Check Point has patched two critical vulnerabilities in the way its firewall and management products handle VPN certificates. The company says both could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to run code, but only “under specific conditions” that it has not described. One flaw affects Check Point’s Security Gateways, its firewall appliances. The other affects those…
Bad actors are misusing Google Play’s Early Access program to push deceptive apps that claim to offer money, rewards, casino winnings, and premium content. Early Access apps are apps that haven’t been released on the official Android app marketplace. The main idea behind the program is for developers to solicit user feedback for new applications…
A lot of this week’s security news has the same awkward answer to one question: “Why was that allowed to work?” An extension asks for access and takes too much. A trusted service becomes part of a phishing chain. An old bug still gets results. An exposed system stays exposed. A package looks useful right…
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