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Security hole in IE5, patch in progress
News Microsoft this week said a security hole in its Internet Explorer 5.0 browser could enable Web site operators to read files on visiting users' PCs. The security hole does not allow malicious operators to list the contents of folders, create, modify...
[October 14, 1999, 10:46]
Security hole leaves HP-UX wide open
News The security hole is unique to HP-UX releases 10.X. The US Computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC) has released a high-risk security bulletin about the exploit. A remotely exploitable buffer overflow has been detected in HP-UX servers running...
[October 19, 2001, 17:07]
Security hole hits patched Internet Explorer
News The vulnerability effects versions 5.5 and 6.0 that have been patched with a security fix for a similar hole exposed in November by Finland-based security firm Oy Online Systems. The latest hole was discovered by security researcher Georgi Guninski.
[January 4, 2002, 8:48]
Security hole threatens MP3 users' personal data
News The security hole means that the personal details of millions of people are now at risk of exposure. A new security hole has been discovered in the peer-to-peer file-sharing application, which allows a random list to be generated of people using...
[February 4, 2002, 12:12]
Windows security hole and fix explained
News Microsoft failed to comment on the security hole, or the patch supplied to fix it. Have you been affected by this security hole? In some cases, users could be protected from malicious attacks by some firewalls, desktop security, or, bizarrely...
[September 9, 1999, 17:15]
Apache patch covers HTTP security hole
News The new version of Apache also fixes a hole in the software authentication module that could let malicious users launch a limited denial-of-service attack that would prevent authorised users from logging on to the server under siege.
[May 30, 2003, 10:13]
Symantec admits to LiveUpdate security hole
News The German hacking group Phenoelit who spotted the security hole is adamant that LiveUpdate could be forced to download illicit programmes onto the querying host. Symantec, which makes antivirus and security software, has confirmed that older...
[October 11, 2001, 12:15]
Excite owns up to gaping EWS security hole
News The security hole would allow a knowledgeable user to type a search query that included commands that would run on the server -- effectively giving the world at large access to that server. The Web community has been astonished not by the fact that...
[January 15, 1998, 10:48]
Sony's Vaio hit by security hole
News Sony has warned that some models in its Vaio laptop and PC range have a security hole that would allow a malicious hacker to edit or delete data from the machine's hard drive over the Internet. The security hole lies within software that comes pre...
[January 24, 2002, 17:44]
Unpatched security hole detected in ICQ
News A security hole that may allow an attacker to run malicious code on a victim's PC has been detected in AOL's ICQ chat program. To date, there have been no reports of this security hole being exploited.
[January 25, 2002, 16:43]
AOL plugs AIM security hole
News AOL Time Warner on Thursday plugged a security hole in its instant messenger application that experts say could have provided wiggle room for a widespread and destructive worm. In this case, Conover warned that the security hole left the door open...
[January 4, 2002, 11:02]
Yahoo patches IM security hole
News The patch, first posted to the Web late last Thursday, repairs a security hole stemming from Yahoo Messenger's use of the portable network graphics -- or PNG -- format, an open-source code the program uses to display certain images, such as buddy...
[August 16, 2004, 10:30]
US Report: Microsoft warns of IIS security hole
News Khanna said no known cases have come up of malicious hackers exploiting the hole. But he acknowledged that the hole is created inadvertently through installation of IIS 4.0 with the NT Option Pack, which installs DataFactory as a default means of...
[July 20, 1998, 6:40]
Microsoft races to fix security hole
News Microsoft has announced a serious security hole in its flagship Web server software, and on Tuesday was racing to convince system administrators to patch their Web servers before online vandals compromise their systems.
[May 2, 2001, 8:32]
New security hole found in MS Word
Talkback The real news is that this security hole is targeted. The thing to realize is that currently security fixes are mostly based upon reports from the field asking for an explaination. Basicaly you're left with the factory default build-in security...
[May 23, 2006, 22:26]
Microsoft plugs XP security hole
News Microsoft may have touted Windows XP as the most secure operating system it has made, but the company on Thursday released a bug fix for a security hole that could leave some people's systems open to malicious attack.
[December 21, 2001, 9:22]
New security hole found in MS Word
News A new, yet-to-be-fixed security hole in Microsoft Word exposes computer users to cyberattack, Symantec warned Friday. Exploitation of the security hole so far is only known as part of a single, targeted attack, Symantec said.
[May 22, 2006, 9:45]
VCard security hole leaves Outlook users exposed
News Other security experts agreed that the security hole poses a danger to companies and said it highlights the risk of executing unsolicited email attachments. Computer security experts have issued warnings about a vulnerability affecting Microsoft's...
[February 26, 2001, 11:17]
Java security hole could put some servers at risk
News Sun Microsystems has revealed a security hole in several versions of a critical component of Java that could allow an attacker to run harmful programs on a victim's computer. Sun's newest suite of Java components, known as Java 2, does not have the...
[February 23, 2001, 9:59]
AIM security hole still threatens users
News AOL Time Warner failed to properly fix a security hole in its AOL Instant Messenger application, leaving its users vulnerable to a new way to exploit the same flaw, a security researcher said at the weekend.
[May 7, 2002, 11:25]
