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Slashdot reports that Apple keyboards are vulnerable to hackers' attacks due to the complexity of their inner workings, which include RAM and flash memory. According to the report, the hack can potentially place keyloggers and malware directly into the device's firmware. To make matters even worse, the auth... |
3 August 2009
08:49 GMT |
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The iPod and iPhone-focused iLounge is reporting that several iPhone developers have discovered a nasty bug in the App Store. According to those devs, the flaw prevents new applications from appearing on the mobile version of the venue when the user wants to view apps sorted by release date. The issue affects develop... |
19 March 2009
07:02 GMT |
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Vincenzo Iozzo, a security researcher and student at Politchnico di Milano University (Italy), used a new form of attack against Mac OS X computers that allows hackers to inject malicious code into another program’s memory space. Because the attack is done in the system's RAM, any possible traces that the ... |
23 February 2009
04:57 GMT |
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In a Support document on the security content of QuickTime 7.6, Apple reveals that it has addressed as many as eight vulnerabilities found with the software, seven of which were common to Mac OS X v10.5.x, Windows Vista, and XP (SP2 and SP3).The post outlines that accessing maliciously crafted RTSP URLs, QTVR, AVI an... |
22 January 2009
04:44 GMT |
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The creator of the first widespread application that unlocked iPhones to run on mobile carriers other than AT&T, Piergiorgio Zambrini, has found a bug inside the iPhone, and a nasty one at that. According to the Italian system engineer, the flaw can crash not only the iPhone, but Apple's computers and iPods as w... |
4 November 2008
09:17 GMT |
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Not long has passed since Google released its new browser solution called Chrome, and security researchers have already announced that it has a serious vulnerability. The vulnerability itself is not new, having been originally reported in Apple's Safari 3.1.1 browser, and patched in the 3.3.2 version. However, s... |
3 September 2008
09:26 GMT |
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Intel has issued BIOS security updates for several desktop and mobile motherboards. The updates address a flaw in the Q35 chipset that can be exploited in order to run rootkits within the System Management Mode (SMM). The affected motherboard models are DQ35JO, DQ35MP, DP35DP, DG33FB, DG33BU, DG33TL, DX38BT and ... |
27 August 2008
18:00 GMT |
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The biggest advertising serving program in the world, Google's AdSense, jeopardizes people's security, by offering them "malvertizements" - ads that, when clicked, lead users to websites that host malware, rogue security products or other threatening applications. This time, multiple sources have identified... |
19 August 2008
11:26 GMT |
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Last week, security firm Intego was reporting a vulnerability connected to Apple's Remote Desktop Agent in Mac OS X, which allows shell scripts to be run as root. The vulnerability allegedly allows malicious programs to execute code as root when run locally, or via a remote connection, on computers running Mac O... |
25 June 2008
05:33 GMT |
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ZDNet is reporting that "the Google-backed StopBadware coalition has called on Apple to rethink its stance" on the Safari "carpet bomb" issue. Reported weeks ago by Nitesh Dhanjani, the flaw puts both Mac and Windows users at a serious security risk, according to voices on the Internet. Apple doesn't seem to be ... |
30 May 2008
03:59 GMT |
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Trillian is one of the most popular instant messaging clients namely thanks to the fact that it supports multiple instant messaging protocols, including Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, Jabber and many others. However, users of Trillian are advised to update the application as soon as possible to the latest version of... |
22 May 2008
05:45 GMT |
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System vendor Dell has confirmed that it shipped an undisclosed amount of Vostro notebooks with an improper keyboard configuration. According to Jennifer Davis, a Dell spokeswoman, some units of the company's 1310 and 1510 notebook models come with an additional forward slash key placed between the left-hand shi... |
5 May 2008
02:33 GMT |
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Users of BitDefender Antivirus 2008 are asked to update their security application as soon as possible because a new security vulnerability was discovered, according to several reports. Security company Secunia, which rated the flaw as not critical, said that while the vulnerability was confirmed in BitDefender Antiv... |
29 April 2008
07:52 GMT |
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Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 quickly caught the attention of the Internet users and, even if it's currently just in beta stages, it is also installed on millions of computers around the world. However, its continuously growing vulnerability doesn't necessarily mean that it's 100 percent secure, a fact al... |
23 April 2008
05:22 GMT |
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OpenOffice has always been a pretty popular application, especially thanks to the fact that it offers a freeware alternative to Microsoft Office, the suite of tools dubbed the most powerful solution in its category. Because of the freeware license but of numerous other advanced features, Microsoft Office quickly gain... |
18 April 2008
04:26 GMT |
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Security company Secunia has just published an advisory reporting a Subtitle Parsing Buffer Overflow vulnerability in DivX player, a quite popular software solution on the web. According to Secunia's notification, the vulnerability has been confirmed to exist in DivX Player 6.7 (build 6.7.0.22), but previous rel... |
16 April 2008
06:41 GMT |
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VLC Media Player is quite a popular application nowadays, especially because it provides a remarkable functionality bundled with a freeware license. This means that users are able to take advantage of its applaudable functions without paying for the software, as in the case of other programs on the market. However, u... |
10 April 2008
03:19 GMT |
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RealPlayer has always managed to remain in the spotlight, but not only with good things as the applications has been often the subject of security advisories published on the web. Today, it's the time. It's the time when RealPlayer is once again vulnerable to attacks and it seems like this time, it may be a... |
3 January 2008
13:14 GMT |
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McAfee managed to cause a serious problem these days as it flagged several legitimate websites as infected. According to several reports, users who installed McAfee's Antivirus were alerted that multiple pages, including Verizon Wireless, Ars Technica, Friendster and ESPN.com, got infected with JS/Exploit-BO, a ... |
3 January 2008
05:34 GMT |
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A recent study, released by Ohio's Secretary of State, reveals that the Ohio's electronic voting systems are pretty insecure as they contain several flaws which may have an important impact over the "integrity of elections in the Buckeye State". Jennifer Brunner wrote that the voting technology should be w... |
18 December 2007
15:06 GMT |
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A highly critical vulnerability has been discovered in Symantec Mail Security, which may allow an attacker who manages to exploit it to compromise the affected system, Secunia wrote in a security notification rolled out today. The flaw exists in Symantec Mail Security for SMTP version 5.0.1 with Patch 187, but other... |
13 December 2007
14:06 GMT |
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This could be only bad news for the HP notebook owners who are using Windows XP Home, Windows XP Pro, Windows 2000, Windows 2003 or Windows Vista: a vulnerability was discovered in HP Info Center, which can be used by an attacker to compromise an affected system or access all sorts of system details, as security com... |
12 December 2007
05:54 GMT |
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Windows Media Player and Winamp, two popular software solutions installed on millions of Windows computers, are vulnerable to attacks due to a 3ivx MPEG-4 5.x glitch reported a few days ago. Because the two programs use the MP4 codec, all the computers that installed Windows Media Player and Winamp could be accessed... |
11 December 2007
04:31 GMT |
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A security flaw in the AIM instant messaging client, discovered a few months ago, has recently been patched, AOL proudly announced. But it seems like the users are still at risk, as some researchers managed to prove. It's pretty simple to show that AIM is still vulnerable: all you need to do is to find a way to ... |
6 December 2007
06:20 GMT |
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Opera Browser has always been an alternative for the top players Firefox and Internet Explorer, so we all expect a very powerful solution that would be able to compete with the two giants. However, Opera, which I must admit is one of my favorite browsers, contains some security flaws that could put the users at risk... |
6 December 2007
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We all know that a single vulnerability discovered in one of the applications installed on the computer can allow a potential hacker to obtain full control over our system. The software companies cannot be blamed for these holes, as they usually patch them pretty fast, but is there any chance to use a 100 percent sec... |
5 December 2007
15:31 GMT |
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We all love free goodies and if the freeware license comes with an antivirus technology, it's a dream coming true. Avast Antivirus is probably one of the best alternatives for the traditional and expensive antivirus solutions, because it is available for free for all the users. An old quote says that if you want... |
5 December 2007
06:30 GMT |
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OpenOffice has always been regarded as the perfect solution for Microsoft Office, a more expensive solution powered by the Redmond-based company. Since it has been available for free for all Windows, Mac, and Linux users, OpenOffice is installed on millions of computers from all over the world. But, this impressive p... |
5 December 2007
05:53 GMT |
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WinRAR, the famous archiving software technology, is currently attacked as TrendLabs reported a vulnerability which can allow an attacker to obtain remote control over an affected computer. The exploit code takes advantage of a buffer flow vulnerability in WinRAR 3.50 and earlier, TrendLabs wrote. A successful exploi... |
29 November 2007
09:39 GMT |
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Apple product users all around the world have always been quite pleased with the standard of quality Apple has always maintained. Most probably that's the main reason why the Apple fan-boys (and the Mac ones in particular) have appeared. But there are problems that shake even the most dedicated Apple users and, ... |
28 November 2007
15:30 GMT |
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Apple's QuickTime, the multimedia player able to handle so many formats, is again the main subject of the security advisories as SecurityFocus found a new flaw in version 7.2 and 7.3. The same source informed that the vulnerability is caused by the way QuickTime works with "specially crafted RTSP Response header... |
26 November 2007
02:58 GMT |
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We all knew that a powerful antivirus supposed to block threats and protect your computer can turn into a serious danger for your computer due to several reasons. But as Sergio Alvarez and Thierry Zoller, N.runs security researchers, stated, the vulnerabilities discovered in the antivirus technologies can be easily u... |
26 November 2007
02:25 GMT |
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Since it's accessible via a web-browser, BitDefender Online Scanner is pretty useful when an infection managed to reach your computer and affect the data stored on your drives. But this doesn't necessarily mean the service is also 100 percent safe as a new vulnerability was reported today by Security Focus.... |
21 November 2007
03:05 GMT |
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Do you remember WabiSabiLabi, that online shop for software vulnerabilities? If the answer is yes, you should know the service is back and along with some new goodies especially for the Linux lovers. WabiSabiLabi is now attempting to sell a ClamAV software vulnerability for no less than 500 euro. Sure, it's only... |
19 November 2007
04:25 GMT |
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Since Safari for Windows was officially rolled out, the Cupertino company struggled to improve the browser and make it more competitive for the two top players on the market, Firefox and Internet Explorer. But instead of seeing more consumers using the application, Apple discovered some new bugs which might make some... |
16 November 2007
03:49 GMT |
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A new vulnerability was discovered in Apple's QuickTime which could enable an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected systems, SecurityFocus reported today. But what's more important is that a successful exploitation requires users' approval, as they are required to visit a malicious page or... |
15 November 2007
02:44 GMT |
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Last week, security companies around the world spotted a new vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox which could allow the attackers to use a malicious JAR file to harm users' computers. The security flaw is still there and moreover, it seems it affects most websites on the Internet including the super search giant Goo... |
12 November 2007
03:08 GMT |
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Symantec Mail Security for SMTP is a technology designed by the famous company Symantec which is supposed to protect users' accounts from several types of web threats. Although the application has this clear goal, it seems like it might fail in its attempt to defend the users due to several vulnerabilities repor... |
26 October 2007
09:32 GMT |
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The recently reported flaws discovered in Reader and Acrobat tools urged Adobe, the developer of the vulnerable solutions, to release patches in order to protect the customers of the company. If you haven't read the advisories, you should know the holes affected Windows XP users with Internet Explorer 7 installe... |
23 October 2007
05:20 GMT |
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RealPlayer is the latest software affected by a critical vulnerability, a successful exploitation being able to give the attackers the possibility to control an affected system. According to the French Security Incident Response Team, this flaw was discovered on June 26, 2006 when it only affected RealPlayer 10.x bu... |
19 October 2007
06:38 GMT |
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Opera browser has always been one of the applications described as an alternative for the giants Internet Explorer and Firefox but in the recent period, it has grown up a lot and has become more popular among the Internet consumers. Moreover, together with Safari and other programs, Opera started challenging the two ... |
18 October 2007
05:19 GMT |
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This was the week of the stats - a lot of studies giving us a lot of numbers. Researchers making predictions for the next year, analyzing this year's third quarter or just the month of September in cyber-security. That's what made the news this week, but don't worry, this is not about boring numbers an... |
6 October 2007
08:37 GMT |
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It's all about Quicktime 7.2! More than a year ago, a vulnerability has been disclosed in the program by researcher Petko Petkov (who posted it on his blog). The flaw got completely ignored. That's until now - seeing that Apple didn't care much for his disclosure, Mr. Petkov posted a proof of concept s... |
4 October 2007
04:38 GMT |
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Following the recent reports sustaining that Ask.com's Toolbar contains a security flaw which might enhance hackers' attacks, the parent company struggled to discover and patch the security hole in no time. Ask.com proudly announced today that its toolbar was patched and you're now protected if you use... |
1 October 2007
06:56 GMT |
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Gmail was recently involved into a critical security flaw discovered by Pekto Petkov who said the Mountain View company has to patch it as soon as possible. In case you have not read the reports yet, the hole could allow an attacker to access the messages stored in the Gmail inbox as well as the address book and othe... |
28 September 2007
05:47 GMT |
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A recently discovered vulnerability in AIM revealed that a hacker can harm a user's computer if he manages to exploit and take advantage of the flaw. Security researchers from Core Security Technologies confirmed the issue and sustained it affects AIM 6.1 as well as 6.2 beta, the latest release of the applicatio... |
28 September 2007
05:16 GMT |
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Travelodge is a hotel chain from the United Kingdom, and like any respectable business, it has a website. There is a bad part about this, however: their web page had a glitch that led to a data leak. One could get a hold of sensitive data belonging to others, as records have been exposed due to a flaw. The single goo... |
27 September 2007
06:55 GMT |
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Adobe is a famous American computer software company, who has been on the market for almost 25 years - even if you have been living under a rock, you've still heard about them! Most people are satisfied with the fact that the company's products are pretty easy to use, but what doesn't sound too good is... |
27 September 2007
03:46 GMT |
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Gmail is one of the top web-based email technologies but this doesn't necessarily mean it is also 100 percent safe to use. And this statement is sustained by a new security flaw discovered by Petko D. Petkov, a researcher at GNU Citizen, who wrote on his blog that "it is very critical and very unlikely that you ... |
26 September 2007
05:33 GMT |
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Kaspersky has always been described as one of the top antivirus solutions and even it if usually manages to crush the competition, you have to keep an eye on the security reports released every once in a while. Today, security company Secunia published an advisory as a new glitch was discovered in the kilf.sys driver... |
24 September 2007
15:51 GMT |
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