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GlobalSign breach was down to unpatched system

...and compromise the company's digital certificate due to a piece of unpatched open source software on the server, according to a C-Level member... Read more

25 April, 2012

Hackers exploit unpatched Windows XP hole

...fix it, the software giant confirmed. There was "limited exploitation" of the unpatched vulnerability, Jerry Bryant, group manager for response communications at Microsoft, said in... Read more

16 June, 2010 by Elinor Mills

TippingPoint sets vulnerability patch deadline

...by TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative rather than allowing holes to remain unpatched indefinitely. Vendors will be required to fix the holes within six months... Read more

4 August, 2010 by Elinor Mills

Hackers target Adobe Flash zero day

Organisations are seeing targeted attacks that use an unpatched flaw in Adobe Flash Player that affects both computers and Android-based... Read more

15 March, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Microsoft warns of Windows zero-day flaw

An unpatched flaw in web protocol MHTML could let an attacker steal information via... Read more

31 January, 2011 by Tom Espiner
Adobe makes users pay to fix Photoshop flaw

Adobe makes users pay to fix Photoshop flaw

...CS5, which launched in April 2010, is still on sale on Amazon unpatched at around £590.In January, Adobe backpedalled on an earlier plan to... Read more

11 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner
Flashback Trojan: wake-up call for Mac users

Flashback Trojan: wake-up call for Mac users

...drive-by attacks, and besides, intelligent users don't leave their machines unpatched and unprotected. The advance of consumerisation in enterprise IT, thanks to devices... Read more

29 April, 2012 by Rik Ferguson
Scary tech to put a tingle down your spine

Scary tech to put a tingle down your spine

...network has spread thanks to a bug in Windows XP, which remains unpatched on many people's computers as they haven't updated to XP... Read more

29 October, 2010 by Ben Woods

Microsoft downplays significance of zero-day flaws

...exploits use common techniques such as social engineering and the targeting of unpatched, known vulnerabilities. A relatively small number of successful attacks are aimed at... Read more

12 October, 2011

Apple skips security update for pre-Snow Leopard Macs

...of the operating system, such as Tiger and Leopard, have been left unpatched from the vulnerabilities that could potentially lead to a man-in-the... Read more

13 September, 2011

Symantec digs into Shady RAT attack emails

...execution vulnerability discovered in 2009. When the file was opened on an unpatched computer, it displayed a clean Excel spreadsheet while executing a Trojan downloader... Read more

5 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

McAfee reveals cyberattacks against 72 organisations

The UN, a UK defence contractor and various Olympics organisations were targeted in a series of cyberattacks, probably perpetrated by a state actor, according to security company McAfee Read more

3 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Police set up regional hacking units

...one of the easier ways, just as LulzSec got into websites via unpatched servers," he added. Surveillance units also fool suspects into downloading Trojan horses... Read more

26 July, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Apple's iOS 4.3.4 anti-jailbreaking update is jailbroken

...be reinstalled each time a device reboots. Because the software relies on unpatched security vulnerabilities within devices, jailbreaking iOS products could open consumers up to... Read more

18 July, 2011

Microsoft adds software distribution to Windows Intune

...the state of end-user clients, ranging from security and applications to unpatched updates. "It lets us make sure all PCs are supported and well... Read more

13 July, 2011 by Jack Clark

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Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

17 minutes ago by Dean Talboys via Facebook on Assange loses extradition battle in Supreme Court
SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

1 hour ago by SoapyTablet on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

5 hours ago by Lonnie on Screenshots: Photoshop CS6 Beta
BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

12 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

12 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

13 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

15 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

17 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

17 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

17 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

19 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

20 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

21 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

22 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

23 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

1 day ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

1 day ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

1 day ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

1 day ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

1 day ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths