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Five critical Windows updates arrive on Microsoft's Patch Tuesday
News Greenbaum noted that Microsoft has yet to issue a patch for a zero-day flaw in Internet Information Services that was made public last week. There are already some attacks being seen based on that flaw. [09 Sep 2009]
Microsoft issues advisory for IIS flaw
News Microsoft on Tuesday issued a security advisory for a web server flaw that was made public on Monday. The flaw affects certain versions of Microsoft Internet Information Services product, but to be... [02 Sep 2009]
Microsoft IIS 'at risk from FTP flaw'
News Microsoft on Monday said it is looking into a report of a flaw in some versions of its Internet Information Services (IIS) product that could allow an attacker to gain control of a system. In a posting on Monday, the US... [01 Sep 2009]
Linux flaw bypasses security
News A security researcher has released zero-day code for a flaw in the Linux kernel, saying that it bypasses security protections in the operating system. In his notes on the source code, Spengler said that a workaround... [21 Jul 2009]
Mozilla unearths critical Firefox 3.5 Just-in-time hole
News The zero-day flaw lies in Firefox 3.5's Just-in-time (JIT) JavaScript compiler. On Wednesday, the US Computer Emergency Response Team said users and administrators should completely disable JavaScript... [16 Jul 2009]
Ubuntu patches flaw
News Ubuntu administrators wrote in the email: "It was discovered that there were multiple NULL-pointed function de-references in the Linux kernel terminal handling code. Ubuntu became the latest Linux vendor to patch a... [26 Aug 2008]
"Critical" Office update on the way
News Microsoft has had its share of zero-day exploits, or malicious software released the same day a flaw is made public, in applications in Office. The brief advisory is designed to give IT administrators... [08 Sep 2006]
Microsoft issues largest patch batch to date
News Amol Sarwate, the manager of the Vulnerability Management Lab at flaw management specialist Qualys, said: "There has never been a Microsoft security update to address 21 issues and never one with 19 potential remote... [14 Jun 2006]
IT pros criminalised by CMA update?
News Hutty said: "You could reveal details of a security flaw, and someone could hear that and decide that not everyone would be patched yet," adding that this could even include media outlets which reported on security flaws. [22 May 2006]
Oracle patch is holey, says security researcher
News Oracle's latest update fails to tackle a database flaw that has already been exploited, a security researcher has warned. The exploit, released on the internet last week, isn't for a flaw that Oracle... [27 Apr 2006]
Microsoft patch fiasco gets messier
News The computer will still be vulnerable to the flaw, while the user won't be notified that the system is not updated, Microsoft said. While Microsoft could have perhaps published a clearer bulletin,... [21 Oct 2005]
Microsoft told to take some virus blame
News But what is most surprising is that so many people blame Microsoft for having the software flaw in the first place. The flaw allows remote attack in Windows 2000 and not Windows XP SP2, according to... [19 Aug 2005]
MySQL worm spread halted
News Zack Urlocker, vice president of marketing for MySQL, said the ability to use user-defined functions in MySQL is a feature, not a flaw. The company's security team released an advisory outlining steps that MySQL... [31 Jan 2005]
Hackers go after unpatched servers
News Microsoft admitted back in December that WINS contained a flaw that could allow remote attacks to be launched against systems. Network administrators who have failed to patch their systems against the... [06 Jan 2005]
Microsoft banner ad attack hole patched
News The vulnerability, dubbed the Internet Explorer Elements flaw by Microsoft, is also known as the Iframe vulnerability, or Bofra exploit. The IE flaw underscores that online criminals are all too willing... [02 Dec 2004]
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