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Malicious software overtakes friendly apps
News Of the 2,134 application vulnerabilities recorded in the latest report, web applications dominated the list, making up 58 per cent of the total. Web browser Mozilla Firefox was also found to have contained more vulnerabilities than Internet... [09 Apr 2008]
Security threats revealed: Beware the metasploit
News Among the less familiar new threats are metasploit releases, which target networks by simultaneously attacking a number of vulnerabilities (up to 200) on a different platforms including Windows, Linux and the iPhone. [09 Apr 2008]
Phishers attack social networking generation
News The report also notes vulnerabilities in websites are increasingly popular malware vectors as they allow for more sophisticated and multi-stage attacks. The report reveals that, for the second half of 2007, there were 87,963 "phishing hosts", an... [09 Apr 2008]
Android shows hack attack vulnerabilities
News Core Security published an alert on its website stating it had found eight vulnerabilities related to some open source image processing libraries in Google's Android SDK, which the group claims are outdated. [06 Mar 2008]
Google warns: Malicious 'drive-by downloads' on the up
News Drive-by downloads, in which malicious websites exploit browser vulnerabilities to execute malicious code, have increased since April 2007, Google researchers have warned. The malicious sites target web-browser vulnerabilities to automatically... [20 Feb 2008]
Microsoft's 'patch Tuesday' releases six 'critical' plasters
News Alan Bentley, Lumension's European vice president, said: "Attackers have shown in recent years that they'd rather target applications than go directly for the throat of the operating system, placing pressure on businesses to address the Office and... [14 Feb 2008]
Office Excel at risk from attack
News Microsoft has issued a security advisory that malicious attackers are targeting versions of its Office Excel with vulnerabilities. Microsoft Office Excel 2003 with Service Pack 2, Excel Viewer 2003, Excel 2002, Excel 2000, and Microsoft Excel 2004... [17 Jan 2008]
FAA: Boeing's Dreamliner to cause "security vulnerabilities"
News Because of this new passenger connectivity, the proposed data network design and integration may result in security vulnerabilities from intentional or unintentional corruption of data and systems critical to the safety and maintenance of the... [07 Jan 2008]
Apple OS X more vulnerable than Vista?
News Apple Mac operating systems had more critical vulnerabilities reported in 2007 than Microsoft's operating systems, according to research. While Mac OS X had 234 highly critical vulnerabilities reported in 2007, Vista and XP combined had 23, Ou wrote. [20 Dec 2007]
Apple's Tiger and Leopard get patched up
News A number of serious vulnerabilities, such as ones which could lead to a malicious attack on users' systems, are fixed with the latest update. It's download time again for Mac OS X users, as 31 new security-related fixes for both Tiger and Leopard... [18 Dec 2007]
Russian malware gang goes to ground
News MPack is a PHP-based malware kit that allows its developers to sell modules of malicious code, while Iframe malware targets browsers by attacking vulnerabilities in the way they handle Iframe HTML tags. [12 Nov 2007]
'Security not just about user education'
News According to the security expert, 99 per cent of mobile malware is targeted at the Symbian operating system because it is the market leader and its source code is open, making it easier to examine the OS for vulnerabilities. [15 Oct 2007]
Gmail cookie flaw 'puts email at risk'
News In the last year or so, [XSS vulnerabilities] have been used by attackers to grab cookie values and therefore gain access to normally password-protected sites. When you have organisations like Google spending countless man hours reducing security... [27 Sep 2007]
iPhone gets first update
News Dozens of vulnerabilities and bugs were covered by a total of six downloads for Mac OS 10.3.9 (Panther), Mac OS 10.4.10 (Tiger) on PowerPC, and the Universal version of Mac OS 10.4.10, as well as the server versions of each of those operating... [01 Aug 2007]
iPhone 'data-stealing' hack claimed
News In response to news of the hack, Apple said: "Apple takes security very seriously and has a great track record of addressing potential vulnerabilities before they can affect users. Security researchers claim to have hacked the iPhone. [24 Jul 2007]
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