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Google Patches 18 Security Holes with the Release of Chrome 15

Besides the features and improvements brought by Google researchers to the new version of Chrome, they also made sure that several security vulnerabilities are taken care of, including ones that allowed the BEAST to attack. To motivate independent and outside researchers in identifying bugs, Google rewards the found...

26 October 2011
03:20 GMT

Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited in PrestaShop

The PrestaShop developers are warning users that hackers are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the e-commerce solution and is urging them to deploy a fix.The vulnerability was identified when PrestaShop's own website was hacked on Tuesday, an event that put the development team in full alert."Last night, th...

25 August 2011
08:58 GMT

T-Mobile UK Announces Security Fix for Android Devices

Mobile phone carrier T-Mobile UK has just announced via a support forum post that all of its Android users should soon start to receive a software update on their devices, meant to solve a security issue these phones were recently reported to be affected by.According to the wireless carrier, the software update shou...

23 May 2011
18:01 GMT

WP 7392 Update on HD7 (T-Mobile) Now, on Arrive (Sprint) Come May 24th

In early May, Redmond-based software giant Microsoft announced the availability of a new software update for devices running under its Windows Phone platform, aimed mainly at enhancing the security of these handsets. The said software, called the “7392” or May update, has already been delivered to HTC HD...

20 May 2011
08:58 GMT

Oracle Prepares Monster Patch Update for Tomorrow

Oracle's Critical Patch Update scheduled to land tomorrow will address a total number of 66 security vulnerability affecting numerous versions of its products.Several vulnerabilities carry the maximum Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) 2.0 base score of 10.0. They affect Audit Vault, JRockit, Solaris and...

18 January 2011
04:58 GMT

Patch Released for Critical Vulnerability in Widespread Chinese SCADA Software

A patch is available for a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in KingView 6.53, a popular SCADA software developed by Beijing WellinControl Technology Development Co., also known as Wellintech..The flaw was discovered by NSS Labs security researcher Dillon Beresford who, after receiving no reply from the vendor o...

14 January 2011
09:52 GMT

Apple TV Firmware Gets Security Update

Apple has released version 4.1 of the software powering its Apple TV (2nd generation) product, which addresses critical security issues in several components.Five vulnerabilities, the most severe of which can allow for the execution of arbitrary code on the system, were identified and patched in the FreeType font eng...

23 November 2010
08:22 GMT

Sony Puts Out Update to Block PS3 Hacks

Sony has released an update for the firmware of its extremely popular PlayStation 3 gaming console, to block recent hacks that allowed users to execute unauthorized code on the system."A minor update to your PS3 system is now available via system software update v3.42 that includes additional security features," John...

7 September 2010
10:32 GMT

Microsoft to Patch Critical LNK Flaw in Two Days

Microsoft plans to deliver a fix for the critical LNK vulnerability, currently being exploited in the wild, on Monday. The software giant has decided to ship the fix as an out-of-band update in light of an increase in the number of attacks targeting the flaw.“Today we're announcing plans to release a secur...

31 July 2010
04:12 GMT

Several Security Bugs Fixed in Chrome 5.0.375.125

Google has pushed version 5.0.375.125 of Chrome to the Stable channel, which addresses several security vulnerabilities marked as “high.” Two researchers have also been awarded with special $1,337 prizes for workarounds to bugs in third-party components, that impacted Chrome.Aside from the Linux, Mac and ...

27 July 2010
08:52 GMT

WebOS 1.2.0 Brings Security Fixes

Sunnyvale-based mobile phone maker Palm has released into the wild the webOS 1.2.0 flavor of its latest mobile operating system at the beginning of this week, and, although the new features included with it have been already discussed, it seems that there are some that haven't received the attention they were su...

2 October 2009
04:41 GMT

Adobe's Failure to Update Vulnerable Software

Three weeks ago, Adobe Inc. was informed of a zero-day vulnerability that was exploited in the wild. Attackers were embedding malformed Flash streams into PDF documents to execute arbitrary code on hosts. After one week, Adobe launched critical security updates to its Flash Player and Acrobat Reader software. After t...

21 August 2009
05:21 GMT

Pidgin Vulnerability Fixed with Latest Releases

CORESecurity recently discovered and quietly informed Pidgin developers of a security vulnerability inside the main Pidgin core library that would have permitted third parties to remotely execute malware on a computer. Through the latest releases of the Pidgin instant messaging software, the vulnerability was success...

19 August 2009
10:01 GMT


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