- Patches and Vulnerabilities
- By Ionut Arghire
- January 9th, 2012
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Seven Bulletins in Microsoft’s January 10 Security Update
One of them is rated Critical, the rest are Important
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 6th, 2012
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Chrome 16.0.912.75 Stable Fixes High-Priority Vulnerabilities
Google's bug bounty program is paying off and serious vulnerabilities are patched
- Hardware & Drivers Blog
- By Florin Tibu
- January 6th, 2012
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Download the Latest HP Printer Firmware and Defend Yourself from Hackers
Vulnerabilities in the printer firmware could lead to major leaks
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 6th, 2012
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Protect Your HP LaserJet Devices with the Latest Firmware, Download Here
Download the secure firmware version with just a couple of clicks
- Linux & Opensource Blog
- By Silviu Stahie
- January 4th, 2012
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Ubuntu Gets Ghostscript Security Update
Users have been instructed to update to the latest version
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- January 4th, 2012
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WordPress 3.3.1 Released to Fix XSS Vulnerability
Other issues were also resolved in the latest maintenance release
- Security
- By Ionut Arghire
- December 30th, 2011
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Microsoft Resolves Four Vulnerabilities in .NET Framework with Out-of-Band Update
The issue could allow for elevation of privilege if a specific web request was sent
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 30th, 2011
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Microsoft Releases Security Update for DoS Issue in ASP.NET
Other important vulnerabilities are also addressed in this release
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 29th, 2011
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Hashes Used by PHP, ASP.NET, Java, Python and Ruby Vulnerable to DoS Attacks
The problem is known since 2003, but few fixed it since then
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 29th, 2011
![Apache Tomcat Workaround for Hashtable Collision DoS Vulnerability Apache Tomcat Workaround for Hashtable Collision DoS Vulnerability](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Apache-Tomcat-Workaround-for-Hashtable-Collision-DoS-Vulnerability-1.png)
Apache Tomcat Workaround for Hashtable Collision DoS Vulnerability
Oracle doesn't plan on doing anything to fix the issue in JRE
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 29th, 2011
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Ruby Flaw Allows Hackers to Launch DoS Attacks
Download the latest Ruby version and find out about how an attack can be mitigated
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 29th, 2011
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Microsoft Releases Out-of-Band Security Bulletin for ASP.NET/IIS on All Windows Versions
All supported versions of the .NET framework are affected
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 28th, 2011
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Simple Machines Forum Project Releases 2.0.2 and 1.1.16 Security Patches
Users are advised to install the latest versions
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 27th, 2011
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HP Releases Firmware Update to Prevent Unauthorized Access
HP LaserJet printer owners are advised to update the device's firmware
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 27th, 2011
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Siemens Promises to Patch SCADA Flaws After They Angered Researcher
It seems that the flaws Rios disclosed existed after all
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 27th, 2011
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phpMyAdmin 3.4.9 Closes Two Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Users are advised to upgrade to the latest version
- Security Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- December 23rd, 2011
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WordPress Releases Hotfix 0.8
Download the latest plugin that resolves some important issues