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Flaw detected in Check Point security
News Two of the most popular pieces of security software on the Internet contain a newly discovered flaw that could enable an intruder to send traffic through a firewall or possibly launch a denial-of-service attack.
[July 11, 2001, 11:07]
Flaw discovered in Symantec firewall
News Researchers have discovered a flaw in Symantec's Raptor firewall that could allow attackers to hijack legitimate communications with a protected system. A weakness in the generation of these ISNs could allow a remote attacker to easily predict...
[August 6, 2002, 11:48]
Flaw reported in updated Firefox
News A potential flaw has been reported in the latest version of Mozilla's Firefox web browser, version 2.0.0.12. Vulnerability researcher Ronald van den Heetkamp published a directory traversal flaw in Firefox version 2.0.0.12 on Friday, hours after...
[February 11, 2008, 11:48]
Flaw exposes Chrome, Firefox to clickjacking
News Security researchers have discovered a flaw affecting Google's Chrome browser that exposes it to clickjacking — where an attacker hijacks a browser's functions by substituting a legitimate link with a link of the attacker's choice.
[January 29, 2009, 7:43]
Flaw found in MS security patch
News A flaw in a software tool just released by Microsoft could lead software developers to inadvertently write programs that are vulnerable to attack, according to security specialists who discovered the flaw.
[February 14, 2002, 14:04]
Flaw lets malicious Web pages attack Windows
News The flaw in the scripting component of the operating system lets attackers run code through the scripting engine as if the program had been executed locally on a PC, allowing them to run their own programs or to take over the system.
[March 20, 2003, 8:21]
Flaw found in Sony DRM patch
News Sony BMG is replacing a patch for its CD copy-restriction software after Princeton University researchers found a security flaw in the update. Along with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group, the record label released a patch...
[December 9, 2005, 8:05]
Flaw found in power-plant software
News The flaw in the Wonderware SuiteLink Service, as reported by security researcher Sebastian Muniz from Core Security Technologies, means unauthenticated client programs connecting to the SuiteLink Service prior to version 2.0 patch 1 can send a...
[May 19, 2008, 13:27]
Flaw harbours Slammer potential
News A research company warned on Tuesday that an attacker could use a recently patched Microsoft flaw to create a fast-moving worm similar to SQL Slammer, which spread rapidly across the Internet a year ago.
[December 10, 2003, 7:30]
Flaw threatens major worm attack
News A hacker group has released code designed to exploit a widespread Windows flaw, paving the way for a major worm attack, security researchers warned. In June 2001, his company released details of another Microsoft flaw, in a component of Web server...
[July 28, 2003, 8:55]
Flaw threatens source of open source
News It doesn't get much more critical than allowing an attacker to modify source code and secretly plant Trojans, backdoors, and other rogue code -- and those are the kind of activities that can result from this flaw.
[February 10, 2003, 12:52]
Flaw threatens SME security devices
News A flaw affecting eight vendors' Universal Threat Management security appliances was identified by US-based security firm Calyptix last week. One of the affected devices is Check Point's Safe@Office, which on Friday was the only vendor to have...
[July 2, 2007, 17:39]
Exploit code out for Windows flaw
News Two examples of computer code that exploit a flaw in Windows Media Player have become available only days after Microsoft released a patch to fix the bug. The "proof-of-concept" exploits that take advantage of a flaw in the media player were posted...
[February 17, 2006, 8:45]
IE flaw puts credit card info at risk
News Microsoft said the flaw doesn't affect P3P directly, however. Technically, the flaw exists in the way IE handles cookies across Web sites. The security flaw allows an outsider to break into cookies -- tiny electronic files used by Web sites to file...
[November 12, 2001, 9:42]
Trojan exploiting unpatched Office flaw found in the wild
News A new Trojan horse exploits an unpatched flaw in Microsoft Office and could let an attacker commandeer vulnerable computers, security experts have warned. The malicious code takes advantage of a flaw in Microsoft's Jet Database Engine, a...
[October 3, 2005, 8:55]
Windows cursor flaw poses 'drive by' risk
News The exposure to attacks that exploit the flaw is mitigated on Vista machines with Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft noted. A new security vulnerability puts Windows users at risk of serious cyberattacks, Microsoft warned late Wednesday.
[March 30, 2007, 9:41]
Fresh IE flaw report probed
News A new flaw in Internet Explorer could be exploited to launch spoof-based attacks, or access and change data on vulnerable machines, security experts have warned. The software maker is not aware of any attacks that take advantage of the flaw, the...
[September 29, 2005, 9:00]
Flaw found in common Internet standard
News The Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) warned companies this week of security problems caused by a fundamental flaw in the way PCs and servers talk to each other across the Internet. Two papers providing detailed analysis of the vulnerability...
[May 4, 2001, 9:44]
Zero-day flaw found in Firefox 3.5
News The zero-day flaw lies in Firefox 3.5's Just-in-time (JIT) JavaScript compiler. There is a critical JavaScript vulnerability in the Firefox 3.5 web browser, Mozilla has warned. Proof-of-concept code to exploit the vulnerability has been posted...
[July 15, 2009, 12:25]
Firefox flaw code published
News The flaw lies in the way the browsers handle International Domain Names, which are Web addresses that use international characters. Hackers had been working to exploit the flaw and had said the code would be released after fixes were available.
[September 23, 2005, 12:15]
