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Apple patches iOS security vulnerability

...to build malicious software that would exploit the vulnerability." How severe a security vulnerability the flaw was is debatable. The site jailbreakme.com, which relies... Read more

16 July, 2011

Google reactivates Wallet payment cards

...has reactivated its Google Wallet pre-paid cards scheme after addressing a security vulnerability. Google announced that it had restored users' ability to load credit... Read more

15 February, 2012

Microsoft downplays significance of zero-day flaws

Only one percent of security vulnerability exploits in the first half of the year were attacks against... Read more

12 October, 2011
TechNet Webcast: Information About Microsoft's September 2010 OOB Security Bulletin Release (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: Information About Microsoft's September 2010 OOB Security Bulletin Release (Level 200)

Microsoft is releasing an Out-of-Band Security bulletin which addresses a security vulnerability in all supported editions of Windows. The presenter of this webcast... Read more

29 September, 2010
TechNet Webcast: Information About Microsoft's August 2010 OOB Security Bulletin Release (Level 200)

TechNet Webcast: Information About Microsoft's August 2010 OOB Security Bulletin Release (Level 200)

Microsoft is releasing an Out-of-Band Security bulletin which addresses a security vulnerability in all supported editions of Windows and is currently being exploited... Read more

2 August, 2010
HP warns of malware on network switches

HP warns of malware on network switches

...the company on Tuesday, HP stated that it had identified a potential security vulnerability for certain ProCurve 5400zl series switches that had been purchased after... Read more

12 April, 2012 by Michael Lee
Mozilla sidesteps delay to deliver Firefox 11

Mozilla sidesteps delay to deliver Firefox 11

...Firefox 11 looked likely to miss its release target due to the security vulnerability, Mozilla warned in a blog post on Monday. Another reason for... Read more

14 March, 2012 by Ben Woods

GitHub suspends member over 'mass-assignment' hack

...assignment vulnerability three days previously. "Two days ago he responsibly disclosed a security vulnerability to us and we worked with him to fix it in... Read more

5 March, 2012

Google kicks fraudulent apps out of Android Market

...the apps are not malware because they were not acting on a security vulnerability. But they can still be pulled if they were not adequately... Read more

13 December, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Bitcoin: Cheat Sheet

...bitcoin electronic P2P network, you can read Nakamoto's full whitepaper. One security vulnerability in the Bitcoin universe is individual accounts: since Bitcoins are stored... Read more

16 September, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Why iPhone jailbreaks are good for security

...attack like the ones this particular issue could enable is a big security vulnerability that could be used to load all kinds of malicious code... Read more

7 July, 2011

Microsoft releases Attack Surface Analyzer beta

...currently in beta, takes snapshots of Windows, and looks for classes of security vulnerability as applications are installed, or changes are made to a Windows... Read more

19 January, 2011

Microsoft confirms ASP.Net vulnerability

...Microsoft has disclosed a major security vulnerability within ASP.Net, which affects all versions of the web-application... Read more

20 September, 2010 by Jack Clark

Palm patches WebOS snooping vulnerability

...on Friday to say that "the current version of WebOS fixes the security vulnerability reported to Palm". WebOS 1.4.5 is available to users... Read more

13 August, 2010 by Ben Woods

Apple promises fix for browser security flaw

...via an iPhone's mobile Safari browser that the phone has a security vulnerability when it comes to the way it loads PDF files from... Read more

5 August, 2010 by Erica Ogg

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