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Microsoft probing holes in Vista, IE 7
News The IE flaw could only be exploited if an attacker were to lure a victim to a malicious website and then persuade the user to enter the address of a trusted site into the address bar. Microsoft is investigating two recently disclosed security... [27 Feb 2007]
Firefox update plugs cookie flaw
News The location.hostname vulnerability Schroepfer referred to was the Firefox cookie flaw discovered by Michal Zalewski, an "ethical hacker" from Poland. His note said a flaw in Firefox could allow hackers to set or change cookies for their own purposes. [26 Feb 2007]
Microsoft has security dozen in the oven
News There are 10 disclosed but yet-to-be-patched security holes in various Microsoft products, according to eEye Security's zero-day flaw tracker. The software maker plans to offer fixes for Windows, Office, Visual Studio, Microsoft Data Access... [09 Feb 2007]
Pair of flaws pop up in Firefox
News The first flaw lies in Firefox's pop-up blocker feature, according to a SecuriTeam statement. As a result, an attacker could use this flaw to steal locally stored files and personal information that might be stored in them. [08 Feb 2007]
Phone-crashing bugs found in Windows Mobile
News Symantec and the French Security Incident Response Team, or FrSirt, say they have spotted a fifth zero-day flaw in the word-processing application. A security company has found a pair of bugs in Microsoft's Windows Mobile which, if exploited, could... [01 Feb 2007]
Apple finally fixes wi-fi flaw
News An attacker could exploit the flaw over a wireless network by sending malicious data to a vulnerable Mac, Apple said. The vast majority of security vulnerabilities, however, affect computers running Microsoft Windows. [26 Jan 2007]
Apple patches QuickTime flaw at last
News The patch comes 23 days after details of the flaw, along with detailed attack code, were publicly released. An attacker could exploit the flaw and commandeer a vulnerable system by placing a special RTSP string in a QuickTime file and tricking a... [24 Jan 2007]
Windows attack code made public
News The attack code exploits a flaw in the way Windows handles Vector Markup Language, or VML, documents, which are used for a type of high-quality graphic on the web. The VML flaw is similar to a bug for which Microsoft rushed out a fix in September... [17 Jan 2007]
Warning over "critical" QuickTime hole
News This time the flaw is not in Apple code but in the VLC Media Player, an open source program available for Mac OS X and Windows. Security-monitoring companies Secunia and the French Security Incidence Response Team, or FrSirt, rate the QuickTime... [03 Jan 2007]
Microsoft points to early Vista flaw
News Mike Reavey, operations manager at Microsoft's Security Response Center, revealed last Friday that Vista is vulnerable to a flaw that allows a malicious hacker to escalate user privileges within several versions of Windows. [28 Dec 2006]
Yahoo! fixes errant update
News The previous software contains a security flaw that could cause other applications such as Microsoft's IE to crash, or prompt users to be involuntarily logged out, the spokeswoman said. The new version, she said, fixes that issue and bundles in new... [18 Dec 2006]
Old malware can affect Vista, admits Microsoft
News Microsoft has confirmed Vista can be affected by malware from 2004 but argues this is not a flaw in the operating system. However, because these attacks rely on user interaction to execute the code, Microsoft has denied this is a flaw. [05 Dec 2006]
Alert over Spybot worm
News The oldest Windows flaw of the five dates back to 2004, according to Symantec's alert. An updated variant of a malicious bot program is spreading via a flaw in Symantec's antivirus software as well as through several holes in Microsoft code. [30 Nov 2006]
Mac OS X gets an unwelcome visitor
News Last week, exploit code was released for another yet-to-be-fixed flaw in Mac OS X related to disk image structures. A new adware program silently installs on Mac OS X systems and opens web browser windows, according to F-Secure. [28 Nov 2006]
"Highly critical" Mac OS X kernel hole unearthed
News A security researcher has published attack code for an unpatched flaw in Mac OS X. The proof-of-concept code exploits a security hole in the way Apple's operating system handles disk image files, the researcher wrote on a blog devoted to a 'Month... [22 Nov 2006]
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