Previous
Windows cursor flaw poses 'drive by' risk
News An attacker could exploit the vulnerability through a web page or email message with rigged computer code, Microsoft said. Spyware and remote control tools that turn PCs into drones for the attacker are silently loaded onto vulnerable computers by...
[March 30, 2007, 9:41]
Microsoft fixes 'critical' flaws in new programs
News Most of the vulnerabilities addressed by Tuesday's fixes can only be exploited after someone visits a rigged website or opens a malicious file, attack approaches that are increasingly popular among cybercrooks.
[May 9, 2007, 9:56]
Kerry concedes
Talkback Americans gathering TONS of proof election was rigged! This link upates all new cases of voting fraud and is growing fast. US media is said to be on a "lock down" about the issue, but there are tons of protest and lots more becoming aware on the net.
[November 8, 2004, 19:03]
Shady sites exploit another IE flaw
News Miscreants are using an unpatched security bug in Internet Explorer to install malicious software from rigged Web sites, experts warned on Tuesday. The vulnerability lies in the way IE 6 handles certain graphics.
[September 20, 2006, 10:40]
News Schmooze: Look ma, no wires!
News Strangely, the online poll "debate" has flared up again, this time after Oz telco Telstra admitted its employees rigged a bot to pelt ZDNet Australia polls with pro-Telstra votes. It actually served to highlight (that) your polls are not that...
[February 1, 2002, 13:05]
Cyberattacks exploit Word flaw
News When a user opens a rigged Word file, it may corrupt system memory in such a way that an attacker could gain complete control over the PC, Microsoft said in a security advisory posted late on Wednesday.
[February 16, 2007, 10:47]
Second Firefox 2 bug discovered
News Viewing a rigged web page will cause the browser to exit, a representative for Mozilla, the publisher of the software, said on Wednesday. A second security flaw that could cause the new Firefox 2 browser to crash has been publicly disclosed.
[November 2, 2006, 9:50]
Zero-day PowerPoint flaw gives rise to attacks
News The vulnerability, which affects Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3, can be exploited by getting a user to open a PowerPoint file rigged for the attack. Hackers have launched attacks targeting an unpatched flaw in Microsoft PowerPoint...
[April 3, 2009, 12:54]
Apple fixes QuickTime vulnerability
News The hole could be exploited through a rigged website and let an attacker commandeer computers running both Mac OS X and Windows, the Mac maker said. Apple on Tuesday released a QuickTime update to fix a security flaw that was used to breach a...
[May 2, 2007, 9:10]
IBM Korea 'used bribes since 1998'
News The Seoul District Prosecutor's Office announced that IBM Korea, LG IBM PC and 13 related companies bought off official clients and made rigged bids for many contracts. A South Korean prosecutor disclosed further details on Monday relating to the...
[January 6, 2004, 12:00]
Attackers target Windows DNS flaw
News The attacks happen by sending rigged data to the service, which by design is meant to help map text-based internet addresses to numeric internet protocol (IP) addresses. Cybercrooks are using a yet-to-be-patched security flaw in certain Windows...
[April 13, 2007, 9:13]
eEye issues temporary patch for Windows cursor flaw
News An attacker could exploit the vulnerability through a web page or email message with rigged computer code, Microsoft said at the time. Security vendor eEye has issued a temporary workaround for a zero-day exploit which takes advantage of a...
[April 2, 2007, 12:05]
Goverment inks two Microsoft megadeals
Talkback It is high time the whole darn bunch were kicked out but of course there is a certain collection of groups within the UK that would loose out major fashion if Blair and Co were frigged of so of course they made darn sure the vote was rigged in...
[July 29, 2005, 19:44]
Microsoft launches second EC appeal
Talkback You'd think they'd have transparency and due process down (not rigged) by now. The EC is the obfuscator here. Hmmm.le'ts fine the company before we even have laid out what we need of them. Clear enough for you, MSoft?
[October 4, 2006, 19:13]
Office flaws scupper Patch Tuesday
News Typically such flaws are exploited by tricking a targeted victim into opening a rigged Office document. A trio of what appear to be new, yet-to-be-patched flaws in Microsoft Office has surfaced, according to security researchers at McAfee.
[April 11, 2007, 10:18]
US tech worker arrested in city network hijack
News Officials told the newspaper they were making some headway into regaining access to the system, but they fear Childs has rigged a system to remotely destroy data. A network administrator for the city of San Francisco has been arrested on charges of...
[July 16, 2008, 8:46]
Attacks puzzle open-source community
News The hackers rigged a backdoor into the site by manipulating the PHP script using a Web browser. A recent spate of attacks on Macromedia Flash developer community Web sites has exposed a potential security threat in a common open-source mailing list...
[February 13, 2004, 9:50]
Exploit code aimed at new IE flaw
News The flaw is due to an error in an ActiveX control related to multimedia features and could be exploited by viewing a rigged Web page, Symantec said in an alert sent to users of its DeepSight security intelligence service on Thursday.
[September 15, 2006, 9:30]
Word 2000 flaw still lacks patch
News These attacks come by way of rigged Word documents attached to an email or otherwise provided to the targeted person. Microsoft on Tuesday provided patches for three security flaws, but it does not have a fix yet for a Word 2000 vulnerability being...
[September 13, 2006, 10:15]
Apple guru combats month of bugs
News An attacker could create a special RTSP string in a rigged QuickTime file that would cause a buffer overflow, according to the advisory. An attempt is being made to quickly patch flaws in Apple software that are announced by vulnerability...
[January 3, 2007, 11:57]
