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Researchers find security flaws in Skoda cars that may let hackers remotely track them – Go Health Pro

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Researchers find security flaws in Skoda cars that may let hackers remotely track them – Go Health Pro

Security researchers have discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the infotainment units used in some Skoda cars that could allow malicious actors to remotely trigger certain controls and track the cars’ location in real time. PCAutomotive, a cybersecurity firm specializing in the automotive sector, unveiled 12 new security vulnerabilities impacting the latest model of the Skoda Superb … Read more

GUEST ESSAY: The key role static code analyzers play in detecting coding errors, eliminating flaws – Go Health Pro

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GUEST ESSAY: The key role static code analyzers play in detecting coding errors, eliminating flaws – Go Health Pro

By Andrey Karpov In the modern world of software development, code quality is becoming a critical factor that determines a project success. Errors in code can entail severe consequences. Related: The convergence of network, application security For example, vulnerabilities in banking applications can lead to financial data leaks, and errors in medical systems can threaten … Read more

Over Two Dozen Flaws Identified in Advantech Industrial Wi-Fi Access Points – Patch ASAP – Go Health Pro

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Over Two Dozen Flaws Identified in Advantech Industrial Wi-Fi Access Points – Patch ASAP – Go Health Pro

Nov 28, 2024Ravie LakshmananIoT Security / Vulnerability Nearly two dozen security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in Advantech EKI industrial-grade wireless access point devices, some of which could be weaponized to bypass authentication and execute code with elevated privileges. “These vulnerabilities pose significant risks, allowing unauthenticated remote code execution with root privileges, thereby fully compromising the … Read more

Critical WordPress Anti-Spam Plugin Flaws Expose 200,000+ Sites to Remote Attacks – Go Health Pro

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Critical WordPress Anti-Spam Plugin Flaws Expose 200,000+ Sites to Remote Attacks – Go Health Pro

Nov 26, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Website Security Two critical security flaws impacting the Spam protection, Anti-Spam, and FireWall plugin WordPress could allow an unauthenticated attacker to install and enable malicious plugins on susceptible sites and potentially achieve remote code execution. The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2024-10542 and CVE-2024-10781, carry a CVSS score of 9.8 out of … Read more

Ubuntu affected by 10-year-old flaws in needrestart package – Go Health Pro

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Ubuntu affected by 10-year-old flaws in needrestart package – Go Health Pro

Ubuntu users are urged to install updates to patch flaws in the needrestart utility package that could enable local users to escalate their privileges to root without user interaction. The five vulnerabilities were discovered by the Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU), which first published details about the flaws on Tuesday. The affected utility, needrestart, is … Read more