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Experts: Don't rely solely on patches
News Following unresolved ActiveX vulnerability in Internet Explorer, security experts say users should take extra precaution and not rely on critical patches alone.
Tags: PC security, Security implementation/standards, Web browsers, Security, Hole, Web Browser, software company, Patch, malicious attack, Microsoft Internet Explorer
Mozilla patches holes in Firefox 3.5, 3.0
News Firefox 3.5.3 and 3.0.14 fix three critical vulnerabilities that could make a computer insecure.
Tags: Web browsers, Security, Web Page, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, patch management, JavaScript, Web, Web browsers
Windows 7 critical holes fixed in record Patch Tuesday
News In its biggest Patch Tuesday ever, Redmond stitches up a pair of Windows 7 holes, along with fixing up a number of zero-day flaws elsewhere.
Tags: Security Management, Network security, PC security, Server Message Block, Microsoft IIS Server, Security, Microsoft Corp., Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows 7, Server
Symantec creates havoc with unsigned Norton patch
News Mysterious Norton patch triggers firewall alerts and sends users flocking to forums where Symantec finds itself fending off a spam attack.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Antivirus software, Norton Co., Norton Internet Security, Bot, Internet Security, Washington Post Co., Patch, Symantec Norton AntiVirus
Android phones await security patch
News Users should not use their browser until a patch for a security hole is made available, a security researcher says.
Tags: Smart phones, Search, Apple MacBook Air, Security, Mobile, Web Browser, Google Inc., Packetvideo, Vulnerability, Open Source
Microsoft, researcher spar over security patch
News Researcher complains that Microsoft patch fails to protect users, but Microsoft says doing things differently would have interfered with functionality.
Tags: PC security, Microsoft Corp., Security, IT Manager, Entry, IP, IP Address, Patch, WPAD, Server
Adobe patches Flash hole
News Adobe issues patch for Flash player vulnerability as worries over unpatched Adobe Reader hole mount.
Tags: Digital media, Adobe Systems Inc., Security, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Shockwave Flash, Vulnerability, Adobe Flash Player, iDefense, Attack, Firefox plug-in
Defend against patch-based exploits, warns Sans
News Automatically generated exploit code from reverse-engineered patches can be countered with centralized configuration management, says the Sans Institute.
Tags: Security, Authentication and encryption, Security applications/tools, Microsoft Corp., software company, Patch, Environment, Carnegie-Mellon University, software, patch management
Apple QuickTime update includes 9 security patches
News Apple's patches include both Windows and Mac OS X versions of the popular media player.
Tags: Mac OS, Security, Personal applications, Apple Inc., Apple QuickTime, Vulnerability, Apple Mac OS X, Application Termination, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Macintosh
Apple patch fails to address DNS flaw, say experts
News The Sans Institute and nCircle say Apple's Mac OS X patch for a critical Domain Name System flaw is not completely effective.
Tags: Security, Network security, Domain names, Apple Inc., Domain Name, Client Library, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Flaw
VMware bug causes worldwide disruption
News Customers turning off virtual machines running VMware ESX 3.5 Update 2 have been unable to turn them back on due to a licensing flaw.
Tags: Virtualization, Business applications, Software, Virtual Machine, Asia-Pacific, VMware Inc., Hypervisor, Patch, Server, product marketing
Microsoft warns of IE exploit code in the wild
News Company says it is investigating a publicly published exploit code that allegedly could lead to computers running versions 6 or 7 of the browser getting compromised.
Tags: Web browsers, PC security, windows alerts, security mailing list, Microsoft Corp., CSS, BugTraq, Microsoft Internet Explorer, exploit code, mailing list
Adobe exploit puts backdoor on computers
News New exploit targeting Adobe is Trojan horse hiding JavaScript that drops a backdoor onto the compromised computer, Trend Micro says.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Authentication and encryption, Back Door, Adobe Systems Inc., Malware, Computer, Microsoft Corp., Authentication and encryption, Adobe Acrobat Reader
Microsoft probing Windows 7 zero-day hole
News One day after Patch Tuesday, researcher warns of unpatched security hole in Windows 7 and Server 2008.
Tags: PC security, Security applications/tools, Server Message Block, Microsoft Corp., NetBIOS, Vulnerability, Spokesperson, Microsoft Windows 7, broadcasting, Server
Microsoft patching zero-day Windows 7 SMB hole
News Company warns customers that exploit code for the Server Message Block hole is available and suggests a workaround until a patch is ready.
Tags: Windows 7, PC security, Security, Server Message Block, Trustworthy Computing, TCP, Computer, Microsoft Corp., Windows 7, Vulnerability
