Just when you thought it was safe to dive back into the Comodo waters, Google researcher Tavis Ormandy has surfaced with more trouble. Publicly disclosed yesterday on the Google Project Zero site, Ormandy said that a tech support application called GeekBuddy installed with Comodo Internet Security also drags along with it a VNC server that...

A patch for a critical Linux kernel flaw, present in the code since 2012, is expected to be pushed out today. The vulnerability affects versions 3.8 and higher, said researchers at startup Perception Point who discovered the vulnerability. The flaw also extends to two-thirds of Android devices, the company added. “It’s pretty bad because a...

Lenovo has patched two serious vulnerabilities that hackers could abuse in targeted attacks, or at scale, to easily guess administrator passwords on a compromised device, or elevate privileges to Windows SYSTEM user. The vulnerabilities were patched last Thursday by the manufacturer and details were disclosed Tuesday by researchers at IOActive, who privately reported the flaws...