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Panther Gets Patched
News If people view a malicious TIFF, it could result in running arbitrary code," said Thomas Kristensen, chief technology officer for Secunia. Apache is an important bug fix, but it would be unusually difficult to exploit and it would need an unusual...
[May 5, 2005, 10:15]
Secunia: CA Backup Product 'inherently Insecure'
News ARCserve is inherently insecure," Thomas Kristensen, Secunia's chief technology officer, told ZDNet.co.uk on Tuesday. Thomas Kristensen said it was "surprising" to see 60 vulnerabilities in one product alone, but that it was more surprising that a...
[January 16, 2008, 11:55]
Windows DoS Flaw Made Public
News The system is not able to process this," said Thomas Kristensen, Secunia's chief technology officer. It's kind of serious if you have some systems that aren’t firewalled," said Kristensen. A security researcher published details of a denial-of...
[March 8, 2005, 11:30]
Exploit Code Increases Threat Of IE Flaws
News The flaws, which affect IE 6, could enable attackers to place and execute programs such as spyware and pornography dialelrs on victims' computers without their knowledge, said Thomas Kristensen, Secunia's chief technology officer.
[January 10, 2005, 7:40]
Apple Patches Critical OS X Security Flaws
News The most severe of these are the vulnerabilities found in curl and the PCRE library used by Safari," said Thomas Kristensen, chief technology officer for security site Secunia, which rated Apple's updates as "highly critical" - the second-highest...
[December 1, 2005, 8:20]
Windows XP SP2 Flaw Complex But Dangerous
News This is the most serious vulnerability for SP2 that we have the moment," said Thomas Kristensen. It's a series of events you have to perform before you are able to bypass security settings," said Kristensen.
[December 1, 2004, 11:55]
Massive IE Phishing Exploit Discovered
News That is huge," said Thomas Kristensen, chief technology officer for Secunia. You could also steal cookies from any Web site," Kristensen warned. They then briefly see the URL of the malicious Web site, and then see the scam Web site," Kristensen...
[December 17, 2004, 12:10]
Macromedia Flash Has Critical Vulnerability
News The Flash Player plug-in is used by more people than [just those using] Internet Explorer," said Thomas Kristensen, Secunia's chief technical officer. Kristensen added that he was surprised that Macromedia had issued the patch on Friday afternoon...
[November 7, 2005, 16:10]
Security Holes Exposed In Several Major Browsers
News I think the issue is that they didn't consider the consequences of having all the browser tabs in one application window," said Thomas Kristensen, chief technology officer for Secunia. The fact that the flaws found on Internet Explorer are more...
[October 21, 2004, 8:50]
RealPlayer And Helix Player In Linux Security Scare
News Bug researcher Contex discovered the flaws and notified RealNetworks about the vulnerabilities, but the company has yet to issue a security update, said Thomas Kristensen, chief technology officer for Secunia, a security firm that rates the...
[September 28, 2005, 9:35]
Winamp Gets Critical Patch
News Winamp used to be the world's most popular MP3 player and is still quite popular, but as Windows Media Player has gotten better, some users have migrated over," said Thomas Kristensen, Secunia's chief technology officer.
[January 31, 2006, 9:20]
Microsoft Complains About 'irresponsible' Security Revelation
News Chief technology officer for the company Thomas Kristensen said that 'Ned', the individual who initially found the bug, stumbled across it when testing browsers when using a publicly available tool. Microsoft is right that those who disclose this...
[November 10, 2004, 11:28]
Court Case Shines Light On Security Ethics
News But while Thomas Kristensen, chief technical officer of Secunia, a Danish company that publishes vulnerabilities, agreed with Starnes and Hart, he also believes that sometimes it is necessary for researchers to disclose vulnerabilities without delay.
[January 13, 2005, 12:45]
Buffer Overflow Flaw Found In Open Source MP3 Player
News But if they listen to music from a malicious server, then it could compromise their own system," said Thomas Kristensen, Secunia chief technology officer. However, Kristensen said the vulnerability may be difficult to exploit.
[January 12, 2005, 7:50]
Warning On IE 7 Pop-up Problem
News The two IE 7 security holes, if used in conjunction with each other, can easily dupe all but the most security-minded users, said Thomas Kristensen, chief technology officer of security company Secunia, which discovered the problems.
[October 31, 2006, 10:56]
Attack Code Published For 'critical' Photoshop Flaw
News Although a security researcher has published code to demonstrate how to exploit the vulnerability, Secunia has yet to detect any malicious use of the code, said Thomas Kristensen, Secunia's chief technology officer.
[April 27, 2007, 12:14]
Alert Over 'extremely Critical' Firefox Flaws
News If you visit a malicious Web site, it can steal cookie information from other Web sites you had previously visited," said Thomas Kristensen, Secunia's chief technology officer. However, people who download and install the Mozilla software from...
[May 9, 2005, 17:30]
Dangerous Exploit Released For Old IE Hole
News An attacker could use the exploit to run any code they want to on a person's system," said Thomas Kristensen, Secunia's chief technology officer. Exploit code for a new flaw in Internet Explorer could put systems at risk of remote attack, security...
[November 22, 2005, 8:45]
Firefox Flaw Made Public
News But it can expose sensitive information from other Web sites you visited and the information you entered there," said Thomas Kristensen, Secunia chief technology officer. A flaw has been discovered in the popular open source browser Firefox that...
[April 6, 2005, 9:10]
Novell Issues Critical SuSE Patches
News SuSE started a new policy of bundling their updates, so that creates some confusion over what is highly critical and needs to be addressed first," said Thomas Kristensen, Secunia's chief technology officer.
[February 8, 2005, 15:00]
