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Hacker joins US Homeland Security in advisory role
News Jeff Moss, founder of the Black Hat and Defcon hacker and security conferences, was among 16 people sworn in on Friday to the US Homeland Security Advisory Council. The HSAC members will provide recommendations and advice directly to secretary of...
[June 8, 2009, 8:57]
Cisco Security Advisory: Crafted IP Option Vulnerability
White Papers Cisco routers and switches running Cisco IOS or Cisco IOS XR software may be vulnerable to a remotely exploitable crafted IP option Denial of Service (DoS) attack. Exploitation of the vulnerability may potentially allow for arbitrary code execution.
[June 9, 2007, 1:00]
Microsoft issues advisory on IIS security problem
News Microsoft on Tuesday issued a security advisory for a Web server flaw that was made public on Monday. In its advisory, Microsoft said it has not seen any active attacks, although it acknowledges that detailed exploit code was published to the Web.
[September 2, 2009, 10:09]
ShortFix
Downloads On 03/01/2001 @stake published a security advisory regarding a security hole in PalmOS 3.x based devices which would allow anybody in physical possession of the unit to retrieve and/or modify any information stored on the device by entering one of...
[March 15, 2001, 7:00]
Attackers target unpatched flaw in Excel
News Attackers are attempting to exploit an unpatched security hole in Excel that could allow someone to take control of a compromised computer, Microsoft said in a security advisory on Tuesday. Microsoft said it is working on a security fix to plug the...
[February 25, 2009, 7:37]
Microsoft warns of ActiveX attacks targeting Access
News Microsoft issued a security advisory on Monday warning about targeted attacks that exploit a hole in the ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer in the Microsoft Access database-management system. In addition, a security feature in IE can be set to...
[July 8, 2008, 8:29]
Windows 7 not affected by flaw, says Microsoft
News Microsoft issued a formal security advisory late on Tuesday on a reported zero-day flaw in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. The software maker said it is working with security software partners to provide information that can be used to...
[September 9, 2009, 8:43]
Mobile phone vulnerable to DoS attack
News US-based security company @stake has released a security advisory detailing a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in the Nokia 6210 GSM mobile phone, and although the flaw isn't serious it could be a sign of worse things to come.
[February 26, 2003, 13:23]
Cisco flaw creates an opening for insider attacks
News Cisco released a security advisory on Wednesday warning that some Cisco networks could be vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks. Jon Oltsik, a network security analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group, said the vulnerable versions and...
[August 19, 2004, 16:15]
Microsoft confirms TCP/IP flaw
News The Microsoft Security Advisory is part of a pilot programme that Microsoft announced earlier this month. In Wednesday's advisory, Microsoft responds to reports from French Security Incident Response Team, or FrSIRT, about a flaw in Microsoft's TCP...
[May 19, 2005, 9:10]
Linux kernel flaw allows DoS attack
News Linux distributor Novell SuSE released a security advisory with a severity rating of nine out of 10 last week warning of a flaw in Linux kernel 2.6. Roman Drahtmueller, head of Linux security at SuSE Linux, said this version of the kernel is...
[October 25, 2004, 17:40]
Security warning too quick for comfort?
News Network protection company Internet Security Systems published a security advisory for Apache, the Internet's most popular Web server, and gave the Apache Foundation, which created the software, less than two hours to respond.
[June 18, 2002, 9:21]
Research firm posts own Half-Life patch
News Affected games include Electronics Arts' Battlefield 1942, Quake, Quake 2, Half-Life, Tribes, Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Medal of Honour: Allied Assault, the firm said in a security advisory. A security research firm has released its own...
[July 31, 2003, 11:55]
New IE flaw details published
News Microsoft has issued a security advisory for Internet Explorer, after a research firm published a working exploit to demonstrate how attackers could take advantage of the flaw. As an interim measure, the software giant advises people to set their...
[July 4, 2005, 9:15]
Researcher discovers OpenSSH flaw
News An advisory issued on Wednesday by vendor Internet Security Systems (ISS) warns that versions OpenBSD 3.0, OpenBSD 3.1, FreeBSD-Current, and OpenSSH 3.0-3.2.3 are affected by the vulnerability. It is possible for a remote attacker to send a...
[June 27, 2002, 9:24]
Security hole discovered in Linux handheld
News Wednesday's advisory is part of a Syracuse University research project aimed at analyzing the security of the Zaurus and its use as a hacking tool, according to Syracuse University's Center for Systems Assurance Web site.
[July 12, 2002, 8:42]
Malicious code targets critical Windows flaw
News Computer code that exploits a "critical" vulnerability in Windows has been released on the Internet, prompting Microsoft to issue a security advisory. Microsoft urges users to apply the fix delivered with security bulletin MS06-025, which will...
[June 27, 2006, 10:55]
Norton AV flaw opens door to hackers
News Norton AntiVirus, one of Symantec's most popular Internet security products, contains a security flaw that could allow malicious users to easily disable the software's auto-protect feature, according to an advisory by security Web site Secunia.
[October 19, 2004, 11:30]
VMware patches multiple holes
News VMware has released a security advisory alerting businesses to multiple vulnerabilities in its server and workstation virtualisation software. Versions of VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Server, and VMware ESX are affected...
[September 3, 2008, 16:51]
Hackers may be snooping on you - Broadband scare
News That's the danger highlighted in a security advisory released on Wednesday by hacker-cum-security specialists L0pht Heavy Industries. Except for the denial of service attack, the malicious programmer needs to be inside the network, stated the...
[August 12, 1999, 11:43]
