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IBM report: Security vulnerabilities going unpatched
News More than half of the security vulnerabilities disclosed during 2008 had no patches available from the vendor by the end of the year, according to a report released on Monday by IBM's X-Force research group.
[February 3, 2009, 7:24]
Linux and Unix 'had more vulnerabilities than Windows'
News The US Government has reported that fewer vulnerabilities were found in Windows than in Linux/Unix operating systems in 2005. Linux/Unix-based operating systems — a set that includes Mac OS X, as well as the various Linux distributions and flavours...
[January 5, 2006, 16:55]
Website Security Tests Protect Against Application Vulnerabilities
White Papers If a website's server and applications are not protected from security vulnerabilities, identities, credit card information, and billions of dollars are at risk. More than four out of every five (85 percent) U.S.businesses have experienced a data...
[May 14, 2009, 1:17]
Think vulnerabilities only happen in IE? Think again
News New vulnerabilities are haunting Mozilla, Firefox, and Netscape browsers, while different threats have surfaced in Outlook and Internet Explorer. But don't think Mozilla's security woes means Microsoft's getting off easy this week.eEye Digital...
[April 12, 2005, 13:35]
TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Security Intelligence Report 5: Latest Trends in Vulnerabilities, Exploits, and Malicious Software (Level 200)
White Papers The IT threat landscape is continually evolving, and IT professionals need to have the latest information and guidance on the latest security vulnerabilities, exploits, malicious software, and potentially unwanted software.
[December 23, 2008, 0:00]
Exposing and Eliminating Vulnerabilities to Denial of Service Attacks in Secure Gossip-Based Multicast
White Papers They show that even distributed and randomized gossip-based protocols, which eliminate single points of failure, do not necessarily eliminate vulnerabilities to DoS attacks. They propose Drum - a simple gossip-based multicast protocol that...
[June 20, 2009, 1:21]
Cisco patches Wi-Fi vulnerabilities
News Cisco has issued two sets of patches for vulnerabilities in its wireless networking software. In an advisory published on Thursday, Cisco warned that its Wireless Control System (WCS) contains multiple vulnerabilities that can result in information...
[April 13, 2007, 14:37]
Cisco releases patches for router vulnerabilities
News Cisco has released a security patch to fix vulnerabilities in a number of its products that are at risk of a denial-of-service attack. The vulnerabilities are found in a third-party cryptographic library in Cisco IOS, Cisco IOS XR, Cisco PIX and...
[May 25, 2007, 9:43]
Microsoft warns of new server vulnerabilities
News Microsoft also warned of two vulnerabilities that affect both SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft Desktop Engine, allowing an attacker to run code on the server, for which an explanation and patch are available here.
[July 25, 2002, 16:17]
Cisco Security Advisory: Cisco IOS Secure Shell Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
White Papers The Secure Shell server (SSH) implementation in Cisco IOS contains multiple vulnerabilities that allow unauthenticated users the ability to generate a spurious memory access error or, in certain cases, reload the device.
[June 12, 2008, 1:01]
and don't forget to manage the vulnerabilities.....
Talkback The worm also has the ability to open a back door and spread through the network by exploiting vulnerabilities. So the problem spreads due to known vulnerabilities. Assessing vulnerabilities and misconfigurations and prioritizing risks
[November 19, 2008, 14:36]
Microsoft patches ten IIS vulnerabilities
News Since at least three of these vulnerabilities affecting IIS 4.0, IIS 5.0, and IIS 5.1 are rated critical by Microsoft, the cumulative patches are very important unless you have installed IIS Lockdown Tool according to best practices and don't need...
[April 29, 2002, 13:39]
IBM: Public vulnerabilities are tip of the iceberg
News IBM's Internet Security Systems division has warned that there is a "colossal difference" between the number of publicly disclosed security vulnerabilities and the number of vulnerabilities that are discovered but not publicly disclosed.
[June 1, 2007, 12:07]
Assessment and Remediation of Vulnerabilities in the SCADA and Process Control Systems of Utilities
White Papers This paper reviews the proven methodology and comprehensive approach that the Vulnerability and Threat Analysis teams of Internet Security Systems recommend for fully assessing the vulnerabilities of supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA...
[January 31, 2009, 7:25]
Vulnerability Anti.dote - Zero-Hour Protection Against Known Vulnerabilities
White Papers Finjan has redefined the concept of proactive protection against attacks exploiting vulnerabilities in Windows-based operating systems and applications by targeting the root cause of the problem. The Vulnerability Anti.dote engine identifies any...
[July 6, 2007, 1:00]
Security Vulnerabilities and Solutions in Mobile WiMAX
White Papers This paper shows different security vulnerabilities found in IEEE 802.16e and gives possible solutions to eliminate them. These vulnerabilities are the possibilities to forge key messages in Multi- and Broadcast operation, some unauthenticated...
[April 23, 2009, 1:24]
Linux and Unix 'had more vulnerabilities than Windows'
Talkback What matters isn't the amount of vulnerabilities, nor how many have been patched, nor how many have exploits in the wild. What matters is how critical these vulnerabilities are, and Windows vulnerabilites are usually far more critical than those of...
[January 6, 2006, 9:52]
Linux and Unix 'had more vulnerabilities than Windows'
Talkback So ALL UNIX like operating systems combined had about three times the vulnerabilities than Windows. That means that Windows has about 50 times more vulnerabilities compared to ONE flavor of Unix/Linux.
[January 6, 2006, 12:25]
Potential Cognitive Radio Denial-of-Service Vulnerabilities and Protection Countermeasures: A Multi-Dimensional Analysis and Assessment
White Papers This paper examines the denial of service vulnerabilities that are opened by these additional activities and explores potential protection remedies that can be applied. Cognitive radios sense spectrum activity and apply spectrum policies in order...
[June 20, 2009, 1:21]
Linux and Unix 'had more vulnerabilities than Windows'
Talkback What the article fails to mention that anytime new applications come out that there will be chances for vulnerabilities to be found cause the likely hood of those vulnerabilities to be tested will be zero.it sounds to me as if windows is getting...
[March 3, 2006, 15:41]
