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RSS flaws exploitOracle 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]
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]
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. Microsoft's advisory... [23 Dec 2008]
Microsoft patches critical IE flaw
News Microsoft released a critical security patch on Wednesday to plug vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, a move that comes amid malicious attackers taking advantage of the security flaws. This zero-day... [18 Dec 2008]
Microsoft's 'Patch Tuesday' targets six critical flaws
News In Security Bulletin MS08-041, Microsoft warned that attackers could further use the internet to exploit a vulnerability in the ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access. Microsoft has released six... [13 Aug 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]
Macs no longer safe from cyberattacks
News A serious threat to all computer systems comes from websites that have been planted with malicious code, which exploit flaws in applications such as Internet Explorer, and Apple's Quicktime. Multiple... [23 Jan 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Apple vs Vista, jail for mobile users and the broadband swindle…
Comment In many cases, such as Perl, the same fault was counted multiple times, e.g.any one instance of OS X could only have one of five of the flaws listed. There are some actual flaws in the operating system... [03 Jan 2008]
Apple OS X more vulnerable than Vista?
News He found Apple's latest operating system, Mac OS X, faced more critical flaws than Windows XP and Vista combined. Ou wrote: "This shows that Apple had more than five times the number of flaws per month... [20 Dec 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]
A Systematic Approach to Uncover Security Flaws in GUI Logic
White Paper Visual spoofing attacks that exploit these flaws can lure even security-conscious users to perform unintended actions. GUI logic flaws are category of software vulnerabilities that... [23 May 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. Microsoft said in the advisory: "An anonymous attacker could try to exploit the... [13 Apr 2007]
Office at risk from bug trio
News A trio of what appear to be new, yet-to-be-patched flaws in Microsoft Office has surfaced, according to security researchers at McAfee. All but one of the flaws results in denial of service, meaning the... [11 Apr 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. Cyber crooks moved quickly to exploit the cursor hole. Installing Microsoft's... [05 Apr 2007]
Windows has fewest security holes
News Microsoft Windows has the lowest number of vulnerabilities and the fastest turnaround time for patches of all commercial operating systems - but it also has the most serious flaws, according to Symantec. [23 Mar 2007]
