vulnerabilities fixes
Adobe patches 28 flaws: Reader and Acrobat plugged
News Adobe has released a bulletin patching 28 vulnerabilities affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat. See Adobe fixes 28 holes in Reader and Acrobat on CNET News.com for more on this story. The release also... [14 Oct 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]
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]
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]
Flash hole fix coming next week, says Adobe
News The vulnerabilities can be mitigated by disabling the Flash plug-in or by using the NoScript extension for Mozilla Firefox or SeaMonkey to whitelist sites that can access the Flash plug-in, Cert said. [24 Jul 2009]
Mozilla releases five fixes to extinguish Firefox 3 critical bugs
News Mozilla on Tuesday released Firefox 3.0.12, an update to the open-source browser that fixes five critical security vulnerabilities and fixes a handful of other bugs. Version 3.0.12... [22 Jul 2009]
Oracle plugs 33 holes that affect hundreds of products
News In its security advisory, published alongside the patches on Tuesday, the software maker gave two of the vulnerabilities its highest possible severity rating. Some of the vulnerabilities addressed in... [16 Jul 2009]
Apple goes on a security Safari with browser patches
News Apple has released an update for its Safari 4 web browser, which fixes two serious vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting attack or take over a user's system. The... [09 Jul 2009]
iPhone 3.0 patches 46 security holes
News Independent security firm Secunia ranked the most serious of the vulnerabilities as "highly critical". For instance, vulnerabilities in the CoreGraphics component could be used to launch an attack when a... [19 Jun 2009]
Microsoft's Patch Tuesday unleashes record number of updates
News The security update fixes three critical vulnerabilities in Windows Print Spooler that could allow remote code execution if an affected server received a specially crafted RPC (remote procedure call)... [10 Jun 2009]
What Is a Vulnerability?
White Paper As these vulnerabilities become known, software publishers develop 'Patches,' 'Fixes' or 'Updates' that one can download to fix the problems. Culture: Finding vulnerabilities is a big... [01 May 2009]
Microsoft plugs Windows, Word and Excel holes
News Another patch fixes four critical vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer that could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted web page or if a user connects to an attacker's server... [15 Apr 2009]
Microsoft patches critical Exchange, IE holes
News Security Bulletin MS09-003 fixes two critical vulnerabilities in Exchange Server. Microsoft on Tuesday released security updates that fix four critical vulnerabilities in Internet... [11 Feb 2009]
iPhone update plugs security holes
News The update also fixes vulnerabilities that could lead to malicious code attacks from viewing malicious websites, Excel files, or Tiff images. It also fixes holes that could lower the... [24 Nov 2008]
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