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Bluetooth vulnerability reported in HTC phones
Blog According to the report, the vulnerability could give the attacker access to various folders on the victim's handset, including contact details, emails pictures and other data. One of HTC's drivers in the manufacturer's Windows Mobile handsets...
[July 15, 2009, 16:45]
Ajax scripting vulnerability
Blog According to an article on Techworld.com, a server side based vulnerability has been identified in Ajax.
[January 5, 2007, 16:29]
O2 to remotely fix router vulnerability
Blog The cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability could allow someone to gain unauthorised access to a user's private network. O2 has come up with a fix for a flaw that affects some of its home broadband routers.
[September 3, 2009, 17:09]
NERC gets Aurora slap on the wrist
Blog A major US energy overseer has been boxed around the ears by a US policy maker over its handling of a vulnerability in US critical national infrastructure security. US Representative James Langevin, chair of the House Subcommittee on cybersecurity...
[May 28, 2008, 16:49]
Last weeks lesson: IE only web sites are a very bad thing.
Blog The recent vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE), followed by the rapid spread of the exploit mostly via hacked web sites led to most experts, myself included in full BBC media-tart mode, to advise not to use IE until it is patched which...
[January 7, 2009, 7:03]
Microsoft SQL zero-day adds to IE7 woes
Blog A zero day vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft SQL server. Austrian pen-testing outfit SEC Consult has put out an advisory warning of a limited memory overwrite vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server.
[December 12, 2008, 16:46]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog No, it's a good old fashioned worm, flashing across the Internet through port 445 and burrowing through a vulnerability in Windows 2000. Hardly: the company had previously issued a patch for the Zotob vulnerability and warned people about it.
[August 19, 2005, 18:45]
Symantec website breached
Blog A SQL injection vulnerability was identified at pcd.symantec.com," said the company in a statement. Symantec has remediated the website vulnerability, resulting in little to no customer impact. Security company Symantec has said that one of its...
[November 24, 2009, 16:23]
Vista receives more security updates
Blog Another 2 updates were made to Vista and Internet Explorer to patch a vulnerability that allowed a user to gain control of the system. The Vista update is perhaps not "critical" as it was a single "privately reported vulnerability" about potential...
[October 11, 2007, 9:38]
Mobile Security and the MD5 Hack: Day Trading By Mobile Beware
Blog While I as many other have come to love this market freedom, there seems to be a lurking vulnerability that has seen its fair share of press lately. Now don’t stop day trading from your mobile just because of this vulnerability because in reality...
[January 7, 2009, 0:05]
MyMobiSafe.com: The World of Mobile Security Is Flat.
Blog That interconnectivity is wonderful for keeping in touch on the go, but it also opens our world to an interesting vulnerability. As we all enjoy growing our contacts list with new friends, peers, and colleagues we can not help but open our phones...
[June 16, 2007, 16:55]
Cell Phone Car Alarms
Blog What does this vulnerability bring to automobile security and the bigger picture of rising international auto theft? I encourage you to try new mobile technologies, but be sure you are aware of your own level of mobile vulnerability first.
[October 18, 2007, 22:38]
Encounters with Microsoft Active Setup
Blog Microsoft has released a patch that eliminates a security vulnerability in an ActiveX control that ships with Microsoft® Internet Explorer. The vulnerability could be used to overwrite files on the computer of a user who visited a malicious web...
[October 9, 2009, 11:54]
Month of Apple bugs begins
Blog The security researchers who promised to bring us an Apple bug a day throughout January have revealed their first vulnerability. It's a flaw in Quicktime 7 -- specifically in the rtsp:// URL handler, which handles online media streams.
[January 2, 2007, 14:30]
Oracle sounds alarm over serious WebLogic flaw
Blog Oracle has posted a security warning about a vulnerability in the Apache component of its WebLogic Server, even though it doesn't have a patch ready yet. It's taken the rare step of making an out-of-cycle security alert because information on the...
[July 29, 2008, 17:28]
Windows 7 zero-day reported
Blog A security researcher has said there is a zero-day vulnerability affecting Windows 7 and Vista. The flaw in Windows 7 could allow an attack which would cause a critical system error, or "Blue Screen of Death", according to researcher Laurent Gaffie.
[September 8, 2009, 15:41]
Google Beware: Hackers Set Sights On Android G1 Handsets
Blog The Android team came public this week about a key security vulnerability in the platform regarding a root-console problem in Android (the one that automatically sent keystrokes to the root shell as commands).
[November 12, 2008, 22:53]
Do we need a biometric passport?
Blog Today's article in Times Online depicts the vulnerability of combination of RFID and biometrics. A couple of days ago, Israel approved the bill for creation of biometric database of all Israeli citizens.
[August 6, 2008, 16:02]
The Mobile Industry’s Growing DoS Risk
Blog Have wireless service providers created a vulnerability that puts them at greater risk for such attacks? The Mobile Industry’s Growing DoS Risk By: Eric Everson, Founder MyMobiSafe In the not so distant past, major labels such as Yahoo and Amazon...
[April 10, 2008, 1:16]
Will software ever be flawless?
Blog At the same time a couple of security researchers have declared that software vulnerabilities should no longer be given away - in other words bugfinders should be paid for finding vulnerability flaws and no longer notify software vendors in...
[March 31, 2009, 13:50]
