flaws wednesday
RSS flaws wednesdayApple 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 update, Safari... [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]
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. The patch is... [18 Dec 2008]
Google Talk finds a home on iPhone
News That means iPhone users may still be vulnerable to flaws discovered later than February. A Google's software engineers revealed the news about Google Talk in a blog on Wednesday. Google is making its... [04 Jul 2008]
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]
US Homeland Security CIO blamed for security "incidents"
News In response to reports of persistent cybersecurity flaws at the Department of Homeland Security, a top congressional Democrat on Wednesday questioned whether the agency's chief information officer... [21 Jun 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]
Zero-day attack strikes Office
News Five of them were zero-day flaws, or security holes that have been publicly disclosed but not fixed. Some security watchers have coined the term "zero-day Wednesday" to describe that strategy. A new,... [16 Feb 2007]
Attacks still battering unpatched Windows flaws
News Microsoft on Wednesday warned of "limited zero-day attacks" that exploit a new flaw in PowerPoint. Some security watchers have started to coin the term "zero-day Wednesday". Microsoft issued a rare,... [28 Sep 2006]
Oracle's Ellison to strut his stuff at RSA 2007
News However, the company's security reputation has been hurt by a flood of security flaws in its products and vocal criticism from researchers about its security practices. This was confirmed on Wednesday by... [31 Aug 2006]
Microsoft primes a dozen security updates
News Tuesday's patches could be fixes for those issues but Wednesday might signal the release of other exploits for flaws the company has yet to patch. Last month after Microsoft released its monthly batch of... [04 Aug 2006]
Firefox gets security fix
News The most serious of the flaws could be exploited by cyber attackers to commandeer a vulnerable PC, according to Mozilla. The company, which oversees Firefox development, has published security advisories for each of the... [28 Jul 2006]
Microsoft lines up bumper crop of patches
News As part of a monthly patching cycle, Microsoft plans to release on Tuesday a dozen security bulletins with fixes for flaws. Microsoft did not specify how many flaws its security updates will tackle, or... [09 Jun 2006]
Microsoft cooks up batch of patches
News As part of its monthly patching cycle, Microsoft plans on Tuesday to release three security bulletins with fixes for flaws in Windows and Exchange. Such flaws typically allow a full compromise of a... [05 May 2006]
Oracle patch is holey, says security researcher
News Last week, the business software maker issued its quarterly Critical Patch Update, addressing more than 30 flaws in its software. However, the update for Oracle 10g Release 2 does not plug a hole that allows published... [27 Apr 2006]
