Previous
Microsoft patches 'critical' holes
News Last month the company issued fixes for two security holes in its media software. Microsoft on Wednesday warned of three new security gaps in its software, including one "critical" Windows flaw that could allow a hacker to run unauthorised code on...
[July 10, 2003, 10:13]
VMware Fusion update fixes two holes
News An attacker does not need administrative privileges to target these security holes. An update for VMware's Fusion software has patched two vulnerabilities that could allow a hacker to control or crash a user's computer.
[October 2, 2009, 12:33]
Microsoft to fix zero-day SMB, IIS holes
News For the full story, see Microsoft to patch zero-day SMB, IIS holes at CNET News. Microsoft on Thursday said it will provide a fix next week for zero-day flaws in Microsoft Server Message Block and Internet Information Services that could allow an...
[October 9, 2009, 14:19]
Developers 'should be accountable' for security holes
Talkback Consumers should be (and ultimately are, through lower security) held liable for security holes in software. The fact of the matter is, many security holes exist because companies need to be first to market with a particular idea, or risk not...
[October 12, 2005, 16:27]
Hackers' favourite security holes revealed
News By closing those holes, he said, companies "are protecting themselves against the largest number of intruders on the Internet, but also the least sophisticated -- what we call ankle-biters. There are a lot of system administrators out there that...
[June 2, 2000, 8:53]
Developers 'should be accountable' for security holes
Talkback If Developers should be liable for security holes then individuals at ALL levels of government should be liable for failures of their departments. Look at the players in the FEMA debacle for example. Holding developers liable is ridiculous.
[October 12, 2005, 18:33]
Integration needed to shore up security holes
News The Butler Group warns that organisations are leaving security holes by pulling together a patchwork of individually focused security products to try and protect their networks, systems and applications.
[July 6, 2005, 10:00]
PentaSafe aims to plug OS security holes
News PentaSafe will next week announce new versions of its software for identifying operating system security holes in Unix, Linux and Windows NT systems. The company's VigilEnt auditing software sends out agents that reside on all the servers across a...
[March 10, 2000, 10:09]
Developers 'should be accountable' for security holes
Talkback Well this will certainly have the effect of getting rid of security holes. Security holes are often the function not of developers work but of managements, and/or software integrators. Developers all leave the field after the first few lawsuits...
[October 12, 2005, 16:36]
Vistas holes
Talkback Very useful as vista is still in its infancy and will have many holes to be exploited for a while to come.
[January 4, 2007, 14:36]
US Report: Visual Basic holes open for e-mail viruses
News At the end of July, Finnish students found holes in Outlook that let viruses spread by e-mail. Last week, anti-virus firm Central Command warned of a more isolated virus that affected ActiveX controls in certain cases.
[November 20, 1998, 13:25]
OpenOffice patches three security holes
Talkback Open Source software is of course badly designed and shot full of holes. Kenny, Kenny, Kenny, you just don't understand do you. So any flaws that are found just add to the final opinion that we should do what we have long been advised to do and...
[July 5, 2006, 12:38]
The latest top 10 Linux/Unix security holes
News The original holes may have been their fault, but no software is perfect and ISC BIND is quick to provide patches and/or updated versions once a problem is reported. There are a lot of holes in older OpenSSL libraries and, because it is often used...
[November 4, 2003, 11:10]
IE holes open up Web booby traps
News Upgrading Internet Explorer 5.5 to Service Pack 2 plugs the security holes, the company said. GreyMagic said Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6 are affected by the flaws but that the latest service packs to each of these versions of IE plug the holes.
[October 23, 2002, 8:09]
Microsoft plugs 21 security holes
News Four of the critical updates deal with security holes that could allow remote code execution in all versions of Windows. Microsoft has issued patches for 21 flaws in its software, saying all but two of them could let an intruder run malicious code...
[June 14, 2006, 9:55]
FBI aims to patch security holes
News The focus of the initiatives is on identifying security holes and delivering tools so companies can plug them, a practical approach outlined in the administration's cybersecurity plan, said Alan Paller, director of research for SANS.
[October 1, 2002, 13:23]
Alarm raised over Doubleclick security holes
News DoubleClick, which patched the security holes on Friday, said these passwords could not have been used from outside its network to capture critical information. Internet advertising giant DoubleClick is rushing to investigate two security alarms...
[March 27, 2001, 7:07]
Microsoft plugs six browser holes
News Even when Microsoft patches the current round of security holes, it's only a matter of time before someone comes up with another one," said Gilder. Domain-security related holes are reasonably frequent, and when the next one pops up MSN will be...
[February 12, 2002, 11:16]
US Report: MS, Netscape scramble to fix security holes
News The Microsoft and Netscape e-mail holes were discovered in June by researchers at the Finland university Separate security loopholes recently uncovered in Windows NT and in Internet-based e-mail clients from Microsoft and Netscape Communications...
[July 29, 1998, 14:38]
A Year Ago: Hackers' favourite security holes revealed
News By closing those holes, he said, companies "are protecting themselves against the largest number of intruders on the Internet, but also the least sophisticated -- what we call ankle-biters. There are a lot of system administrators out there that...
[June 2, 2001, 6:28]
