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Displaying items by tag: Vulnerability

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Wednesday, 12 August 2009 03:28

Safari 4.0.3 addresses stability and security issues

Safari 4.0.3 provides stability improvements and bug fixes, as well as delivering some security fixes.

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Wednesday, 29 July 2009 04:23

Security conferences trigger early release of Microsoft security patches

Rather than wait for August's Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has rushed out a pair of security bulletins ahead of the Black Hat and Defcon security conferences.

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Friday, 24 July 2009 03:57

Critical vulnerability in widely used Adobe software

A critical vulnerability has been discovered in Adobe Reader, Acrobat and Flash Player. The vulnerability is being actively exploited against Reader 9 on Windows.

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Friday, 17 July 2009 11:58

Firefox 3.5: new vulnerability, new version

Another vulnerability has been found in Firefox 3.5 that may allow the execution of arbitrary code - 'browse and you're owned' in Microsoft-speak.

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Thursday, 16 July 2009 19:09

How did Atul Dwivedi hack the RAAF web site this week?

Indian techie, Atul Dwivedi, defaced the Royal Australian Air Force website this week, posting a message on the front page as a warning to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. How did he do it?

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Tuesday, 14 July 2009 06:52

Active exploits for Office ActiveX control

Another ActiveX control is under attack. This time it is one installed alongside Office and several other Microsoft products.

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Tuesday, 07 July 2009 04:03

Microsoft admits Windows XP is under attack!

A no-click vulnerability which impacts Windows XP users has been revealed by Microsoft which admits it is already being exploited in the wild.

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Tuesday, 16 June 2009 08:19

Apple's tardy Java update arrives

Apple has finally got around to updating the Mac OS X version of Java, fixing a worrying vulnerability that's been lingering for months.

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Monday, 15 June 2009 07:41

Another round of critical security fixes for Firefox

Firefox 3.0.11, the latest release of the widely-used open-source browser, addresses four critical security issues along with other bug fixes.

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Wednesday, 10 June 2009 03:32

Safari 3.x remains vulnerable: time to upgrade to 4.0?

At least two of the security flaws addressed in the release version of Safari 4.0 can be used to attack Safari 3.x. Proofs of concept are in circulation.

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Wednesday, 10 June 2009 01:46

HyperVM boss hangs himself after exploit damages 100,000 websites

Does a zero-day hacker have the death of one man and one hundred thousand websites on his or her conscience today?

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Tuesday, 02 June 2009 07:21

Apple updates iTunes 8.2 for iPhone 3.0 (and more)

The latest wave of updates from Apple include security fixes. The iTunes update also provides compatibility with iPhone 3.0, and there are also QuickTime and GarageBand updates.

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Friday, 29 May 2009 03:55

Microsoft warns of zero-day DirectShow vulnerability

There's no fix yet, but Microsoft is warning its customers of a vulnerability in DirectShow in older versions of Windows. The flaw is being exploited.

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Monday, 25 May 2009 12:49

SSL expert says more to man-in-the-middle than meets the eye

Hacker groups have reported that man-in-the-middle attacks can be used to strip away the benefits of SSL security when transacting online. However, says the inventor of SSL, these are a browser problem and, moreso, they're not so black and white.

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Monday, 25 May 2009 11:58

Can delaying the release of updates improve security?

Adobe is planning to switch to a quarterly security update cycle. Does that make you feel more or less secure?

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Friday, 22 May 2009 18:15

Sun Java System Communications Express security advisory

Yet another critical cross-site scripting vulnerability has been reported, this time impacting those using Sun's Java System Communications Express application.

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