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Microsoft Publishes Workaround for Serious ASP.NET Vulnerability

Microsoft has published a new security advisory, which describes an workaround to prevent possible attacks exploiting a publicly disclosed ASP.NET vulnerability.The vulnerability and exploitation methods were demonstrated by security researchers Juliano Rizzo and Thai Duong, at the ekoparty Security Conference in Arg...

18 September 2010
08:52 GMT

Unpatched OpenCart Vulnerabilities Sorted Out

The OpenCart development team has finished assessing a series of unpatched vulnerabilities discovered by a group of security researchers as part of an educational project. The conclusion reached is that most of the bugs can be mitigated without the Web application requiring any patching.For example, one medium and tw...

21 July 2010
03:35 GMT

Microsoft Confirms Zero-Day Critical Vulnerability

Microsoft has released an advisory confirming a previously unknown vulnerability in the way Windows processes shortcut files. The critical bug is trivial to exploit, affects all versions of Windows and allows for arbitrary code execution.The vulnerability (CVE-2010-2568) came to Microsoft's attention after Belar...

17 July 2010
03:47 GMT

Belief in Global Warming Still High

Many politicians, lobby groups and skeptics have tried over the past few months to downplay the importance of global warming, both in terms of reach and intensity. But new data from a recently-published report show that the majority of people are capable of discerning the truth from commercial interest, and remain co...

11 June 2010
10:44 GMT

Windows Core Security Mitigations Bypassed by White Hackers

White hackers has built reliable exploits of two of the core security mitigations included in the most recent releases of Windows, including Windows 7 and Windows Vista. Security researchers have put together attacks against Windows security measures and managed to circumvent the added protection delivered by Data E...

4 February 2010
10:09 GMT

Download Free Enhanced Mitigation Evaluation Toolkit

As Microsoft bulletproofed Windows more and more, making it harder for attackers to identify and exploit vulnerabilities in the operating system, the company also catalyzed a change in the threat environment and a refocusing on third-party code as primary avenues of attack. At the same time, the Redmond company is pr...

28 October 2009
10:58 GMT


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