The latest variant of the popular web browser, Chrome 17, not only brings new malicious file scanning technologies and page preloading features, but also patches some major security vulnerabilities found by researchers as p... [read more >>] Microsoft released a number of seven security bulletins for January 2012 that address vulnerabilities found in Windows Media, Windows ClickOnce application installer, Windows Object Packager, the operating system’s Ke... [read more >>] A couple of researchers showed how a common flaw in the implementation of the most popular web programming languages and applications can be used to force servers to use their CPU at full capacity for several minutes, causi... [read more >>] A couple of researchers found that a critical vulnerability affects most web application frameworks, allowing a cybercriminal to launch denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. Since Apache Tomcat web server is among the ones affec... [read more >>] On December 29, 2011, at 10:00 AM Pacific Time Microsoft will release an out-of-band security update to address a critical security flaw found in ASP.NET, that affects all supported versions of the .NET framework, which cou... [read more >>] After Columbia University researchers Ang Cui and Salvatore Stolfo found a vulnerability in HP LaserJet printers that could allow a hacker to remotely control it to launch cyberattacks, steal information and in some scenari... [read more >>] The much awaited December security update released by Microsoft comes with 13 security bulletins that fix three critical security flaws, including the one utilized by the now infamous Duqu malware.
The manner in which True... [read more >>] Following a massive security engineering undertaking, Adobe has finally released a fully sandboxed version of its ubiquitous Adobe Reader product, which promises to stop the majority of PDF-based exploits.After facing repea... [read more >>] Mozilla has released security updates from Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey in order to address a critical vulnerability already exploited in the wild to infect users with malware.The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2010... [read more >>] Adobe has released Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.4 to address a total of 23 vulnerabilities, many of which are marked as critical and allow for remote code execution.This major security update also fixes a zero-day vulnerabili... [read more >>] |