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Security flaw hits SETI@home
News Information about the security flaw has been sent to open-source projects that have created other versions of the software as well. The flaw is one of three reported to Seti@home by a Dutch security researcher last December.
[April 7, 2003, 7:52]
Security flaw found in Mozilla browser
News Developers at the open-source Mozilla Foundation have confirmed that the latest version of their Web browsers have a security flaw that could allows attackers to run existing programs on the Windows XP operating system.
[July 9, 2004, 8:40]
Security flaw found in Microsoft Office for Mac
News Microsoft acknowledged on Tuesday that its popular Office applications for the Macintosh have a critical security flaw that leaves users' systems open to attack by worms and online vandals. The flaw affects all Office programs but is only...
[April 17, 2002, 8:50]
Security flaw in key Microsoft services
News Microsoft on Tuesday warned users of a number of its subscription programmes, including product testing and volume licensing, of a potential security flaw affecting the software they use for downloads.
[August 21, 2002, 7:38]
News Burst: Security flaw hits IIS 4.0, claims expert
News A British security expert with Cerberus Information Security claims to have uncovered a major security flaw in Microsoft's web server software, Internet Information Server 4 (IIS). The expert says the flaw may leave thousands of e-commerce Web...
[January 27, 2000, 12:55]
Security flaw hits Linux
News A flaw in a software-compression library used in all versions of Linux could leave the lion's share of systems based on the open-source operating system open to attack, said sources in the security community on Monday.
[March 12, 2002, 8:52]
Security firm discovers Chrome 'SaveAs' flaw
News Bach Khoa Internet Security says the Chrome 0.2.149.27 release is susceptible to a critical buffer-overflow flaw, which could allow a remote attacker to take control of a PC. BKIS explained the security flaw: "The vulnerability is caused due to a...
[September 8, 2008, 9:19]
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]
Security flaw throws SSL back on quick-fix drawing board
News The flaw, which has been exposed only in a laboratory setting, would allow a hacker to capture encrypted data in a session between a browser and server -- even if the browser was using the much-vaunted Secure Sockets Layer protocol to keep...
[June 29, 1998, 9:19]
CERT: Security flaw reports increasing
News Last week a Danish security research organisation warned users of a recently discovered software flaw which could leave their systems open to malicious code carried on Web pages or in emails. A dramatic increase in the number of reported computer...
[July 16, 2002, 14:18]
Security flaw hits Windows, Mac, Linux
News Security researchers have warned of a flaw in communications software that could allow attackers to take over computers running Windows, Unix-based operating systems and Mac OS X, as well as Kerberos authentication systems.
[August 7, 2002, 11:54]
Skype fixes critical security flaw
News Security research firm Secunia, which rated the flaw as critical, offers a Software Inspector that should determine if a PC is vulnerable. Skype has fixed a critical security hole in the latest version of its Windows VoIP software, which could have...
[December 7, 2007, 16:47]
Companies look for truce in security flaw row
News In the early 1990s, several researchers and hackers revolted against the secrecy that software companies maintained regarding the security of their products by releasing flaw information to the public.
[June 5, 2003, 7:49]
News Burst: Major security flaw in PGP
News A security flaw has been discovered in the latest versions of the PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) email encryption software. The flaw, reported by a German researcher Thursday, allows encrypted mail to be read by unauthorised third parties.
[August 25, 2000, 12:07]
MS security flaw called 'pinhole'
News While Microsoft admits that a security flaw does indeed plague a software module in its Web server product, the giant software company contradicted statements by one of its managers confirming the existence of a back door with the pass phrase...
[April 17, 2000, 9:48]
iTunes update fixes security flaw
News Apple has issued an update to its iTunes music software, patching a security flaw that could open Mac or Windows machines to attack. As well as patching the security flaw, iTunes 9.0.1 includes fixes for other bugs, such as the music player...
[September 24, 2009, 14:48]
Yahoo answers IM security flaw
News Yahoo has issued an update to its instant-messaging software, in order to address a security flaw found in the application. A nearly identical flaw was addressed in an earlier security patch distributed by Yahoo earlier this year.
[December 8, 2003, 9:40]
Apple patches QuickTime security flaw
News The patch comes 23 days after details of the flaw, along with detailed attack code, were publicly released. An attacker could exploit the flaw and commandeer a vulnerable system by placing a special RTSP string in a QuickTime file and tricking a...
[January 24, 2007, 7:37]
Cisco patches Security Manager flaw
News The flaw lies in the way Security Manager — which configures firewalls, VPN and intrusion prevention systems (IPS) — interacts with Cisco IPS Event Viewer (IEV). Cisco has released an out-of-cycle patch for a vulnerability in its Security Manager...
[January 22, 2009, 12:46]
iTunes security flaw enters the spotlight
News Tom Ferris, an independent security researcher, has provided more details on a security flaw in Apple Computer's popular iTunes and QuickTime software that could put systems running Windows and Mac OS X at risk of attack.
[December 22, 2005, 10:50]
