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Flaws found in Firefox and SeaMonkey fix
Talkback Do the flaws affect Linux, or is it only a problem in windoze? It would be nice if these articles would identify the OS'a affected.
[March 7, 2007, 12:27]
Flaws quickly turn into attacks
News Online vandals are quickly exploiting flaws, leaving companies with little time to patch their computer systems, according to a report published on Wednesday by Symantec. Such threats often exploit several different flaws to increase the chance of...
[October 2, 2003, 12:25]
Flaws found in BSD, Linux software updaters
News The attacks work because of flaws in the system of secure signatures for packages and for the metadata describing the packages in a repository, the researchers said. An attacker can replay the correctly signed packages or metadata from a previous...
[July 14, 2008, 17:08]
Flaws in Apache 2.0 for Windows may hit takeup
News The latest report from UK-based Netcraft found that more than 16,000 Windows-based sites running the Apache server 2.0 software may be vulnerable to security flaws that have emerged since the Windows release of Apache 2.0.
[March 4, 2003, 16:35]
Flaws dog Microsoft, despite IE patch
News The browser patch corrects two flaws. Microsoft rated both flaws "critical" and advised PC users running version 5 through 6 of Internet Explorer to promptly download the new patch. Microsoft released a patch late Thursday for a pair of "critical...
[April 2, 2002, 10:35]
Flaws in common software threaten Net
News Software flaws in a fundamental language of the Internet have left the Information Age's basic infrastructure in danger of disruption, said an Internet security watchdog Tuesday. The security problems are caused by software flaws inadvertently...
[February 13, 2002, 8:40]
Flaws don't die - study
News A study of Internet security flaws showed that for serious issues, half the vulnerable systems remain unfixed after 30 days. The data -- released on Wednesday at the Black Hat Briefings security Conference -- also showed that some flaws don't...
[July 31, 2003, 8:40]
Flaws in IE7 and Firefox raise alarm
News Microsoft and Mozilla are each working to tackle recently disclosed security flaws in the Internet Explorer and Firefox web browsers. Flaws in Firefox The vulnerabilities were described earlier this week in postings to a popular security mailing...
[February 19, 2007, 8:53]
Report details common Web flaws
News A group of security experts on Monday released a list of Web site flaws that it believes are the primary culprits in undermining the security of online applications. Other major issues include cross-site scripting, buffer overflows and remote...
[January 14, 2003, 16:29]
Flaws don't die - study
Talkback So talking flaws and bugs, I think these lie greatly in the average user. Having a good policy is merely a text book where everyone should read.the GREATEST issue is on ENFORCING the practice in each policy.
[August 4, 2003, 8:12]
IE and Outlook flaws reported
News Other flaws reported in the past few weeks range from a vulnerability with version 6 of the browser on Windows XP with Service Pack 2 to an IE flaw involving the Microsoft DDS Library Shape Control file.
[September 7, 2005, 8:00]
Mac OS: More critical flaws than Windows in 2007
News He found that Apple's latest operating system, Mac OS X, faced more critical flaws than Windows XP and Vista combined. This shows that Apple had more than five times the number of flaws per month than Windows XP and Vista in 2007, and most of these...
[December 19, 2007, 11:22]
Oracle issues fixes for 51 flaws
News In addition to the database fixes, Oracle's update repairs 12 flaws in Application Server, seven in E-Business Suite, six in Enterprise Manager and three in PeopleSoft. Oracle on Tuesday released fixes for 51 vulnerabilities that affect its...
[January 17, 2007, 7:27]
Novell webmail product suffers cross-site flaws
News To be exploited, both flaws require user interaction in the form of opening an infected email or clicking on a link, researchers from ProCheckUp said on Friday. However, the flaws, which currently have no patch available, could allow emails to be...
[January 30, 2009, 12:22]
Firefox fixes critical flaws
News The most serious of the flaws could be exploited by cyberattackers to commandeer a vulnerable PC, according to Mozilla. The company, which oversees Firefox development, has published security advisories for each of the flaws repaired by the Firefox...
[July 28, 2006, 9:45]
'Huge jump' in Microsoft flaws since last year
News The past year has seen a massive increase in the number of flaws found in Microsoft software, according to vulnerability-scanning company Qualys. Between 2006 and 2007, there was an almost threefold rise in Microsoft flaws, Qualys said on Wednesday.
[November 29, 2007, 7:12]
Secunia warns of unpatched Symantec flaws
News There are currently a number of "highly critical" unpatched security flaws in Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange versions 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x, according to advisory company Secunia. In an advisory published on Monday, Secunia warned that...
[October 30, 2007, 15:03]
Centrino holed by Wi-Fi flaws
News Intel has issued patches for flaws in its Centrino device drivers and ProSet management software that affect the security of the wireless products. Three flaws are addressed with the updates. Security experts note there are no known exploits...
[August 3, 2006, 10:55]
Apple patches trio of Wi-Fi hijack flaws
News A trio of security flaws in Apple software that runs wireless-networking hardware could allow Macs to be hijacked over Wi-Fi, Apple said on Thursday. Attackers on the wireless network may cause arbitrary code execution," Apple said in the alert...
[September 22, 2006, 8:50]
Exploit code increases threat of IE flaws
News Three unpatched flaws in Internet Explorer now pose a higher danger, a security company warned, after code to exploit one of the issues was published to the Internet. The flaws, which affect IE 6, could enable attackers to place and execute...
[January 10, 2005, 7:40]
