Displaying items by tag: Vulnerability

Firefox 3.6.7 fixes multiple security vulnerabilities, including eight classified as critical.

Unlike Microsoft Windows, Linux has a deserved reputation as a bullet-proof operating system. To teach computer security a University lecturer has deliberately produced the most damn vulnerable Linux you'll ever see.

Unlike Microsoft Windows, Linux has a deserved reputation as a bullet-proof operating system. To teach computer security a University lecturer has deliberately produced the most damn vulnerable Linux you'll ever see.

Mozilla has added a malicious add-on to the Firefox blocklist. A second add-on with a serious security vulnerability is also heading for the blocklist.

Apple has released updates for the versions of Java running on Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6 (Leopard and Snow Leopard). The updates include security fixes.

Microsoft will patch critical vulnerabilities in Windows and Office this month, but a fix for the SharePoint cross-site scripting vulnerability isn't ready yet.

Opera Software has released yet another version of the Opera browser to fix an "extremely severe" security vulnerability.

Microsoft has released an out-of-cycle update for Producer 2003, an accessory program for PowerPoint.

Adobe has released an update for Photoshop CS4 to fix multiple critical security vulnerabilities. The update also addresses a number of performance and other issues.

Microsoft has re-released a previously withdrawn patch for a critical vulnerability in Windows 2000 Server. The company thinks it's cracked the problem this time.

Apple has been forced to release another security update for Mac OS X just over two weeks after the last one.

Microsoft's latest collection of security patches includes fixes for critical issues on all versions of Windows.

Adobe's next quarterly update - timed to coincide with Microsoft's monthly security release - will cover Acrobat and Reader.

25 vulnerabilities will be patched by Microsoft next Tuesday, including the SMB issue disclosed last November.

Using the well-known 'spirit' jailbreak for iPhone v3.1.3, the iPad was jailbroken within a day of its official release.

Firefox updates are arriving thick and fast. The latest fixes a flaw that was discovered by one of the winners in last month's Pwn2Own contest.

NMAP developer discovers vulnerability in Max OS X AFS share interface and makes an obvious comparison with a similar Windows issue discovered in 1995.

The fix for a remotely exploitable security vulnerability in Firefox 3.6 has been developed but probably will not be released for another week.

A prominent security researcher claims to have found 20 exploitable flaws in the Preview utility provided in Apple's Mac OS X to display PDF and other types of file. He's also found several in mainstream Adobe, Microsoft and open source applications.

Adobe has warned its Flash Media Server customers of a security vulnerability in the included version of the Apache HTTP Server, but has done little to help them protect themselves against exploits.