vulnerabilities

Attacks Through Browsers Are Rising, Microsoft Says (NewsFactor)

Attacks on operating systems may be decreasing since last year, but attacks on applications, incidents of malware, and unwanted software are rising and account for 90 percent of vulnerabilities,...

Fake Microsoft e-mail contains Trojan virus (CNET)

Along with the vulnerabilities posed by the flaws for which Microsoft released patches on Tuesday, users of the software giant's products have a new obstacle to grapple with: a fake notificatio...

Mozilla To Update Firefox Password Bug

Just two days after Mozilla issued a large patch that repaired 11 vulnerabilities in Firefox 3, researchers detected yet another vulnerability in the latest version, 3.0.2, that prevents users...

Apple Fixes DNS Flaw In Massive Update

The massive Apple update plugged holes in a total of 34 vulnerabilities in OS X, including a critical DNS cache poisoning flaw that could allow an attacker to redirect users to another site an...

12 Hot Mobile Security Products That Protect Your Smartphone

With more vulnerabilities and the rash viruses and other malware targeting mobile phones such as Apple's 3G iPhone, security products protecting these devices are becoming a necessity, not a lu...

Judge Lifts Gag Order, Allows Freedom Of Speech For MIT Students

Although a federal judge has rescinded a gag order again the three MIT students who discovered secuity vulnerabilities in Boston's transit fare payment system, they're not out of the woods yet:...

Microsoft Fixes Nine Bugs With Four Updates

While Microsoft's July Patch Tuesday release contains no fixes for "critical" vulnerabilities, many of the updates plug security holes that allow remote code execution...

Apple Repairs Five QuickTime Flaws

Apple issued Five QuickTime updates plugging security holes which fix memory corruption flows, buffer stack overflow vulnerabilities, and URL file handling issues...

Cisco Releases Three Security Advisories

Cisco issued advisories for multiple vulnerabilities that could open up the door for Denial of Service attacks and privilege eslcalation...

Core Security Beats Apple To Publish iCal Bugs

Apple repeatedly postponed publishing the security advisory for almost four months after Core Security first notified the company of critical vulnerabilities in the iCal application...

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