Security Update
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Most security products flunk quality tests
News Nearly 80 percent of security tools fail to perform during initial certification tests, requiring two or more cycles of further testing, reports product testing firm.
Tags: Security applications/tools, ICSA Labs, Security Product, Verizon Communications Inc., Security, performance, Security Update, accounting, Security applications/tools
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
Apple releases security update for Mac OS X and Server
News Apple fixes more than two dozen vulnerabilities, including some that could lead to disclosure of sensitive data and the arbitrary running of code.
Tags: Security, Mac OS, Server platforms, Data security, Authentication and encryption, Apple Inc., Vulnerability, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Password
Apple fixes hole with Mac OS X image viewing
News Apple security update fixes problems with image handling and other issues that could allow an attacker to take control of a Mac using remote code execution.
Tags: Mac OS, PC security, Security Management, Network security, Digital media, Apple Inc., Security, Canon Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh
Microsoft investigating newly reported IIS flaw
News Software maker says it is looking into a potential vulnerability that could allow attackers to take over machines running older versions of Microsoft's Web server.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Hacking, Data security, Authentication and encryption, Microsoft IIS Server, Vulnerability, International Data Group, Flaw, information service, IT administrator
Microsoft offers patches to ward off ActiveX attacks
News In rare out-of-cycle security update, Microsoft fixes hole that put IE users at risk of attacks via ActiveX and other controls.
Tags: Data security, Authentication and encryption, Security, Vulnerability, Attack, Web Application, Microsoft Internet Explorer, patch management, researcher, Microsoft Visual Studio
Apple fixes dozens of holes with OS X security update
News Company releases first OS X security update of the year, closing holes that could disclose sensitive information and arbitrarily execute code.
Tags: Mobile, Authentication and encryption, Network security, Apple Inc., Security, Vulnerability, Apple Mac OS X, Arbitrary Code Execution, software, denial of service
Microsoft fixes holes in Server Message Block
News The software giant has released security update to fix weaknesses in the network file-sharing protocol used in Windows.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Firewalls, Server Message Block, Microsoft Corp., Vulnerability, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server, File-sharing, network
Adobe issues fix for zero-day Reader vulnerability
News Company releases security fix for critical hole in Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 that has been exploited.
Tags: PC security, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Security, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Explorer, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Windows, attack vector
Microsoft warns of hole in Video ActiveX control
News Vendor says limited attacks exploit a hole in ActiveX control, a component of Windows Media Center used for recording and playing television video.
Tags: Security applications/tools, App servers, Windows XP, Viruses and worms, Antivirus software, Apple QuickTime, Security, ActiveX Control, DirectX, Knowledge Base
Microsoft fixes 28 flaws; 6 are critical
News Redmond issues eight patches that affect Visual Basic 6, Internet Explorer, Word, Excel, Windows Search, SharePoint, and Windows Media Components.
Tags: Business applications, Security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Vulnerability, Bulletin, Apple Macintosh, Flaw, Update, Microsoft Windows Server
Microsoft to plug holes in Windows, IE, Word, Office and Excel
News Microsoft will issue six critical security updates and four others for Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, Word and Excel as part of next week's Patch Tuesday.
Tags: Business applications, Mobile applications, Personal applications, Microsoft Office, Adobe Systems Inc., Security, Microsoft Internet Explorer, security bulletin, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Excel
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
Microsoft issues security patch for unreleased software
News Security update fixes critical hole in pre-beta version of Windows 7 operating system, due to be distributed to attendees of PDC 2008 on Tuesday.
Tags: Security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Security Patch, Microsoft Windows 7, RFC, software, Microsoft Windows Server, e-mail request for comment, operating system software
Microsoft warns of targeted Word attacks
News The software giant is investigating reports of a Word vulnerability that appears to affect Word 2002 Service Pack 3.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Attack, software company, software, Security Update, agency, Security
