vulnerabilities in news
OpenOffice patches trio of holes
News OpenOffice.org has released a patch for three security vulnerabilities in its popular open source office suite. There are no workarounds for the macro and buffer overflow vulnerabilities. Although... [05 Jul 2006]
Mozilla patches "critical" holes in Firefox
News Mozilla has released updates for its Firefox browser, Thunderbird email application and the SeaMonkey application suite to fix "critical" security vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities affect 1.5 versions... [09 Nov 2006]
Firefox update plugs phishing hole
News The Mozilla Foundation released on Thursday an update to the Firefox web browser to fix several vulnerabilities, including one that would allow domain spoofing. While vulnerabilities in Microsoft's... [28 Feb 2005]
Mac virus threat still "insignificant"
News Apple has plugged around 100 vulnerabilities in OS X so far this year but the malware threat to Mac customers is insignificant compared to users of Microsoft Windows. So far this year, Apple users have been exposed to... [12 Jul 2007]
Microsoft probing holes in Vista, IE 7
News Microsoft is investigating two recently disclosed security vulnerabilities that affect Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Vista. The vulnerabilities aren't considered high-risk, yet they affect the latest... [27 Feb 2007]
Apple patches more Safari holes
News Apple has refreshed its new Safari for Windows browser to patch a pair of vulnerabilities that could cause spoofing and HTTP redirection attacks. Both vulnerabilities affect Windows XP and Windows Vista... [25 Jun 2007]
Is the most important DNS software vulnerable?
News Confusion is rife about potential vulnerabilities in BIND, the most commonly used domain name server on the internet, and experts are calling on the makers of the software to clarify the issue. However, on Wednesday the... [05 Mar 2003]
Can I be your MSN Messenger buddy? And look at your hard drive too…
News Microsoft has revealed three new vulnerabilities in its software, including the first to affect MSN Messenger 6.0, and is urging customers to patch their systems now. Two of the vulnerabilities are... [10 Mar 2004]
Mozilla slams Firefox security critics
News Mozilla has reacted to a Symantec report issued on Monday which said serious vulnerabilities were being found in Mozilla's browsers faster than in Microsoft's Internet Explorer. If you look at Microsoft - this month they... [21 Sep 2005]
Oracle issues hefty security fix
News As part of its quarterly patch cycle, Oracle on Tuesday released fixes for a long list of security vulnerabilities in many of its products. Security provider Symantec said in an alert to users of its DeepSight... [19 Apr 2006]
Cisco plugs DoS hole
News Cisco Systems has released a security patch to fix vulnerabilities in a number of its products that are at risk of a denial of service (DoS) attack. The vulnerabilities are found in a third-party... [25 May 2007]
30 security holes found in Oracle databases
News A UK company has reportedly discovered over 30 vulnerabilities in current and previous versions of Oracle's database applications. David Litchfield, managing director of Next Generation Security Software, is said to have... [03 Aug 2004]
Image flaws conceal Linux threat
News Six vulnerabilities in an open-source image format could allow intruders to compromise computers running Linux and may allow attacks against Windows PCs as well as Macs running OS X. Evans did not test every platform to... [06 Aug 2004]
Microsoft to skip a Patch Tuesday
News Microsoft has no new security updates planned for next Tuesday, despite at least five zero-day vulnerabilities waiting to be fixed. A company representative said: "Microsoft continues to investigate potential and... [09 Mar 2007]
Mozilla flaws reveal personal web data
News Multiple vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to install malicious code or steal personal data have been discovered in the Mozilla Suite and the Firefox open source browser. Ian Latter, senior security consultant... [18 Apr 2005]
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