Reputed Danish vulnerability intelligence provider Secunia has recently released version 1.5 of its free Personal Software Inspector (PSI) application. Statistics gathered by the software reveal frightening numbers, such as 2,720,800,000 vulnerable programs being installed on U.S. computers. Secunia PSI is a free ap... |
25 June 2009
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The security research company Secunia has released an advisory regarding a highly critical vulnerability that affects Trend Micro's free online HouseCall scanner. If exploited successfully, the bug allows for remote code execution, and the system is completely compromised. HouseCall is an online anti-virus scann... |
23 December 2008
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Following the first stable release of its Personal Software Inspector (PSI) product, the famous Danish company has gathered data from new installations of the software on users' computers. Analysis of the data revealed that 98 out of 100 computers ran outdated and unpatched software. Secunia is a company founded... |
3 December 2008
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A few days ago, the well known vulnerability tracking company Secunia released the results of a test aimed at comparing vulnerability exploit detection rates of Internet Security Suite-type products from several anti-virus vendors. The results were surprisingly disappointing, with a single product scoring a rate high... |
16 October 2008
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Microsoft has come out gunning for an exploit test performed by security outfit Secunia involving 12 Internet Security Suites among which Windows Live OneCare. The Redmond company labeled the results of the exploits targeting vulnerabilities test as misleading and confusing because Secunia focused exclusively on the ... |
16 October 2008
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According to an advisory recently released by Secunia, an attacker can manipulate data from a remote location thanks to multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities found in Zoph (Zoph Organizes Photos). The vulnerability has been deemed "moderately critical" by Secunia, but a new version of Zoph, which addresses the secur... |
21 July 2008
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The face-off between the most prominent browsers on the market is not only a question of audience and uptake, but also one of security. As browsers are often a preferred attack vector, developers aim to bulletproof the product as much as possible. As far as the browser market is concerned, Internet Explorer, Firefox,... |
18 January 2008
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While Microsoft has never went so far out on a limb as to claim that Windows Vista was a "sea of tranquility" in the threat environment, Apple on the other hand had no issues doing it, the company did introduce its latest operating system as the most secure of its Windows iterations to date. Bringing to the table an ... |
3 January 2008
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The biggest threat to the users' computers is not Microsoft's Internet Explorer, not even by far. Instead, a solution from Apple presents the highest risk of delivering a successful attack vector. Apple's QuickTime media player outperforms not only Internet Explorer, a browser synonymous with lack of s... |
21 May 2007
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