Zero Day Bug
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Microsoft pulls four planned patches
News Company now plans to release four security bulletins with fixes for its products, instead of the eight that it had announced.
Tags: Microsoft Windows
Cybercrooks add QuickTime, WinZip flaws to arsenal
News Security holes in media player and compression software had not previously been used in cyberattacks, according to Symantec.
Tags: Data security, Network security, Security Management, Security applications/tools
Researcher launches Month of PHP Bugs
News Initiative focuses on the widely used scripting language with the aim to improve security.
Tags: Security, Programming languages
Zero-day flaw found in Firefox 3.5
News Mozilla warns of critical vulnerability in Firefox 3.5 Web browser's Just-in-time JavaScript compiler.
Tags: Network security, Security, Web Browser, Zero-day Bug, JIT, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, JavaScript, blog, Network security
Microsoft releases patch for critical IE security flaw
News Faced with malicious attackers exploiting Internet Explorer, Redmond releases a critical security patch outside its normal cycle.
Tags: Web sites, Domain names, Hacking, PC security, Data security, Spam and phishing, Microsoft Corp., Malware, Security, Web Browser
Zero-day flaw found in Web encryption
News Security issue with underlying web encryption protocols TLS and SSL has left many authentication mechanisms open to attack, according to security researchers.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Business security, Authentication, Security, Business security, SSL, Authentication and encryption, Web Browser, Zero-day Bug, Encryption
Windows 7, Vista zero-day flaw reported
News Security researcher says vulnerability in Windows 7 could lead to an attack causing a critical system error, or "blue screen of death".
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server Message Block, Microsoft Windows Vista, Zero-day Bug, BSOD, Small And Medium Business, Microsoft Windows 7, Flaw, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows
Microsoft plugs remote execution, spoofing holes in Windows
News Software maker issues patches for critical and important holes in Windows, but fails to plug Excel hole that is being exploited.
Tags: PC security, Microsoft Corp., Security, Zero-day Bug, Microsoft Windows Metafile, Vulnerability, WINS, Server, Attacker, patch management
Microsoft to release three security updates Tuesday
News Company says three security updates will patch one "critical" and two "important" vulnerabilities in Windows.
Tags: PC security, windows alerts, Microsoft Corp., Security, Zero-day Bug, critical update, Server, Attacker, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Excel
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
IBM chides security researchers
News Technology giant IBM has taken independent security researchers to task for their role in making information about unpublished computer attacks available in an undisciplined manner.
Tags: Security, Domain names, IBM Corp., Zero-day Bug, Flaw, fault-tolerance, software, Y2K, hacking, researcher
Microsoft fixes critical holes in Windows, Word, Publisher
News Company's Patch Tuesday release includes fixes for six vulnerabilities, including some critical ones.
Tags: Security, Personal applications, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Live, Zero-day Bug, Vulnerability, operating system, critical patch, malicious program
Adobe investigating zero-day bug in Flash
News Attackers turn unpatched bug in Flash into an exploit to drop Trojan on computers in latest attack on Adobe software.
Tags: Security, Adobe Systems Inc., Exploit, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Web Browser, Zero-day Bug, Symantec Corp., Adobe Acrobat, researcher, trojan horse
Adobe to fix critical Flash hole next week
News Company expects to have updates late next week for Flash, Reader to fix critical hole being reportedly exploited in attacks.
Tags: Business applications, Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia Flash Player, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Shockwave Flash, Plug-in, Web Browser, Vulnerability, Apple Macintosh, Adobe Acrobat
Apple plugs eight QuickTime holes
News Vulnerabilities in Apple's widely used QuickTime media player software can expose both Macs and Windows PCs to attack.
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