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RSS flaws allowedGoogle fixes up Chrome flaw gruesome twosome
News Two serious security flaws have been plugged. One had allowed for malicious code exploitation within the Chrome tab sandbox. New versions of Google Chrome are out, fixing bugs and patching security holes... [20 Jul 2009]
Next Generation Firewalls: Restoring Effectiveness Through Application Visibility and Control
White Paper The result has been a steady erosion of the effectiveness of network firewalls and, consequently, the illumination of fundamental flaws in the initial design and subsequent modifications to these foundational elements of... [31 May 2008]
Apple patches up Safari
News Apple has released another round of security patches for its web browser this week, targeting a vulnerability which allowed a MacBook Air to be hacked and two flaws in the Windows-only version of Safari. [18 Apr 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]
Cisco warns over IP phone flaws
News In the warning, Cisco detailed flaws for two sets of products. Cisco also identified flaws in several versions of its Unified IP phones, including the 7906G, 7911G, 7941G, 7961G, 7970G and 7971G. Cisco... [21 Feb 2007]
Mac OS X gets an unwelcome visitor
News For example, as part of a campaign called the Month of the Kernel Bugs, several new flaws have been disclosed in Apple software, the latest on Monday in the AppleTalk protocol. The F-Secure blog said: "We won't disclose... [28 Nov 2006]
Microsoft to hunt 'new species' of bugs
News Microsoft plans to scour its code to look for flaws similar to a recent serious Windows bug and to update its development practices to prevent similar problems in future products. Typical flaws are... [10 Jan 2006]
Sony's DRM woes grow as hackers say hello
News Websense's security labs reported it has discovered several websites designed to exploit security flaws in a rootkit uninstaller program issued by Sony BMG Music Entertainment. Websense has uncovered only a couple of... [17 Nov 2005]
Google fixes phishing flaw
News Cross-site scripting flaws are found regularly. This allowed an attacker to inject extra content and scripts that would run on the user's computer, according to Finjan. The flaw could have... [11 Oct 2005]
World's "wild" web sparks fears for the future
News Farber also highlighted how "wrong" it was for software vendors to prohibit researchers from looking at source codes and announcing any security flaws that are discovered. Software vendors are saying that researchers... [23 Jun 2005]
Firefox update plugs phishing hole
News While vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Internet Explorer have been the focus of much of the concern, other browsers also have had their fair share of flaws. The IDN vulnerability allowed an attacker to... [28 Feb 2005]
Google fixes Gmail flaw
News The search giant has increasingly had to deal with security flaws because its popularity has security researchers looking more closely at the firm's products. Worms have used Google's search engine to find potentially... [13 Jan 2005]
NHS denies acusations of IT security problems
News But The Sunday Times quoted a leaked memo that it claimed stated that doctors were refusing to take part in the trials, because of the "fundamental design flaws" in the project's software. According to the report,... [15 Nov 2004]
Yahoo! fixes webmail flaws
News has fixed two flaws in its free email system that could have allowed a malicious user to read a victim's browser cookies and change the appearance of some pages. A representative of the company said the... [20 Aug 2004]
Image flaws conceal Linux threat
News Among the programs that use libPNG and are likely to be affected by the flaws are the Mail application on Apple Computer's Mac OS X, the Opera and internet Explorer browsers on Windows, and the Mozilla and Netscape... [06 Aug 2004]
