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In May 2020, Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative researchers reported about five unpatched 0-day vulnerabilities in Windows, four of which were at high risk. The three vulnerabilities identified as CVE-2020-0916, CVE-2020-0986, and CVE-2020-0915 scored 7 out of 10 on the CVSS vulnerability rating scale. In fact, these three problems allowed …

We recently talked about a bug discovered in the GO SMS Pro Android app, installed over 100,000,000 times. Due to the vulnerability, application data (voice messages, videos and images) exchanged by users can be available to everyone. Trustwave researchers who found the bug wrote that even those files that were …

The apps Baidu Maps and Baidu Search Box, downloaded more than 6,000,000 times, were convicted of collecting user data and were removed from the Google Play Store last month. Palo Alto Networks specialists discovered problems in the applications and released a detailed report on their findings this week. According to …

Mozilla and Google developers have fixed critical vulnerabilities in Firefox and Chrome browsers that recently discovered hackers at the Chinese Tianfu Cup competition. Let me remind you that the Tianfu Cup, the largest and most prestigious hacking competition in China, ended at the end of last week. In fact, the …

Bleeping Computer writes that many users may have problems with the updated version of Chrome OS: the processor load reaches 100%, and because of this, there are problems with production, fast battery discharge and overheating. Apparently, the problem is not found on all Chromebooks. So far, only the owners of …

In early 2020, Google experts were forced to suspend indefinitely the publication and update of any commercial Chrome extensions. Now they have announced that Google is eventually closes the Payments API. The fact is that a large number of paid extensions appeared in the Chrome Web Store, which were noticed …

Last weekend users found that a simple picture can turn Android smartphone into a “piece of stone”, if you set it as wallpaper. The 9to5google magazine turned attention to the problem. Journalists say that the famous Ice Universe insider first reported about a strange bug. On his Twitter account, he …

Analysts of the German company SRLabs, using the SnoopSnitch application installed on more than 500,000 smartphones, collected information on the so-called “Patch delays.” Experts concluded that security updates began to reach Android users faster. Update speed is important because Android OS has been recognized as the most vulnerable platform of …

In the framework of the April “Tuesday of updates”, Microsoft fixed 113 vulnerabilities in 11 Microsoft products, 17 of which were rated as critical, and another 96 received status of important. Moreover, Microsoft fixed three 0-day vulnerabilities that were already under attack. So far, Google Project Zero and Threat Analysis …

Due to the widespread self-isolation and quarantine, the Zoom video conferencing application has gained unprecedented popularity. However, along with popularity, Zoom developers got many problems, for example today Google forbade its employees to use Zoom. Last week, NASA and SpaceX banned their employees from using the Zoom video conferencing application, …