A security informatics team in John Hopkins University has raised concerns over the security of drones (unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs) after it hijacked one and sent it crashing.
Security flaws found in LG’s mobile devices running on a custom Android OS. The vulnerability can be exploited to steal data, install malware and hijack the device, and even completely ‘brick’ it.
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability found in the Jetpack plug-in of the popular content management system WordPress puts over a million websites using it at risk of getting their admin accounts hijacked.
Users and software vendors using the application are strongly urged to update to the latest version after discovering major vulnerabilities in the program.