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InternetNews July 7, 2010 |
Hackers Snipe Back in Microsoft Security Row Bruised by Microsoft's criticism dismissing the work of third-party security researchers, a band of hackers has begun a campaign to publish proof-of-concept vulnerabilities in the software giant's products. |
InternetNews June 11, 2010 |
Microsoft Alerts on Windows XP Vulnerability A new security flaw has been discovered in the popular but aging OS's Help and Support Center. |
InternetNews August 3, 2010 |
Tech Firms Split on Paying for Security Flaws Some major IT firms have made it a standard practice to pay security researchers for bringing vulnerabilities to their attention, while others have a strict prohibition against it. What accounts for the divide? |
InternetNews September 7, 2010 |
Researcher Unearths Microsoft Zero-Day Flaw A security researcher who also happens to be a Google employee is warning of a new zero-day exploit affecting Internet Explorer 8 that could automatically send out unintended tweets. |
InternetNews August 6, 2010 |
Adobe Hurries Patch for PDF Security Flaw The vulnerability in Adobe Reader could give hackers control of a user's computer. |
InternetNews September 17, 2010 |
Are PC Security Flaws on the Wane? New survey from HP Tipping Point finds that 2006 was a high water mark for security vulnerabilities, and that the sheer volume of flaws has since been on the decline. |
InternetNews December 15, 2009 |
Adobe's PDF Format Again at Risk Researchers warn that an exploit is already making the rounds. |
InternetNews December 1, 2006 Ed Sutherland |
Apple Patch Plugs AirPort Holes Apple Computer issued a security update targeting 31 flaws in its Mac OS X operating system, including a vulnerability that could open wireless users to attack. |
InternetNews August 20, 2010 |
Google Nabs 11 Chrome Vulnerabilities The company shuts down a number of potentials security holes while paying out more than $10,000 to third-party researchers who discovered the flaws. |
InternetNews May 2, 2007 Michael Hickins |
Mac Hack Contest Draws Fire A Gartner study takes issue with how vulnerabilities are discovered and disclosed. |
InternetNews September 21, 2010 |
Microsoft Rushes to Fix Windows Server Flaw Researchers discover a hole in Microsoft's implementation of the Advanced Encryption Standard. |
InternetNews February 17, 2006 Ed Sutherland |
Microsoft Media Player Exploits Released Just days after Microsoft fixed a hole discovered in its Windows Media Player, security firms report exploits are now targeting the vulnerability. |
InternetNews April 3, 2008 Sean Michael Kerner |
Are Security Researchers Targeting QuickTime? Apple fixes 11 security flaws as QuickTime woes continue, though the end may be in sight. |
InternetNews February 25, 2010 |
Malware Thrives Despite Improved Security: IBM Security researchers at IBM's X-Force find 6,601 new software vulnerabilities in 2009, down 11 percent from last, but that hasn't stopped hackers and phishers from finding new ways to rip off consumers. |
InternetNews August 20, 2010 |
Experts Warn iTunes Flaw Puts Windows at Risk Apple may have patched a vulnerability in its iTunes product months ago, but security researchers are now warning that the flaw could put dozens of Windows applications at risk. |
InternetNews January 3, 2011 |
Fuzzer Finds IE Vulnerabilities A Google researcher makes his "cross fuzz" tool for identifying browser vulnerabilities publicly available. |
InternetNews September 3, 2004 Ryan Naraine |
Big Blue Plugs DB2 Holes IBM has released a pair of "FixPaks" to plug security holes in its DB2 Universal Database product after researchers discovered multiple code execution vulnerabilities. |
Home Theater April 1, 2010 Mark Fleischmann |
Smart Meters Maybe Not So Smart Security holes may let hackers steal your juice. |
InternetNews January 13, 2011 |
Google Pays Out Record Bug Bounty for Chrome 8 Google to shell out more than $14,000 in its incentive program for crowd-sourcing the discovery of security vulnerabilities in its Chrome 8 Web browser and operating system. |
Bank Systems & Technology July 22, 2007 Nancy Feig |
Bank's IT Security Vulnerability Growing Improvements in overall security have been achieved in most industry sectors, but the financial services industry has seen an increase in the average number of IT vulnerabilities, according to to a study. |
PC World July 11, 2002 David Legard |
Serious Security Flaw Found in Outlook, IE Researchers say hole could allow hackers to read files and execute programs on vulnerable PCs. |
InternetNews December 7, 2010 |
Verizon Alleges Security Hole in IE8 Browser Researchers at a division of Verizon Communications claim to have discovered a potential security flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 browser. |
InternetNews January 11, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner |
Money For Vista, IE Bugs VeriSign's iDefense Labs has kicked off its Vulnerability Contributor Program, a challenge to find remote arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities in Vista and Internet Explorer 7.0. VCP will pay $8,000 for the first six confirmed vulnerabilities. |
InternetNews August 25, 2010 |
More Security Holes in Software, Fewer Patches According to IBM's X-Force security research group, vulnerabilities are proliferating, and while companies are getting better about reporting those flaws, the number of unpatched problems continues to rise. |
InternetNews July 27, 2010 |
Security Pros Gather For Black Hat Confab Security experts, hackers and media types are filing into Sin City this week for the annual Black Hat USA security conference, a gathering that's endured and generated its share of controversy in the past. |
InternetNews August 16, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner |
More Trouble for Flawed CVS Vulnerabilities in popular open source code management tool deeper than first publicly revealed. |
InternetNews November 29, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner |
New Browser Flaw Out It's not rare when a flaw disables Microsoft Internet Explorer, but it is rare when the same flaw affects the alternatives. |
InternetNews May 1, 2006 David Miller |
Zero-Day Attacks an Ongoing Menace Security report from the SANS Institute details biggest Internet vulnerabilities. |
InternetNews July 28, 2010 |
Enterprise Wi-Fi users at Risk? Although Cisco downplays the danger, researchers at the Black Hat security conference discussed a potential security vulnerability in Cisco 1200-series wireless access points. |
InternetNews October 6, 2006 Ed Sutherland |
Microsoft Plans Nearly Dozen Patches Critical vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Windows operating system and the widely-used Office application suite are part of 11 patches slated to be released next week, according to a Microsoft. |
InternetNews July 6, 2007 Andy Patrizio |
Step Right Up, Get Your Exploits Right Here WabiSabiLabi sets up an eBay for software vulnerabilities. |
InternetNews April 16, 2010 |
Apple Patches Pwn2own OS Threat After a security researcher demonstrated a security flaw in Apple's Safari browser running on its Snow Leopard operating system, the company has issued a fix, providing clues as to the nature of the threat. |
InternetNews March 14, 2011 |
Google Updates Chrome Browser Security Researchers tip leads to security fix to what Google called a "high impact memory corruption in style handling flaw." |
InternetNews September 20, 2010 |
Adobe Issues Fix for 'Critical' Flash Flaw Adobe Systems hastens the release of a fix aimed at addressing a "critical" security vulnerability that hackers have used to exploit the widely used Flash Player software. |
InternetNews July 30, 2009 |
Black Hat: Microsoft's Killbit Under the Microscope Researchers roll out a killbit analyzer and take some shots at the software giant, but Microsoft's not worried. |
InternetNews March 18, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner |
PWN2OWN: What's a Vulnerability Worth? Hacking contest puts cash behind exploiting security holes. But the goal isn't to take advantage of users - it's to help them. |
InternetNews August 2, 2010 |
Windows Shortcut Zero-Day Gets Patch Microsoft goes the out-of-band route for securing a vulnerability in all currently supported Windows versions. |
InternetNews March 8, 2010 |
Apache Security Update Patches Key Flaws Latest security update addresses multiple flaws in Apache HTTP Web Server, addressing vulnerabilities such as the SSL threat TLS renegotiation threat. |
InternetNews August 13, 2010 |
Microsoft's Patch Tuesday Fixes Spoofing Flaw In one of its biggest patch drops in history, Microsoft has issued a fix for a hole in a bit of Windows code that could enable hackers to carry out a spoofing attack. |
InternetNews September 2, 2010 |
Microsoft Issues 'Fix It' for DLL Flaw Following the revelation of a flaw that put hundreds of Windows applications at risk, Microsoft issues an automated "Fix It" tool to address the vulnerability. |
PC World May 16, 2002 Sumner Lemon |
Microsoft Patches Six IE Security Holes Vulnerabilities in latest versions of Web browser could allow attackers to run code on your PC... |
InternetNews January 4, 2007 Ed Sutherland |
Vista Exploit Looking For Achilles' Heel First Vista exploit could mean lasting problems for Microsoft, according to a security vendor. |
InternetNews May 26, 2006 Ed Sutherland |
Microsoft Tells Word Users to Play it 'Safe' Rebounding from recent reports that China hackers are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Word to launch a Trojan horse, Microsoft is advising users to run the application in "safe mode." |
Science News |
Dyslexia, Learning, And The Brain By Roderick I. Nicolson And Angela J. Fawcett Leading researchers take a theoretical approach to a complex question: What is dyslexia? |
InternetNews January 14, 2010 |
McAfee Fingers Microsoft IE Flaw in Google Attack McAfee's researchers say 'Operation Aurora' used a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft's browser software to penetrate Google's networks. |
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider |
95% Of Android Phones Could Be Hacked With Just One Text Android users, beware: Security researchers have discovered that 95% of Android phones are vulnerable to attack through the dispatch of just one text message. |
InternetNews July 18, 2005 |
XP At Risk From DoS Newly discovered flaw may leave XP users at risk from a Denial of Service attack. |
InternetNews July 20, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner |
Un-Patched Oracle Flaws Abound? Oracle isn't pleased about a German researcher's public disclosure of flaws. |
InternetNews March 29, 2011 |
Is McAfee.com Insecure? Security researchers publicly expose vulnerabilities on McAfee's website. |
InternetNews March 24, 2010 |
Web Browsers in the Cross Hairs at Pwn2Own At CanSecWest, the Pwn2Own contest pits security researchers against supposedly secure Web browsers. Who comes out on top? |