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RSS attack holeThe Attacker Within: How Hackers Are Targeting Enterprise Networks From the Inside-Out
White Paper It is entering an era where attackers are no longer working to punch a hole n the fortress surrounding enterprise IT assets from the outside - they don't need to - they're already inside. As enterprise defenses evolve,... [06 Oct 2009]
Security: Why Adobe could be the new Microsoft
News If you're a criminal and you want to break into a network, a common attack method is to exploit a hole in software that exists on most computers, has its fair share of holes, and isn't automatically... [07 Aug 2009]
Apple plugs iPhone SMS flaw
News Original article from ZDNet.com: Apple plugs iPhone SMS hole The attack was enabled by a memory corruption bug in all iPhone operating systems. Apple has plugged an SMS flaw that could enable an attacker... [03 Aug 2009]
Microsoft releases emergency patch to plug critical ActiveX hole
News Microsoft released an emergency patch on Tuesday to protect Internet Explorer users from a hole in technology used to build ActiveX controls and other web application components that has been targeted in attacks. [29 Jul 2009]
Adobe probes Flash zero day bug after exploit found
News The hole is exploitable on Windows XP and Vista users are protected if User Account Control (UAC) is enabled, Symantec said. Any software that uses Flash could be vulnerable to the attack, according to... [23 Jul 2009]
Mozilla unearths critical Firefox 3.5 Just-in-time hole
News The hole could allow a hacker to launch a 'drive-by' attack, according to Mozilla. There is a critical JavaScript vulnerability in the Firefox 3.5 web browser, Mozilla has warned. The zero-day flaw lies... [16 Jul 2009]
Critical ActiveX Office hole under attack, warns Microsoft
News Attackers are exploiting a new critical ActiveX hole in Microsoft Office to take control of PCs by luring Internet Explorer users to malicious websites, Microsoft said on Monday. The zero-day hole, the... [14 Jul 2009]
Windows Video ActiveX Control at risk from flaw
News There have been limited attacks exploiting the hole, which affects Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, Microsoft said on its Security Response Center blog. This is the second DirectShow security hole... [07 Jul 2009]
SMS flaw leaves iPhone vulnerable to attack
News He plans to give a more detailed presentation on the hole at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas at the end of the month. Despite the SMS hole, which "could be a critical vulnerability", the iPhone is... [03 Jul 2009]
Google plugs severe security hole in Chrome
News Such an attack only works if Chrome is not already running," the blog said. Google released a new version of its Chrome browser Thursday to fix a high-severity security problem. The problem affects Google's mainstream... [24 Apr 2009]
Microsoft plugs Windows, Word and Excel holes
News The critical Excel hole could allow an attacker to take complete control of an unpatched system if a user opens a specially crafted Excel file. Missing from the bulletin was a fix for a zero-day hole in... [15 Apr 2009]
Adobe patches hole after exploits found in the wild
News Attackers could take advantage of a hole on unpatched systems to overwrite memory with a buffer overflow and install a backdoor through which to control the system remotely. Meanwhile, the US Computer Emergency Readiness... [11 Mar 2009]
Microsoft puts $250,000 bounty on worm-creator's head
News The worm, which has been around since last year, spreads through a hole in Windows systems, exploiting a vulnerability that Microsoft patched in October. Microsoft said it is offering the reward because the worm... [16 Feb 2009]
Microsoft patches critical Exchange, IE holes
News The second hole could allow for a denial of service attack if a maliciously crafted Mapi (Messaging Application Programming Interface) command is sent to an Exchange Server. Security Bulletin MS09-004... [11 Feb 2009]
Microsoft: IE at risk from security hole
News An unpatched security hole in Internet Explorer that is being exploited affects all versions of the browser, making it more serious than originally believed when it was first publicised last week, Microsoft says. [15 Dec 2008]
