Posts Tagged ‘Hacks’

“Biggest smart-phone flaw ever discovered” impacts all Android phones made in the last five years | WTHITV.com

Written by Randy on . Posted in Antivirus, Randy's Blog, Security, Tech

This the “Biggest smart-phone flaw ever”…  Was known by Google since at least April (with fix) but it’s still not out on a large number of it’s popular Android phones.  It may effect nearly a Billion phones.  Is yours one of them?
New research suggests that nearly one billion Android phones are capable of being hacked…and all it takes is a text.
Source: “Biggest smart-phone flaw ever discovered” impacts all Android phones made in the last five years | WTHITV.com

Flaw in bash Shell leaves some users feeling Shellshock

Written by Randy on . Posted in Apple, Internet, Randy's Blog, Security, Tech

An exploit in many versions of Linux, Some devices and even Mac OS X could leave you feeling Shellshocked.

It has to do with bash a command line utility that is part of many distributions of Linux and even Mac OS X which uses this same shell.  The flaw has been around for years and now people are taking notice.  Read More at NetworkWorld below. ‘Bigger than Heartbleed’ Shellshock flaw leaves OS X, Linux, more open to attack | Network World.