vulnerabilities in news
Adobe patches 28 flaws: Reader and Acrobat plugged
News Adobe has released a bulletin patching 28 vulnerabilities affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat. The release also includes a patch for a critical hole that has reportedly been exploited in the wild. Version 9.1.3 of Reader... [14 Oct 2009]
First critical Windows 7 patches released
News The Windows 7 update is part of a record Patch Tuesday, containing 13 bulletins for 34 vulnerabilities. Microsoft has released the first critical update for Windows 7 on Patch Tuesday, featuring two patches for Internet... [14 Oct 2009]
Online banking fraud rockets as fraudsters get smarter
News William Beer, a director at PricewaterhouseCoopers One Security practice, said criminals are now very specialised in identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities, unprotected consumer PCs and the public's lack of... [07 Oct 2009]
Five critical Windows updates arrive on Microsoft's Patch Tuesday
News The five bulletins address eight vulnerabilities. According to Symantec Security Response research manager Ben Greenbaum, the two vulnerabilities most likely to be used by attackers involve the way... [09 Sep 2009]
Windows 7: Unaffected by latest zero-day flaw
News We are not aware of attacks that try to use the reported vulnerabilities or of customer impact at this time. Tuesday was Microsoft's monthly release for patches, which included five critical Windows updates addressing... [09 Sep 2009]
Google plugs two critical Chrome vulnerabilities
News Google has fixed two high-severity vulnerabilities in the stable version of its Chrome browser that could have let an attacker remotely take over a person's computer. Google won't release details of the... [26 Aug 2009]
Cisco wireless LAN: At risk from 'skyjack' attack
News As a matter of policy, Cisco takes security vulnerabilities very seriously and we continue to take active measures to safeguard the security and reliability of our equipment," a Cisco spokesperson said. [25 Aug 2009]
Microsoft Office, Windows get critical flaw fixes in latest patch batch
News The nine patches actually relate to 19 separate vulnerabilities in Windows, the .Net Framework, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft ISA Server, Microsoft BizTalk Server, and Remote Desktop Client for Mac. [12 Aug 2009]
Security: Why Adobe could be the new Microsoft
News Today, it's likely to be Adobe Reader or Flash Player, whose share of vulnerabilities and exploits are on the rise while Microsoft's is falling. In addition, there are more and more zero day holes,... [07 Aug 2009]
Microsoft's Patch Tuesday to fix five critical holes
News Four additional vulnerabilities, rated "important", affect Windows and Windows .NET Framework and could allow an attacker to remotely execute code, launch a denial-of-service attack or elevate system privileges, the... [07 Aug 2009]
Apple Mac OS X security holes get plugged with latest update
News Apple on Wednesday issued a security update that fixes 18 vulnerabilities including several that put computers running Mac OS X at risk of remote code execution if a maliciously crafted image is viewed. [06 Aug 2009]
Microsoft releases emergency patch to plug critical ActiveX hole
News A library can get used in a lot of places, and vulnerabilities in libraries are challenging," Reavey said. It's an industry-wide problem when [vulnerabilities] do happen. The IE patch also resolves three... [29 Jul 2009]
Microsoft: Security patches are beating malware in race to users
News Meanwhile, the Microsoft Security Response Center said that of the 50 security bulletins it published from October 2008 to June 2009, patches were released in response to 138 vulnerabilities. In estimating how... [28 Jul 2009]
Microsoft to patch critical IE hole
News The vulnerabilities affect Windows 2000, Windows XP, Vista, Windows Server 2003 and 2008, Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003, Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 and Visual C++ 2005 and 2008,... [27 Jul 2009]
'Hack your own Oracle database' tool unveiled next week
News Gates is a member of the Metasploit project, an open source platform used for developing, testing, and using exploit code and sharing information related to finding vulnerabilities. Over the years there have been tons of... [24 Jul 2009]
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