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Microsoft patches flaw - after seven years
News Microsoft has offered an explanation as to why it took the company seven years to issue a patch for a known vulnerability. Christopher Budd, a security programme manager in the Microsoft Security Response Center, said in... [14 Nov 2008]
There's no escape from the cloud, say CIOs
News Security was an issue, as was the vulnerability of a loss of connection to remote critical systems. CIOs and other tech bosses appear are welcoming the advent of cloud computing, but not everyone's convinced it will... [11 Nov 2008]
Android security hole gets patched up
News Earlier, Google appealed for what it called "responsible disclosure" of security vulnerabilities - in other words, a grace period to fix problems before they're made public to reduce the likelihood an attacker will get a chance to... [03 Nov 2008]
Microsoft 'critically' patches 'worm hole'
News On Thursday, Microsoft issued a rare out-of-cycle patch for a vulnerability in the Windows Server service that handles remote procedure calls (RPC) that allows programmers to run code either locally or remotely. [24 Oct 2008]
Google releases notes on Chrome security fixes
News The first patch fixed a vulnerability in handling long file names, called the SaveAs vulnerability, and the second a vulnerability in dealing with the website addresses displayed in... [09 Sep 2008]
Ubuntu patches flaw
News Ubuntu became the latest Linux vendor to patch a vulnerability in the open-source operating system's kernel that could have left the door open for hackers to find their way into users' machines. In an email sent last... [26 Aug 2008]
Microsoft's 'Patch Tuesday' targets six critical flaws
News In Security Bulletin MS08-041, Microsoft warned that attackers could further use the internet to exploit a vulnerability in the ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access. The arbitrary file download... [13 Aug 2008]
Security heading for the cloud
News Cloud-based proxy computers could provide security services traditionally performed locally, such as enforcing authentication, data loss prevention, intrusion prevention, network access control and vulnerability management. [17 Jul 2008]
RIM warns on BlackBerry PDF flaw
News Maarten Van Horenbeeck, security researcher at the Internet Storm Center, said: "This vulnerability is.one of those cases where it appears the BlackBerry, which opens a file, may be at risk, but what is really exposed is... [17 Jul 2008]
Microsoft warns of ActiveX attack targetting Access
News The vulnerability only affects the ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Office Access 2000, 2002 and 2003. Eventually, Microsoft may provide a security update for the vulnerability,... [08 Jul 2008]
Google Talk finds a home on iPhone
News Apple patched Miller's Safari vulnerability for the desktop in April but so far has not issued a similar patch for the iPhone. Google is making its Google Talk instant-messaging application available for Apple's iPhone... [04 Jul 2008]
Corporations riddled with security holes
News Internet Information Servers internet printing protocol is enabled: Enables print jobs to be controlled online and early versions contain a buffer overflow vulnerability that can lead to system compromise. [19 Jun 2008]
Warning: The Storm still rages on
News Symantec vulnerability researcher, Vikram Thakur, said in a blog post: "What's interesting about this is that we have yet to come across any spam that may result in people visiting these domains. The malware wouldn't... [07 May 2008]
Apple patches up Safari
News Apple has released another round of security patches for its web browser this week, targeting a vulnerability which allowed a MacBook Air to be hacked and two flaws in the Windows-only version of Safari. [18 Apr 2008]
Microsoft boosts stability of Office 2008 for Mac
News This update fixes a vulnerability that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer's memory with malicious code," Microsoft said on its web site, referring to the Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac 11.4.1... [12 Mar 2008]
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