The attack could have been averted through a technique called subresource integrity, according to researcher Scott Helme.

Cisco has issued patches for the vulnerability, which could be up to seven years old.

Lenovo issued a security bulletin Friday warning customers of two previously disclosed critical Broadcom vulnerabilities impacts 25 models of its popular ThinkPad laptops.

Apple said the leak of its iBoot source will have little to no impact on iOS device security.

The vulnerability also exposed login credentials for a massive national insurance claims database, Upguard says.

Researchers have identified a new ransomware strain that went undetected by built-in malware protection used by cloud heavyweights Microsoft and Google as recently as January.

The move adds to Google’s efforts against malicious apps on the Play store.

Hotspot Shield has been downloaded more than 500 million times, according to its creator AnchorFree.

Octoly’s incident response was sorely lacking, says the Upguard researcher who found the exposed repository.

The vulnerability has a CVSS base score of 10.0, the highest possible, and now affects 15 products.