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- Security news roundup: December 16
- Here's a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which covers a backdoor in HP and Compaq laptops, the release of Nmap 4.50, the public release of Windows Vista SP1 release candidate, source packages of SquirrelMail being compromised, an SQL Injection vulnerability found in Typo3 CMS, the release of 11...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., SQL Injection, iDefense, Laptop Computer, December, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-12-16
- Security news roundup: November 7
- Here's a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which covers a privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft's DebugView, a buffer overflow flaw in Oracle 10g R2, and also information on how the firewall in Mac OS X Leopard can break some programs. Privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft's...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., Oracle Application Server 10g, Buffer-overflow, iDefense, Exploitation, Security, Viruses And Worms, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-11-07
- Symantec releases its semiannual security report
- A slow week for security threats doesn't mean that companies can afford to rest on their laurels. Instead, they should take advantage of the lull and take a proactive approach. In this edition of the IT Locksmith, John McCormick offers a resource for companies to be proactive, describes a new...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., John McCormick, Keyboards, attack, security, keyboard, IT Locksmith Newsletter, Vendor, iDefense, Firefox 1.0.7
- Technical articles 2005-09-26
- Flaw in the Sun Java Plugin is elusive and very dangerous
- too hard on Sun?What's your opinion, was I way out of line or should Sun and many other vendors make it a heck of a lot easier to learn at least the minimal details of a newly announced threat?Say what you will about Mr. Softie, when they get around to...
- Tags: flaw, iDefense, Microsoft Corp., networking, plug-in, security, Sun Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., Tech Locksmith
- Discussion threads 2004-11-30
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- Cross-platform OpenOffice bug discovered
- In a somber reminder that security vulnerabilities can strike anywhere, security experts have discovered a cross-platform vulnerability in OpenOffice.org that could allow remote code execution on Windows, Linux, and MacOS-based computers. The vulnerability was discovered by researchers in iDefense, who found that OpenOffice version 2.0.4 and earlier...
- Tags: Vulnerability, OpenOffice, Open Source, Security, Office Suites, Software, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-09-28
- CA plugs holes in licensing software
- Stay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!By ...
- Tags: Patches, Tools & Techniques, SECURITY, Computer Associates International Inc., patch management, software
- Technical articles 2005-03-03
- Security news roundup: October 31
- Here's a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts covering the release of Wordpress 2.3.1, which is a bug-fix and security release; multiple vulnerabilities in AIX; and a code injection vulnerability discovered in McAfee E-Business Server. New version of WordPress released WordPress 2.3.1 is...
- Tags: Vulnerability, McAfee E-Business Server, IBM AIX, Wordpress, Buffer-overflow, Security, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-10-31
- Security news roundup: November 6
- Here's a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which covers an escalation of priviledge vulnerability found in the Macrovision driver on Windows, a new release of Apple's QuickTime which fixes seven critical vulnerabilities, and vulnerabilities discovered in Perl and its Regular Expressions library. Escalation of priviledge...
- Tags: Perl, Apple QuickTime, Vulnerability, Macrovision Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Security Advisory, Digital Music, Security, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-11-06
- Security news roundup: November 13
- Here's a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which covers a new firmware update for the iPhone and iPod Touch, a new version of Miranda IM that fixes certain security issues, and a privilege escalation vulnerability in WinPcap. Apple closes TIFF hole in iPhone ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Attacker, Vulnerability, TIFF, WinPcap, Security, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-11-13
- Study: Keystroke spying on the rise
- Reports to iDefense, and its own research, indicate that the number of keylogger variants unleashed this year is set to rise 65 percent over last year, reaching nearly 6,200 in total.Is your company prepared to protect its computers and critical data from keyloggers?DefenseDo programs like Spybot S+D protect against keyloggers?Very...
- Tags: Deep Freeze, Faronics, keylogger, keyloggers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, prog, security, Sonja Thompson, spying
- Discussion threads 2005-11-16
- Online scams emerge in tsunami's wake
- Stay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!By Reuters Scam artists are posing as tsunami victims on the Internet in a bid to divert some of the millions of dollars flowing to relief efforts, security experts...
- Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Channel management, Financial services, SECURITY, online scam, scam, Web site, Internet, bank, Web, Reuters Ltd.
- Technical articles 2005-01-06
- Security news roundup: March 2
- Here's a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which covers Symantec releasing security fixes for both its Backup Exec for Windows Server and the Symantec Scan Engine products, a critical hole found in the ICQ 6 instant messaging client, and a new version of Wireshark that resolves flaws in...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., ICQ, Version, Vulnerability, Symantec Backup Exec, Security, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2008-03-02
- Will paying researchers for reporting vulnerabilities really pay off?
- 3Com's TippingPoint recently announced its Zero Day Initiative ZDI, a program that pays researchers for reporting security vulnerabilities. What will this mean for computer security? Jonathan Yarden investigates the new program and weighs in on its potential impact. It never ceases to amaze me how few IT professionals—even those...
- Tags: Jonathan Yarden, Tools & Techniques, Manufacturing, Zero-Day Initiative, software, software vulnerability, vulnerability, Internet Security Focus Newsletter, Researcher, 3Com Corp., Security, Management
- Technical articles 2005-08-05
- Security news roundup: January 20
- Here's a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which covers a new vulnerability discovered in Winamp, a security update from Citrix, a report on more rootkits vectoring in on the MBR, a new vulnerability in Skype, a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, and a heap overflow bug...
- Tags: Winamp, Vulnerability, Problem, Citrix Systems Inc., Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., Service, Flaw, Winamp 5.52, Call Manager, Rootkits, Security, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Office Suites, Software, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2008-01-21
- Security news roundup: February 24
- Here's a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which covers Opera releasing an update that patches three security vulnerabilities, multiple flaws found and fixed in EMC RepliStor, Symantec patching Veritas Storage Foundation, the presence of design weaknesses in wireless LAN VoIP handsets, and hard disk enclosures that fails to...
- Tags: Opera Software, Hard Drive, VERITAS Software Corp., VERITAS Storage Foundation, Vulnerability, Problem, EMC Corp., Encryption, Authentication, Wireless, Flaw, Data, Badge, Goerge, Security, Storage, Hardware, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2008-02-24
- Security news roundup: February 17
- Here's a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which covers a serious vulnerability fixed in ClamAV, FreeBSD closing a couple of vulnerabilities, additional flaws discovered in Cisco IP telephony products, critical vulnerabilities found in Adobe Flash Media Server, and how Vista SP1 proves to be a low hurdle to...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Attacker, Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Vista, Flaw, PE, Security, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2008-02-17
- Norton and BlackICE firewalls contain security flaws
- There have been a slew of recent vulnerabilities discovered in the very security products that administrators and end users depend on to protect their systems. Security firms eEye Digital Security and NGSSoftware have reported discovering vulnerabilities in Norton Internet Security 2004, which can be exploited by attackers to compromise a...
- Tags: eEye Digital Security, firewall, John McCormick, Next Generation Security Software Ltd., Norton Co., Norton Internet, Norton Internet Security, Norton Internet Security 2004, security, vulnerability
- Technical articles 2004-03-29
- Top 10 news items, September 15: What's interesting in IT security this week
- There's always a lot going on in the world of IT security. In any given week, I read about literally hundreds of vulnerability disclosures, high-profile security breaches, and changes in the security landscape for information technology. Press releases with a lot of spin on them, the boring minutiae of patch...
- Tags: Software, Malicious Code, Security, IT Security, Information Technology, Vulnerability, MhZ91, Chad Perrin
- Blog posts 2007-09-15
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