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RSS flaws affectFive critical Windows updates arrive on Microsoft's Patch Tuesday
News None of the flaws patched in this update affect the final version of Windows 7 according to Microsoft (photo credit: Seth Rosenblatt/CNET) McAfee Avert Labs director Dave Marcus said two of the... [09 Sep 2009]
Microsoft Office, Windows get critical flaw fixes in latest patch batch
News Actually, not all versions of Office are affected, as the Web components issue does not affect the latest version--Office 2007. Microsoft on Tuesday released nine patches, five of them critical, to plug holes in Windows... [12 Aug 2009]
Oracle 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... [16 Jul 2009]
Apple goes on a security Safari with browser patches
News Both of the flaws affect WebKit, the open source layout engine used in Safari. Independent security vendor Secunia gave the flaws addressed by the update a "highly critical" ranking. The... [09 Jul 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 bugs are the latest to affect the PDF distiller component of the BlackBerry Attachment Service. [01 Jun 2009]
Why you should hack your own systems
Comment Considering the large number of vulnerabilities that are found in web-based applications, it is of great importance that security is built into applications early on in the software development lifecycle - and that they are tested... [22 Apr 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, but they are... [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. Our investigation of... [23 Dec 2008]
Microsoft's 'Patch Tuesday' targets six critical flaws
News The memory allocation, calculation, and parsing overflow vulnerabilities affect versions of Office including XP SP3 and 2003 SP3, according to Security Bulletin MS08-051. Microsoft has released six critical patches for... [13 Aug 2008]
Mac virus threat still "insignificant"
News The Mac maker has plugged security flaws that could have resulted in OS X customers being "owned" by basic actions such as visiting a malicious website, watching a video file or opening an email attachment. [12 Jul 2007]
Microsoft to patch critical trio
News Microsoft will fix three critical security holes, and three other flaws, in tomorrow's scheduled patch release. Two other patches fix "important" flaws in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Publisher and... [09 Jul 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]
Microsoft patches 'the class of 2007'
News Microsoft has released fixes for 19 security flaws in several of its products, including Internet Explorer 7, Office 2007 and Exchange 2007. Microsoft's MS07-027 update fixes six flaws in Internet... [09 May 2007]
Microsoft in a fix over cursor patch
News The cursor vulnerability is one of seven flaws addressed by Microsoft's Tuesday patch - three of them also affect Vista. Installing Microsoft's Tuesday patch for a "critical" Windows vulnerability is... [05 Apr 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]
