#Software Security — Anantam Tech

Enterprise

Abandoned Popcorn Time app exposed millions of device to RCE attacks

Researchers discovered and remotely patched a critical remote code execution flaw in the abandoned Time4Popcorn app that exposed millions of devices to potential attacks.

BleepingComputer6 days ago

Enterprise

Abandoned Popcorn Time apps had to be disabled to prevent a zombie army

Security researchers discovered that abandoned Popcorn Time app installers still running on millions of devices pose a botnet risk, phoning home over insecure connections.

The Verge6 days ago

Enterprise

Modern software is built on the backs of low-paid maintainers, opening the door to potential threats

Modern software's reliance on underpaid open-source maintainers creates security vulnerabilities and threatens the stability of critical technology infrastructure.

Feature Tom's Hardware10 days ago