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Apple shutters flaws in QuickTime, iPhone
The consumer technology firm releases updates for both its multimedia player and its popular smart phone, closing some serious security holes. 2009-09-10 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Serious security bug found in Windows Vista The same week Microsoft closed eight security holes, a researcher releases a critical crash bug that some researchers believe can be remotely exploited. 2009-09-09 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment WordPress warns of wayward worm The developers of the popular blogging platform advise users to keep their blogs updated as a worm makes its rounds. 2009-09-07 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Snow Leopard users suffer Flash back Adobe advises all Mac OS X 10.6 users to upgrade their Flash Player software, as installing the latest Apple OS reverts the ubiquitous program to a vulnerable version. 2009-09-04 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Microsoft warns of IIS flaw The software giant warns its users a previously unknown vulnerability in the FTP service that ships with its Internet Information Services (IIS) software allows attackers to run code. 2009-09-02 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Judge dismisses everyone-a-hacker case Just violating the terms of service of a public-access Web site is not enough to be convicted of a violation of hacking statutes, the judge rules. 2009-09-01 Read more ... | 2 Comment(s) | Post Comment Security tools snarl Snow Leopard update Some security tools, including PGP's whole-disk encryption, undermine Mac users' plans to update to the latest version of Mac OS X. 2009-08-31 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Apache investigates Web server attack Online attackers use a server that automated backups to synchronize malicious files with Apache.org's Web server. 2009-08-28 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Federal agency warns of postal trojan The National Credit Union Administration warns financial institutions to look out for infected compact discs sent in the mail, but the attack appears to be an authorized pentest. 2009-08-27 Read more ... | 2 Comment(s) | Post Comment Auto SQL injection co-opts thousands of sites The attack compromises Web sites with an iframe script that attempts to load data-stealing programs. 2009-08-25 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Immunet pushes cloud AV service Two former Symantec executives launch startup Immunet, aiming to deliver anti-malware protection to, not only a user, but that user's social network. 2009-08-21 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Compiler virus infects thousands of programs A malicious program that infects software built with the Delphi programming language has been detected in thousands of programs, including other malicious code, say antivirus firms. 2009-08-20 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Georgian cyber attackers only civilians, report says Last year's attacks against the nation of Georgia were conducted entirely by civilians, although the attackers had close contact with the Russian military, a study of the evidence concludes. 2009-08-18 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment Scientists prove one microkernel's security A group of Australian computer scientists take a quarter century of man-years to perform a formal proof on 7,500 lines of code. 2009-08-17 Read more ... | 2 Comment(s) | Post Comment Apple patches Safari, DNS software The consumer technology firm releases two software updates to fix six vulnerabilities in its browser and a single issue with the domain-name software included with Mac OS X. 2009-08-14 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Brazen botnet uses Twitter comm channel A researcher finds a feed on the social network with encrypted commands used by a botnet to disseminate links to malicious software. 2009-08-14 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment Microsoft patches ActiveX, Office flaws The software giant releases nine patches to fix critical issues in its ActiveX controls, Office software, and Windows Media libraries. 2009-08-12 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Survey: More companies monitoring e-mail Four out of ten companies employ staff to monitor or analyze e-mail content, according to one vendor study. 2009-08-11 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment Twitter, Facebook fend off DoS attacks The social-networking companies blame denial-of-service attacks, as users have trouble reaching the services. 2009-08-06 Read more ... | 3 Comment(s) | Post Comment Top U.S. cybersecurity aide resigns, report says Melissa Hathaway, the acting cyber strategist for the Obama administration, has dropped out of the running for the nation's top cybersecurity post. 2009-08-04 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment Apple patches iPhone SMS vulnerability The consumer technology firm patches a critical iPhone flaw that could have allowed attackers to execute code just by sending a specially-crafted text message. 2009-08-04 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Defense deputy calls for identity chief To secure the Internet in the future, anonymity has to be "driven out," says the top information-security officer at the U.S. Department of Defense. 2009-08-01 Read more ... | 2 Comment(s) | Post Comment Nmap gets a major upgrade Fyodor announces the release of the latest version of the popular network-exploration and security-auditing tool on Thursday, improving performance and adding several new features. 2009-07-17 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment Mozilla works to patch Firefox flaw The browser maker offers a workaround for a serious vulnerability announced earlier this week. 2009-07-16 Read more ... | 2 Comment(s) | Post Comment Microsoft fixes 9 flaws as tenth fuels attacks The software giant issues six patches, but cybercriminals continue to target an unpatched vulnerability in the company's Office Web Components. 2009-07-15 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Vandals deface ImageShack, oppose disclosure Compromise results in all image requests returning a statement against full disclosure policies. 2009-07-13 Read more ... | 2 Comment(s) | Post Comment Zero-day Windows flaw fuels IE attacks Thousands of Web sites were compromised to host code that exploits a previously unknown vulnerability in DirectShow, security experts warn. 2009-07-06 Read more ... | 2 Comment(s) | Post Comment Researcher aims to tweet Month of Bugs A security professional revives the month of bugs, taking aim at third-party Twitter applications. 2009-07-03 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Mozilla adds more privacy in Firefox 3.5 The open-source organization's latest browser makes few security changes, but gives the user more tools to handle their privacy. 2009-07-01 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Juniper pulls talk on ATM vulnerabilities The networking giant Juniper cancels a presentation on ATM vulnerabilities scheduled to be given by one of its researchers at the Black Hat 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