Results for 'root'
Shrootless: Microsoft finds Apple macOS vulnerability
October 29, 2021 - Microsoft researchers have discovered a vulnerability in macOS, dubbed Shrootless, that can allow attackers to bypass System Integrity Protection (SIP) and...
UDP Technology IP Camera firmware vulnerabilities allow for attacker to achieve root
July 28, 2021 - Researchers at RandoriSec have found serious vulnerabilities in the firmware provided by UDP Technology to Geutebrück and many other IP camera...
Yet another flaw in Apple’s “iamroot” bug fix
December 4, 2017 - Last week, we discussed a particularly serious vulnerability, dubbed “iamroot,” in macOS 10.13 (High Sierra). To sum up, the vulnerability allows...
Simple userland rootkit – a case study
December 7, 2016 - Rootkits are tools and techniques used to hide (potentially malicious) modules from being noticed by system monitoring. Many people, hearing the...
Mobile Menace Monday: How dare that rootin’ Dirty COW
November 7, 2016 - If you follow cybersecurity news, you may have heard of the latest Linux exploit referenced under CVE-2016-5195, which has been dubbed...
Supposed Rooting Tool Offers Survey, PUP
September 4, 2015 - In spite of foreseen security risks one may encounter when using a rooted mobile device, some users still opt to have...
UART, Root Shell On Commercial Devices
February 21, 2014 - Many embedded devices run a stripped down version of Linux and have poorly documented diagnostic interfaces. In order to find potential...
New App Fixes Bluebox Android Vulnerability, But Requires Root
July 18, 2013 - A few weeks ago, we wrote about an Android master key flaw discovered by Bluebox Labs that allowed modification of APK...
Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit BETA 1.06
May 28, 2013 - With the newest build of Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit BETA, detecting and removing the nastiest malicious rootkits just became a whole lot better....
Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit – Raising the Bar!
March 18, 2013 - For all our interested readers, both Marcin, our CEO and I (Marcus) were recently interviewed for an article to discuss our...