitive data from the system memory. ____________ The ... Read More Critical Flaw Reported In phpMyAdmin Lets Attackers Damage Databases A critical security vulnerability has been reported in phpMyAdmin—one of the most popular applications for managing the MySQL database—which could allow remote attackers to perform dangerous database operations just by tricking administrators into clicking a link. Discovered by an Indian security ... Read More Flaw In Major Browsers Allows 3rd-Party Scripts to Steal Your Saved Passwords Security researchers have uncovered how marketing companies have started exploiting an 11-year-old bug in browsers' built-in password managers, which allow them to secretly steal your email address for targeted advertising across different browsers and devices. The major concern is that the same ... Read More Working with Linux - Quick Hacks for the Command Line ($32 Value) FREE For a Limited Time Say goodbye to unproductive Linux habits and switch to the express lane. Download Now Sponsored This email was sent to balvistudio4.raaj@blogger.com. You are receiving this newsletter because you opted-in to receive relevant communications from The Hacker News. To manage your email newsletter preferences, please click here. Contact The Hacker News: info@thehackernews.com Unsubscribe The Hacker News | Pearls Omaxe, Netaji Subash Place, Pitampura, Delhi 110034 India