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Oracle patches DB, apps

Oracle patches DB, appsOracle Critical Patch Update Risk Matrix & CVSSHi Larry! This is Eric Maurice of Oracle. An important document for Oracle customers, the Critical Patch Update CPU Advisory lists vulnerabilities addressed in the CPU as well as provides other information related to the patches (affected platforms,...

Tags: SECURITY, Common Vulnerability Scoring System, vulnerability, Oracle Corp., Critical Patch Update, matrice, CVSS 2.0, severity

Discussion threads 2008-04-16

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RIM warns of BlackBerry PDF processing vulnerabilities

Hackers can use booby-trapped PDF attachments sent to BlackBerry devices to launch malicious code execution attacks, according to warnings issued by Research in Motion RIM. The company shipped patches this week to address a pair of critical vulnerabilities affecting its enterprise product line. ...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Adobe PDF, Vulnerability, RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-01-14

RIM ships fix for BlackBerry code execution bug

Just a quick note to update a story I wrote last week on an unpatched remote execution vulnerability affecting BlackBerry business users: Research in Motion RIM has finally shipped patches to cover the issue, which affects the BlackBerry Attachment Service component of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. ...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-22

Security: Lintel vs Wintel

In the PC community "security" just means defending against attacks aimed at destroying or misusing all or part of a computer system. In that context most of the complexities associated with trying to decide whether wintel or lintel will expose you to less security risk arise from the absense of...

Tags: Wintel, Attacker, Vulnerability, Flaw, National Vulnerability Database, Petreley, Security, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-03-24

Oracle to patch 51 database, server flaws next Tuesday

Database and server giant Oracle plans to issue patches for a total of 51 security vulnerabilities next Tuesday (October 16). According to an advance notice from Redwood City, the October Critical Patch Update will address flaws affecting Oracle Database, Oracle Application Server, Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle Enterprise...

Tags: Oracle Enterprise Manager, Oracle Application Server, Database, Oracle Corp., Vulnerability, Server, Flaw, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-10-12

Windows vs Linux security report card redux

Orlando, Florida -- Jeff Jones has expanded his project to count security flaws publicly reported and fixed in the major workstation operating systems and his latest numbers show Windows Vista has by far the best security profile when compared to the major Linux distributions.Jeff Jones, security strategy director in Microsoft's...

Tags: Apple, Black Hat, Botnets, Browsers, Data theft, Digital rights management, Exploit code, Firefox, Google, McAfee, Microsoft, Mozilla, Open source, Passwords, Patch Watch, Pen testing, Piracy, Responsible disclosure, Vulnerability research, Windows Vista, Zero-day attacks

Blog posts 2007-06-06

New vulnerability scoring system shooting for common language

New vulnerability scoring system shooting for common languageI like SecuniaEVERYTHING is "critical" . . .

Tags: vulnerability

Discussion threads 2005-02-23

New vulnerability scoring system shooting for common language

NewScientist.com: A consortium of software and security companies has come up with the first unified language for rating the vulnerabilities that plague computer operating systems, opening them to attack from viruses and hackers. The system will provide system administrators with the first quick way to prioritise the dozens of software...

Tags: software

Blog posts 2005-02-22