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RSS flaws advisoryOracle plugs 33 holes that affect hundreds of products
News Oracle has released fixes for 33 security flaws that affect hundreds of products across its range. Both of the flaws are remotely exploitable, do not require authentication and could allow an attacker to... [16 Jul 2009]
Apple goes on a security Safari with browser patches
News Independent security vendor Secunia gave the flaws addressed by the update a "highly critical" ranking. Both of the flaws affect WebKit, the open source layout engine used in Safari. The more serious of... [09 Jul 2009]
iPhone 3.0 patches 46 security holes
News The 46 flaws could allow an attacker to bypass security restrictions, shut down an application, disclose sensitive information, conduct cross-site scripting and cross-site request forgery attacks, or take over the... [19 Jun 2009]
RIM's BlackBerry Enterprise Server hit by critical bugs
News RIM did not give details of the flaws but said they could be exploited via a specially crafted PDF file. The PDF distiller has been hit by three similar bugs in recent months, all of a serious nature, RIM said in an... [01 Jun 2009]
Hackers get cracking on unpatched PowerPoint flaw
News Microsoft's last major PowerPoint patch, which came out in August 2008, addressed three critical flaws in the software. In a security advisory, Microsoft said that at present, attacks are not widespread,... [03 Apr 2009]
SQL Server vulnerability warning from Microsoft
News The advisory comes less than a week after Microsoft released a critical security patch to plug vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer amid malicious attackers taking advantage of the security flaws.... [23 Dec 2008]
Microsoft grappling with critical foursome
News Critical" is the most severe ranking Microsoft assigns to security flaws. Six bulletins in total, including the four critical fixes, will be released, according to Microsoft's advance advisory notification. [08 Jun 2007]
Cisco plugs DoS hole
News The security flaws could allow attackers to send a few small packets through the routers to shut down the network in a DoS attack, said Johannes Ullrich, chief research officer for the Sans Institute, which issued a... [25 May 2007]
Apple plugs 25 holes in OS X
News Apple has issued a security update for Mac OS X that addresses 25 security flaws in the operating system software. While several of the vulnerabilities repaired by Apple's updates were previously known, it doesn't appear... [20 Apr 2007]
Microsoft warns of 'critical' Windows flaw
News At the same time security experts have issued warnings on multiple zero-day flaws in Office and another one in Windows. The attacks target Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 systems through a hole in the domain... [13 Apr 2007]
Apple issues OS X mega-patch
News Several of the flaws could be exploited to gain full control over a Mac running the vulnerable component, according to Apple's advisory. In earlier fix releases, Apple fixed several... [14 Mar 2007]
Security warning over tech support tools
News Multiple flaws in commonly used technical support tools can open Windows PCs to cyber attack, security experts have warned. SupportSoft has published its own advisory on the issue. The vulnerable tools... [27 Feb 2007]
Microsoft probing holes in Vista, IE 7
News The flaws could let attackers get their hands on sensitive user information, security experts have warned. Neither of the flaws has been used in any attacks and exploiting the issues is difficult, a... [27 Feb 2007]
Alert over Treo data-access flaws
News The Palm Treo models 700p, 680 and 650 contain the security flaws, according to an advisory from Symantec's SecurityFocus website. Some versions of the Palm Treo carry security flaws... [16 Feb 2007]
Zero-day attack strikes Office
News Five of them were zero-day flaws, or security holes that have been publicly disclosed but not fixed. When a user opens a rigged Word file, it may corrupt system memory in such a way that an attacker could gain complete... [16 Feb 2007]
