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Alert over Adobe Acrobat flaw
News For example, an attacker could find a PDF file on a bank website and then create a hostile link to that file along with malicious JavaScript, Ken Dunham, director of the Rapid Response Team at VeriSign iDefense, said in a statement. [04 Jan 2007]
Get your fix: Microsoft sinks 18 holes
News However, an attacker has to be on the same sub-network as the intended target, Microsoft said in bulletin MS06-036. An attacker could upload a malformed ASP file and commandeer the server. The other, MS06-033, could allow an attacker to view the... [12 Jul 2006]
Windows fix breaks web connections
News The patch repairs two "critical" security flaws in Windows that could allow an attacker to commandeer a vulnerable PC. There is no known public exploit for the flaws patched by MS06-025, however a private exploit is available to users of a tool... [21 Jun 2006]
Safari users warned of Mac OS X flaw
News An attacker could embed malicious code in a ZIP file and host that on a website. The attacker doesn't need to send a ZIP archive; the shell script itself can be disguised to practically anything," the note said. [22 Feb 2006]
CA software poses "critical" security risk
News A remote attacker could gain complete control over systems on Windows platforms, and other platforms may allow for a denial of service attack, according to an advisory posted on Tuesday by security intelligence company the French Security Incident... [26 Jan 2006]
Microsoft fixes smorgasbord of IE flaws
News The other issue could let an attacker see which websites a PC user is visiting, even if a connection to the site being visited is encrypted (typically shown by an address that start with "https"). Referring to the two critical IE flaws, Microsoft... [14 Dec 2005]
Veritas issues another security flaw warning
News A malicious attacker could remotely exploit a flaw in the Java authentication service, bpjava-msvc, running on NetBackup servers and clients. The attacker could potentially then execute code. For Veritas, owned by security-software giant Symantec... [14 Oct 2005]
Microsoft issues alert on two "critical" Windows flaws
News The Word flaw could allow an attacker to take control of a vulnerable PC, the software maker said. Security software vendor Symantec said in a statement that the JView Profiler and Color Managament Module issues that affect Windows are "the most... [13 Jul 2005]
The Minority Report: The state of Mac OS X security
Comment With administrative privileges, the attacker would have full control over the Mac. According to an alert posted on the Full Disclosure mailing lists, an attacker could write a malicious widget that would run invisibly in the background and hijack a... [03 Jun 2005]
Microsoft finds malicious attack flaw
News Oliver Friedrichs, senior manager at Symantec Security Response, said in a statement: "It would be fairly easy for an attacker to create a malicious document that could compromise a system and circulate this document through email or websites. [11 May 2005]
Symantec plugs virus scanning flaw
News This could allow an attacker to potentially exploit high-profile systems used to filter malicious data, and potentially allow further compromise of targeted internal networks. An attacker could create a virus designed to exploit the UPX flaw and... [10 Feb 2005]
Two critical Windows vulnerabilities announced
News According to Symantec, in a web-based attack scenario, an attacker would have to host a website that contains a web page used to exploit this vulnerability. Microsoft said that if a user is logged on with administrative privileges, an attacker who... [14 Jul 2004]
Surfers at risk from corporate websites
News The software records the victim's keystrokes and opens a back door in the system's security to allow the attacker to access the computer. It is not epidemic, but it is being seen," said Alfred Huger, senior director of engineering for security firm... [25 Jun 2004]
Microsoft patches new Windows flaw
News Most likely, an attacker would have to host a website with a page designed to exploit the vulnerability and convince a user with an unpatched system to visit the site and perform several actions. Microsoft has detailed a new vulnerability in... [12 May 2004]
Windows hacks available on the net
News The warning comes after several security programmers released source code that makes it easy for an attacker to take control of any Windows computer that has not applied a patch released by Microsoft. [29 Apr 2004]
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