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Displaying items by tag: Vulnerability

Wednesday, 13 January 2010 02:52

January Patch Tuesday focusses on OpenType flaw

Microsoft's January Patch Tuesday is a quiet affair, with just one bulletin. That's far fewer than the six each in November and December 2009.

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Monday, 11 January 2010 03:44

Mac OS X vulnerability: proof of concept released

A widespread security vulnerability disclosed eight months ago is apparently still lurking in Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6. A pair of security researchers have released a proof of concept exploit.

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Wednesday, 30 December 2009 16:22

IIS zero-day vulnerability (is there a rushed patch coming?)

First reported by IPSS on December 24th, the vulnerability can allow attackers to upload malicious executables on un-protected IIS servers.

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Thursday, 17 December 2009 05:57

Little new in Firefox 3.5.6

Firefox 3.5.6 delivers important security fixes as well as stability improvements, but that's about it.

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Thursday, 17 December 2009 04:44

Adobe Reader, Acrobat patch could be a month away

Adobe has confirmed the existence of a critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat, and plans to release an update by the middle of January 2010.

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Tuesday, 15 December 2009 07:08

Critical Flaw in HP OpenView

Hewlett Packard has announced the existence of a critical vulnerability in OpenView Network Node Manager. Patches are available.

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Thursday, 10 December 2009 02:58

Critical updates for Adobe's AIR, Flash Player

Adobe has released more critical updates for Flash Player and AIR. Versions for all platforms have been updated.

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Wednesday, 11 November 2009 15:41

Why Microsoft was wrong to silence Bing cashback whistleblower

If someone spots a potentially costly security hole in your product would you say thanks and fix it, or send in the lawyers? Microsoft opted for the latter, and it was absolutely wrong on this occasion to do so.

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Tuesday, 10 November 2009 18:37

Just how flawed is Firefox?

Please don't shoot the messenger, but all is not well in Firefox land.

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Saturday, 17 October 2009 16:23

Adobe beats Microsoft in rubbish security challenge

Can anyone beat Microsoft when it comes to churning out insecure products? Ladies and gentleman, may I introduce you to Adobe.

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Wednesday, 14 October 2009 05:33

October Patch Tuesday is biggest ever

As expected, Microsoft released 13 new security bulletins overnight (Australian time). A mammoth 34 vulnerabilities are addressed, including some affecting Windows 7.

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Monday, 12 October 2009 03:07

Adobe Acrobat, Reader updates ahead

Adobe is preparing to release critical security updates for Acrobat and Reader this week. At least one of the vulnerabilities is being targeted by attackers.

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Monday, 21 September 2009 07:41

Microsoft provides SMBv2 protection tool

Microsoft has provided a one-click workaround for the recently disclosed SMBv2 zero-day vulnerability. Work on a real fix is still underway.

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Thursday, 10 September 2009 05:52

SMB 2.0 zero-day affects Windows

A vulnerability in certain Microsoft SMB implementations has been made public before the company has had a chance to fix it.

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Thursday, 10 September 2009 03:32

Apple plugs iPhone, iPod touch, QuickTime security holes

Along with the iTunes and iPod announcements, Apple pushed out a new release of iPhone OS with varied security fixes. Multiple security issues concerning its QuickTime media software for Mac OS X and Windows were also fixed.

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Monday, 07 September 2009 04:25

Microsoft widens IIS vulnerability warning

Microsoft has widened the scope of a security advisory concerning vulnerabilities in the FTP service in Internet Information Services (IIS). The versions shipping with Vista and Server 2008 are now known to be affected as well as those in older versions of Windows.

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Thursday, 03 September 2009 03:28

Microsoft warns of IIS FTP vulnerability

A flaw in the FTP component within Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS) allows the execution of malicious code, potentially giving an attacker complete control of a targeted system.

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Thursday, 20 August 2009 07:36

Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 arrives

The latest version of Kaspersky's security software delivers new yet familiar sounding features.

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Thursday, 13 August 2009 19:33

Why Governments must make voting systems open source

Premier Election Solutions, formerly known as Diebold, patched a security weakness in its electronic vote tabulation software this week. Nice, but how many flaws are required before governments mandate open source solutions?

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Wednesday, 12 August 2009 09:26

Remote code vulnerability in programs built with Visual Studio

This week Microsoft pushed out a regular assortment of Windows updates but one in particular caught my eye. It was an important security update for Visual Studio. The description said an attacker could compromise your Windows-based system – with Visual Studio? Actually, no; the truth is worse, when good programs go bad.

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