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Microsoft: Trojan threat is rising
News Microsoft released patches for 77 security vulnerabilities during the first half of 2008, with 25 having publicly available exploit code. The changing landscape of vulnerabilities, with... [04 Nov 2008]
Stark warning over cyber attacks on UK businesses
News But he added the UK government felt the risk of a cyber terrorist attack was low due to a "lack of capability and difficulties with understanding the vulnerabilities in the infrastructure". He said the CPNI was committed... [29 Oct 2008]
Virtualisation: At risk from attack
News Acknowledging that it would be a matter of time before hackers act on "unprotected vulnerabilities that the technology presents", he warned: "Virtualisation may become the next frontier for black hats. [20 Oct 2008]
Why CIOs aren't on the Chrome straight
News We're still concerned about the technology involved as it's become apparent that even if, as Google claim, the tabs run in separate memory space, there are still vulnerabilities that can crash all of the browser sessions... [03 Oct 2008]
Security heading for the cloud
News But the analyst adds that criminals will also make use of the cloud to reduce the cost of heavy processing in attacks such as breaking encryption keys or finding vulnerabilities in software. Gartner said the increase in... [17 Jul 2008]
Corporations riddled with security holes
News A trio of studies have painted a damning picture of business security, with online vulnerabilities rising as companies and authorities fail to apply patches, update antivirus software and leave firewalls... [19 Jun 2008]
Admit to security breaches, companies told
News Over the past year ENISA has also compiled a study on a European Information Sharing and Alert System to inform the public and SMEs about online threats, vulnerabilities and attacks, as well as putting together a report... [27 May 2008]
Warning: The Storm still rages on
News However, modifying the URL runs a script which attempts to exploit vulnerabilities in various applications, including AOL, Microsoft Internet Explorer, MySpace and RealNetworks RealPlayer. Thakur noted that third-party... [07 May 2008]
Mobiles to come under attack from 'bad guys'
News He said: "I think that the fact that businesses depend on applications to make them successful, but they're also the biggest weaknesses because of the vulnerabilities that we have in applications.... [24 Apr 2008]
Call to increase online data protection for teens
News The letter said: "Although adolescents are more sophisticated consumers than young children are, they face their own age-related vulnerabilities regarding privacy. Security from A to Z It states teens... [10 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]
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... [07 Jan 2008]
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]
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.... [24 Jul 2007]
US Homeland Security CIO blamed for security "incidents"
News The department charged with safeguarding the security of the nation's computer systems has not been setting a good example and CIO Scott Charbo hasn't shown he's serious about fixing its vulnerabilities,... [21 Jun 2007]
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