Attackers can leverage the flaw by convincing users to open a file purported to be a recording of a past WebEx event.

Researchers Tavis Ormandy and Cris Neckar privately disclosed a critical vulnerability in Cisco’s WebEx extension for Chrome and Firefox that allows for remote code execution.

The Star Wars Twitter botnet, the return of Lavabit, a critical Cisco Webex flaw, and the St. Louis Library ransomware story are discussed.

Cisco warned customers of 12 vulnerabilities across its product line this week, including a critical vulnerability in the software that powers its conferencing product, WebEx Meetings Server. The company stressed on Wednesday that version 2.6 of its WebEx Meetings Server is vulnerable to a remote command execution vulnerability. If exploited, the bug could enable an attacker to...