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Code Red II: A double whammy
News A new worm, similar to Code Red but perhaps more virulent, was spreading across the Internet on Monday, infecting systems and potentially leaving them vulnerable to further attacks. The new bug also uses the attacked computer's Internet Protocol...
[August 7, 2001, 9:25]
Microsoft finds 'critical' flaw in Phonebook
News Microsoft has alerted users to a "critical" flaw in the Remote Access Service (RAS) Phonebook that could cause a system failure, or allow attackers to run code on vulnerable systems with LocalSystem privileges.
[June 13, 2002, 8:41]
Flaw threatens SME security devices
News Calyptix said the Universal Threat Management (UTM) devices are vulnerable to a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attack, which means an attacker could gain control of the security device — but only if the device administrator was tricked into...
[July 2, 2007, 17:39]
eEye releases IE patch
News These sites typically install spyware, remote control software and other unwanted nasties on vulnerable PCs, according to security company Websense. The unofficial fix blocks access to the vulnerable component in the Microsoft Web browser...
[March 28, 2006, 12:40]
Wi-Fi Week: Mobility at the cost of security
News Public hot spots are more vulnerable to attack than private networks, where individual users can have their hardware authenticated as permanent network members. The arrest of a man using an unsecured Wi-Fi hot spot to view child pornography has...
[January 28, 2004, 11:25]
Security firm U-turns on banking breach
News UPDATE: Security firm TrustDefender has this morning withdrawn claims it made last Thursday that seemed to "prove" that the SMS-based two-factor authentication system used by many online banking systems was vulnerable to attack.
[May 4, 2007, 11:13]
ISP: Wi-Fi test shows flaw in file-sharing crackdown
News TalkTalk has criticised the government's proposals to cut off broadband service for unlawful file-sharers, after conducting a street-level test that found a high proportion of household Wi-Fi connections are vulnerable to hacking.
[October 16, 2009, 16:37]
A third of Net users hacked or infected
News About 43 percent of them said they felt vulnerable on their home computers, while 17 percent felt they were vulnerable from viruses and hackers at work. The survey results indicate that West Coast residents are most likely to feel insecure on their...
[August 13, 2003, 9:15]
The Anatomy of Cross Site Scripting
White Papers They are unique in that, rather than attacking a server directly, they use a vulnerable server as a vector to attack a client. Many documents discuss the actual insertion of HTML into a vulnerable script, but stop short of explaining the full...
[February 21, 2005, 23:00]
Unpatched security hole detected in ICQ
News All versions prior to AOL Mirabilis 2001B are vulnerable to the exploit, according to a report published on Thursday by the US-based Internet security centre CERT. Users who have the most recent build of the Mirabilis client are safe because...
[January 25, 2002, 16:43]
HP patches critical security holes in Tru64 Unix
News Critical security vulnerabilities in HP's Tru64 Unix operating system were patched on Friday after it was discovered that implementations of IPsec and SSH programs, which carry VPN and secure system command traffic, were vulnerable to attackers.
[January 16, 2004, 16:25]
Microsoft denies flaw in Vista
News Security vendor Sophos reported on Thursday that Microsoft's Vista is vulnerable to at least three pieces of widespread malware, two of which date back to 2004. Windows Mail Client — the Vista replacement to Outlook — will block the worms, but...
[December 4, 2006, 13:16]
Botnet worm exploits Symantec flaw
News The worm, dubbed "Big Yellow" by eEye Digital Security, turns vulnerable computers into remote-controlled zombies. The new "botworm" scans for computers running the vulnerable Symantec software and then attempts to break in, said Marc Maiffret...
[December 18, 2006, 9:02]
Microsoft patches critical flaws
News Both vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to gain complete control over vulnerable PCs or servers running the Microsoft software, the company said in two security bulletins, released as part of its monthly patching cycle.
[January 11, 2006, 9:15]
Windows PCs threatened by JPEG-handling flaw
News Microsoft published on Tuesday a patch for a major security flaw in its software's handling of the JPEG graphics format and urged customers to use a new tool to locate the many applications that are vulnerable.
[September 15, 2004, 9:00]
Trojan exploits unpatched IE flaw
News Malicious software that exploits the security flaw to download a Trojan horse to vulnerable computers has been found on the Internet, according to Microsoft. However, experts last week raised an alarm on the issue because it was discovered that it...
[December 1, 2005, 7:50]
JavaScript plus AJAX equals trouble review
Reviews For example, if you visited a Web site coded with malicious content and your browser was vulnerable to such an attack, a script could be injected on the user's machine potentially giving a remote third party access to your compromised machine.
[August 21, 2006, 15:00]
Hole opens Office 97 users to hijack
News The vulnerable version of the engine was shipped with Microsoft Office 97. However, the following procedure can be used to determine if a system is vulnerable and to close the security hole if it exists.
[July 30, 1999, 16:32]
Wi-Fi attack on laptop demoed
News An attacker could gain complete control over a laptop by sending malformed network traffic to a vulnerable computer, David Maynor, a senior researcher at security service provider SecureWorks, said in a presentation at the Black Hat security event...
[August 3, 2006, 9:15]
Your antivirus software has B.O. review
Reviews It's not easy to do this, but when it is possible, crackers can gain control of a vulnerable PC. Had a criminal hacker been able to exploit this vulnerability, the cracker could have taken over vulnerable machines using Panda Antivirus.
[December 12, 2005, 10:35]
