items tagged with Vulnerability
Why Microsoft was wrong to silence Bing cashback whistleblower
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2009-11-11 04:41:10
If someone spots a potentially costly security hole in your product would you say thanks and fix it, or send in the lawyers? Microsoft opted for the latter, and it was absolutely wrong on this occasion to do so.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2009-11-11 04:41:10
If someone spots a potentially costly security hole in your product would you say thanks and fix it, or send in the lawyers? Microsoft opted for the latter, and it was absolutely wrong on this occasion to do so.
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Just how flawed is Firefox?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-11-10 07:37:03
Please don't shoot the messenger, but all is not well in Firefox land.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-11-10 07:37:03
Please don't shoot the messenger, but all is not well in Firefox land.
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Adobe beats Microsoft in rubbish security challenge
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-10-17 05:23:20
Can anyone beat Microsoft when it comes to churning out insecure products? Ladies and gentleman, may I introduce you to Adobe.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-10-17 05:23:20
Can anyone beat Microsoft when it comes to churning out insecure products? Ladies and gentleman, may I introduce you to Adobe.
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October Patch Tuesday is biggest ever
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-10-13 18:33:19
As expected, Microsoft released 13 new security bulletins overnight (Australian time). A mammoth 34 vulnerabilities are addressed, including some affecting Windows 7.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-10-13 18:33:19
As expected, Microsoft released 13 new security bulletins overnight (Australian time). A mammoth 34 vulnerabilities are addressed, including some affecting Windows 7.
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Adobe Acrobat, Reader updates ahead
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-10-11 16:07:10
Adobe is preparing to release critical security updates for Acrobat and Reader this week. At least one of the vulnerabilities is being targeted by attackers.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-10-11 16:07:10
Adobe is preparing to release critical security updates for Acrobat and Reader this week. At least one of the vulnerabilities is being targeted by attackers.
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Microsoft provides SMBv2 protection tool
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-09-20 21:41:19
Microsoft has provided a one-click workaround for the recently disclosed SMBv2 zero-day vulnerability. Work on a real fix is still underway.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-09-20 21:41:19
Microsoft has provided a one-click workaround for the recently disclosed SMBv2 zero-day vulnerability. Work on a real fix is still underway.
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SMB 2.0 zero-day affects Windows
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-09-09 19:52:13
A vulnerability in certain Microsoft SMB implementations has been made public before the company has had a chance to fix it.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-09-09 19:52:13
A vulnerability in certain Microsoft SMB implementations has been made public before the company has had a chance to fix it.
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Apple plugs iPhone, iPod touch, QuickTime security holes
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-09-09 17:32:25
Along with the iTunes and iPod announcements, Apple pushed out a new release of iPhone OS with varied security fixes. Multiple security issues concerning its QuickTime media software for Mac OS X and Windows were also fixed.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-09-09 17:32:25
Along with the iTunes and iPod announcements, Apple pushed out a new release of iPhone OS with varied security fixes. Multiple security issues concerning its QuickTime media software for Mac OS X and Windows were also fixed.
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Microsoft widens IIS vulnerability warning
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-09-06 18:25:34
Microsoft has widened the scope of a security advisory concerning vulnerabilities in the FTP service in Internet Information Services (IIS). The versions shipping with Vista and Server 2008 are now known to be affected as well as those in older versions of Windows.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-09-06 18:25:34
Microsoft has widened the scope of a security advisory concerning vulnerabilities in the FTP service in Internet Information Services (IIS). The versions shipping with Vista and Server 2008 are now known to be affected as well as those in older versions of Windows.
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Microsoft warns of IIS FTP vulnerability
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-09-02 17:28:46
A flaw in the FTP component within Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS) allows the execution of malicious code, potentially giving an attacker complete control of a targeted system.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-09-02 17:28:46
A flaw in the FTP component within Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS) allows the execution of malicious code, potentially giving an attacker complete control of a targeted system.
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Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 arrives
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Anti-Virus
2009-08-19 21:36:36
The latest version of Kaspersky's security software delivers new yet familiar sounding features.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Anti-Virus
2009-08-19 21:36:36
The latest version of Kaspersky's security software delivers new yet familiar sounding features.
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Why Governments must make voting systems open source
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-08-13 09:33:43
Premier Election Solutions, formerly known as Diebold, patched a security weakness in its electronic vote tabulation software this week. Nice, but how many flaws are required before governments mandate open source solutions?
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-08-13 09:33:43
Premier Election Solutions, formerly known as Diebold, patched a security weakness in its electronic vote tabulation software this week. Nice, but how many flaws are required before governments mandate open source solutions?
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Remote code vulnerability in programs built with Visual Studio
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-08-11 23:26:10
This week Microsoft pushed out a regular assortment of Windows updates but one in particular caught my eye. It was an important security update for Visual Studio. The description said an attacker could compromise your Windows-based system – with Visual Studio? Actually, no; the truth is worse, when good programs go bad.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-08-11 23:26:10
This week Microsoft pushed out a regular assortment of Windows updates but one in particular caught my eye. It was an important security update for Visual Studio. The description said an attacker could compromise your Windows-based system – with Visual Studio? Actually, no; the truth is worse, when good programs go bad.
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Safari 4.0.3 addresses stability and security issues
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-08-11 17:28:37
Safari 4.0.3 provides stability improvements and bug fixes, as well as delivering some security fixes.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-08-11 17:28:37
Safari 4.0.3 provides stability improvements and bug fixes, as well as delivering some security fixes.
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Security conferences trigger early release of Microsoft security patches
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-07-28 18:23:23
Rather than wait for August's Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has rushed out a pair of security bulletins ahead of the Black Hat and Defcon security conferences.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-07-28 18:23:23
Rather than wait for August's Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has rushed out a pair of security bulletins ahead of the Black Hat and Defcon security conferences.
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Critical vulnerability in widely used Adobe software
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-07-23 17:57:56
A critical vulnerability has been discovered in Adobe Reader, Acrobat and Flash Player. The vulnerability is being actively exploited against Reader 9 on Windows.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-07-23 17:57:56
A critical vulnerability has been discovered in Adobe Reader, Acrobat and Flash Player. The vulnerability is being actively exploited against Reader 9 on Windows.
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Firefox 3.5: new vulnerability, new version
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-07-17 01:58:36
Another vulnerability has been found in Firefox 3.5 that may allow the execution of arbitrary code - 'browse and you're owned' in Microsoft-speak.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-07-17 01:58:36
Another vulnerability has been found in Firefox 3.5 that may allow the execution of arbitrary code - 'browse and you're owned' in Microsoft-speak.
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How did Atul Dwivedi hack the RAAF web site this week?
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-07-16 09:09:58
Indian techie, Atul Dwivedi, defaced the Royal Australian Air Force website this week, posting a message on the front page as a warning to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. How did he do it?
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-07-16 09:09:58
Indian techie, Atul Dwivedi, defaced the Royal Australian Air Force website this week, posting a message on the front page as a warning to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. How did he do it?
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Active exploits for Office ActiveX control
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-07-13 20:52:07
Another ActiveX control is under attack. This time it is one installed alongside Office and several other Microsoft products.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-07-13 20:52:07
Another ActiveX control is under attack. This time it is one installed alongside Office and several other Microsoft products.
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Microsoft admits Windows XP is under attack!
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-07-06 18:03:40
A no-click vulnerability which impacts Windows XP users has been revealed by Microsoft which admits it is already being exploited in the wild.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-07-06 18:03:40
A no-click vulnerability which impacts Windows XP users has been revealed by Microsoft which admits it is already being exploited in the wild.
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