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RSS hackers exploitedMI5 plugs website flaw that left site open to hack attack
News The flaw was not maliciously exploited and had been limited to that search engine. The website suffered a cross-site scripting vulnerability that could have allowed hackers to inject code into the site... [30 Jul 2009]
Why you should hack your own systems
Comment They are being exploited to convert trusted websites into malicious servers that can launch client-side exploits that are usually delivered via a web page or an email, such as in phishing scams. Penetration tests should... [22 Apr 2009]
Hackers get cracking on unpatched PowerPoint flaw
News The vulnerability, which affects Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3, can be exploited by getting a user to open a PowerPoint file rigged for the attack. Hackers have launched attacks... [03 Apr 2009]
Symantec Endpoint Management Suite
White Paper Some of these challenges include gaps between IT operations and security systems being increasingly targeted and exploited by hackers, tedious and time-consuming manual processes that are required to... [13 Feb 2009]
Microsoft: IE at risk from security hole
News An unpatched security hole in Internet Explorer that is being exploited affects all versions of the browser, making it more serious than originally believed when it was first publicised last week, Microsoft says. [15 Dec 2008]
Vista flaw leaves OS open to DoS attack
News This buffer overflow could [also] be exploited to inject code, hence compromising client security," Unterleitner added. H is for Hackers The vulnerability was found by Thomas Unterleitner of Austrian... [24 Nov 2008]
UK crime fighters grapple with iPhone wipe threat
News He added the unit took precautions to guard against the feature being exploited. The head of the Serious Fraud Office digital forensics unit Keith Foggon cautioned that the ability to remotely wipe the iPhone and other... [02 Sep 2008]
Ubuntu patches flaw
News The email also detailed a number of other bugs which could be exploited by an attacker who already had some level of access to a computer running Ubuntu. Ubuntu became the latest Linux vendor to patch a vulnerability in... [26 Aug 2008]
Corporations riddled with security holes
News These high risk vulnerabilities are widely known and actively exploited by hackers, leaving many companies susceptible to attack. Poor corporate IT security is leaving businesses vulnerable - with almost... [19 Jun 2008]
Microsoft's 'patch Tuesday' releases six 'critical' plasters
News Ben Greenbaum, senior research manager at Symantec Security Response, said: "While the batch of critical vulnerabilities all require some sort of user interaction to exploit, the interaction can be as simple as visiting a trusted website... [14 Feb 2008]
Foreign Office admits data breach
News Mark Sedwill, director of UKvisas, said the organisation regrets mistakes were made but no evidence has been found the details were exploited and no visas were wrongly issued as a result. H is for Hackers [14 Nov 2007]
Hacking a Mac 'just works', says researcher
News A flaw in any one of these could be easily exploited over the web. H is for Hackers Miller and his colleagues at Independent Security Evaluators discovered the first known vulnerability within the Apple... [14 Aug 2007]
Microsoft.co.uk defaced
News Most probably, the attacker exploited the site by means of SQL injection to insert HTML code in a field belonging to the table which gets read every time a new page is generated," said Zone-H on its site. [03 Jul 2007]
Office at risk from bug trio
News Karthik Raman, a McAfee researcher wrote on the blog: "There is one heap-overflow flaw that might be exploited for code execution. Typically such flaws are exploited by tricking a targeted victim into... [11 Apr 2007]
Holes found in Google Desktop
News It means that the vulnerabilities found by Watchfire could have been exploited without the attack being detected by information protection systems, antivirus software and firewalls, he said. Hackers... [22 Feb 2007]
