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XSS Worm Hits Reddit

Reddit was hit yesterday by an out of control XSS worm, which someone launched as a proof of concept. The website administrators moved swiftly to stop the attack and inform the public, thus earning the appreciation of the security community.Reddit is a social news and social bookmarking website that allows users to p...

29 September 2009
05:44 GMT

Conficker Costs Manchester City Council over $2.4 Million

The Conficker worm outbreak caught a lot of people off guard, but the Manchester City Council impresses through its recent announcement of cleanup costs amounting to £1.5 million ($2.45 million). The sum represents the losses in bus lane tickets that were never issued, as well as the cost of buying new equipmen...

3 July 2009
08:06 GMT

Adobe Plugs Thirteen Holes in Reader and Acrobat on Patch Tuesday

Adobe has officially started its quarterly update cycle for its Reader and Acrobat products yesterday, by addressing thirteen flaws. This is part of the company's code-hardening efforts, which were announced a few weeks ago. The Adobe Reader and Acrobat are currently deployed in millions of computers around the...

10 June 2009
08:10 GMT

Adobe to Improve Its Incident Response Process

In light of the avalanche of critical 0-day vulnerabilities identified in its Adobe Reader and Acrobat products for the past year, Adobe wants to strengthen its security by reviewing critical areas of the older code base. A quarterly security update cycle will also be introduced starting this summer. "Since February...

21 May 2009
08:27 GMT

Helix 2008R1 Released

The Helix team has announced the release and immediate availability of the latest version of their Linux Distribution, called Helix 2008R1, but which is actually Helix 2.0. This version comes with a lot of changes over the previous release, both new additions and updated packages.Let's have a closer look at some...

23 September 2008
04:43 GMT


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