Buffer Overflow
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Security firm warns of critical holes in Half-Life
News A security research firm has released its own patch for critical flaws in a popular computer game after waiting months for the game's creator to do something.
Worm feeds on Sasser-infected computers
News Computers compromised by the Sasser worm may be vulnerable to a scavenging program that exploits a flaw in the software left behind by the worm, a security researcher warns.
Tags: Viruses and worms
Chinese security team becomes malware victim
News Even security groups are not immune to malware writers: the Chinese Internet Security Response Team has apologized for occasionally serving up malicious code to visitors to its Web site.
Tags: Antivirus software, Viruses and worms
Adobe PDF zero-day gets homebrew patch
News Open source company Sourcefire says it has come up with a workaround for a flaw in Adobe Reader and Acrobat.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Adobe Systems Inc., Buffer-overflow, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Sourcefire Inc., Open Source, Snort, Intrusion Prevention System, Adobe Acrobat, researcher
Kernel vulnerability found in Windows Vista
News A flaw in Vista's networking has been found that can crash the system, but no fix is expected until the next service pack.
Tags: Network security, PC security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Service Pack, Buffer-overflow, Vulnerability, Phion Information Technologies, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system
Adobe zero-day flaw won't be fixed until March
News All versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat Reader are affected by the flaw, which is being actively exploited in the wild.
Tags: Java, Viruses and worms, Adobe Systems Inc., Security, Buffer-overflow, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Zero-day Bug, exploit code, Adobe Acrobat, JavaScript
Expert: China's Green Dam software is unsafe
News Security expert says content-filtering software Chinese government wants installed on all PCs is poorly developed and puts users at risk of having their computers compromised.
Tags: Security Management, Regulations, Software, Security, C, Buffer-overflow, Attack, SecureWorks Inc., computer, Government
Apple TV gets a security update
News Six patches address buffer overflows and arbitrary code execution. Apple TV devices are set to automatically detect and download the update within a week.
Tags: Security, Apple Inc., Apple QuickTime, TV, Buffer-overflow, Application Termination, Issue, Arbitrary Code Execution, Apple TV, Update
High-risk flaws in corporate security revealed
News Three recent studies have painted a damning picture of business security, with almost 90 percent of breaches found to have been preventable.
Tags: Security, Antivirus software, Buffer-overflow, Vulnerability, Flaw, OpenSSL, Server, public sector, Attacker, software
Researchers prove kernel is secure
News Australian research organization says it has absolute mathematical proof of the security of an operating system core.
Tags: Components, Kernel, computer, aircraft, University of Cambridge, high-performance, researcher, buffer-overflow vulnerability, team, Components
F-Secure warns of flaw in its own software
News Critical vulnerability in the security vendor's antivirus software could allow hackers to launch denial-of-service attacks against users.
Tags: Data security, Network security, Security Management, Microsoft Windows, Linux
Microsoft issues Messenger patch
News The software maker posts a security alert after finding a weak spot in its popular MSN Messenger service that could be exploited by hackers.
Security firm spots Chrome 'SaveAs' flaw
News Bach Khoa Internet Security of Vietnam reports that the new Google browser is susceptible to a critical buffer-overflow flaw.
Tags: Web browsers, Security, Google Inc., Vulnerability, Flaw, Information Week, software, researcher, malicious code, blog
White hats expose VoIP security threat
News Penetration testers have demonstrated how to hack into numerous VoIP clients, but analysts say social-engineering attacks are a more pressing concern
Tags: Security, Network security, VoIP, VoIP/IP telephony, TCP/IP
Mass ICQ hack has security seething
News AOL's ICQ servers were hacked last Monday for the second time this year, it was revealed last Thursday.
