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Microsoft mulls early IE patch release

Microsoft mulls early IE patch releaseHhhmmm..checked todays updates, check not running as root, checkCLAM Antivirus, checkfirewall, checkkonquerer, ...

Tags: Web browsers, Patches, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, ClamAV, Microsoft Corp., IE patch release, Microsoft Internet Explorer, early IE patch, IE Patch, SVG, Linux, virus, patch, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7

Discussion threads 2006-09-25

Microsoft fixes troubled IE patch

Microsoft fixes troubled IE patchMicrosoft fixes troubled IE patch[i]"The revised version of the update...fully resolves the security vulnerability," a Microsoft representative said in a statement sent via e-mail on Thursday.[/i]Only a company like Microsoft can deliver quality in such a timely manner. The issue was reported and fully resolved!...

Tags: Patches, SECURITY, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., patch, America Online Inc., IE Patch, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2006-08-24

IE patch carries security bug

IE patch carries security bugO'Damn , againShelendrea , I need your help on this one . how does this go again . A patch to fix a patch that was supposed to fix a patch that was suppose to fix a flaw or something like that in nature . Well...

Tags: Web browsers, Patches, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Corp., IE Patch, class action lawsuit, security bug, security, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2006-08-22

Company warns on IE patch

Company warns on IE patchI would like to thank...I would like to thank Eolas and the University of CA for their part in making certain justice is served. Through their hard work, we may all now continue forward in our computing lives knowing that the best interest of all...

Tags: Web browsers, Patches, Microsoft Corp., Eolas Technologies Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE Patch

Discussion threads 2006-04-16

Microsoft mulls rushing out IE patch

Microsoft mulls rushing out IE patchWhy bother?No matter what happens, people keep coming back for more!It'd be like a hooker asking that you please her. Please toots, I already paid for you, I ain't doing anything else.. ;-)People are losing their collective cool here...Like a fine wine, Microsoft will deliver...

Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE Patch, vulnerability

Discussion threads 2006-03-24

Additional Resources

21 months later, Vista is still more secure than XP

21 months later, Vista is still more secure than XPMy takeI don't count security patches, but I regularly have to clean malware from our XP machines but have yet to find anything on our Vista systems.RE: 21 months later, Vista is still more secure than XPFile this in the "no...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), SECURITY, Patches, Microsoft Windows Vista, secure, Microsoft Windows XP, VISTA IS

Discussion threads 2008-07-25

Gaping holes in RealPlayer patched

Digital media delivery firm RealNetworks has shipped a high-prority patch to cover four gaping holes in its flagship RealPlayer software, warning that the vulnerabilities could put users at risk of code execution attacks. The patch comes a few hours after Secunia released an advisory warning for one...

Tags: Vulnerability, RealNetworks Inc., RealNetworks RealPlayer, Digital Music, Digital Media, Security, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Microsoft joins 'patch DNS now' chant; Apple patch missing

Microsoft joins 'patch DNS now' chant; Apple patch missingI couldn't make this stuff up if I triedSeriously, I'm not that creative.[url=http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12691-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=48138&messageID=898138] Apple fan explains why Apple isn't responsible for PWN2OWN vulnerability [/url][i]A Perl exploit isn't an Apple bug, anymore than the Flash exploit on the Vista machine was a Microsoft...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Domain names, Apple Mac OS, Operating systems, DNS, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-25

Microsoft joins 'patch DNS now' chant; Apple patch missing

On the heels of the release of weaponized exploit code for the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability, Microsoft has joined the chorus of security pros pleading with DNS server providers to immediately apply patches to protect users from malicious attacks. The Redmond, Wash. security...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, DNS, Vulnerability, Apple Inc., Exploit Code, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Dan Kaminsky, Domain Names, Apple Mac OS X, Networking, Security, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Heap-based buffer overflow reported in RealNetworks RealPlayer

Update 07/25/2008: Aaron Portnoy of TippingPoint's security research group was kind enough to point out that I'm actually not affected by this, since I've installed the newest version of RealPlayer.  From Aaron's email: Notice the Secunia advisory states it affects RealPlayer 10.5... the latest is 11.x, which now uses...

Tags: Vulnerability, RealNetworks Inc., Buffer-overflow, RealNetworks RealPlayer, Secunia Research, Vendor, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-25

News to know: 'Spam king' dead; Microsoft's cloud; Dell;

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide CBS Denver Video: 'Spam King' Inmate Dies Along With Wife, Daughter Mary Jo Foley: Ozzie foreshadows 'Zurich,' Microsoft's elastic cloud Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC,...

Tags: Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soon

Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soonTTLSomething I wish I'd asked during the webcast and which I can't quite get my head around:It was said that setting a long TTL doesn't help because of the way delegation works - has to...

Tags: Domain names, DNS server, TTL, server, Kaminsky

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soon

I listened to the Black Hat webcast today to grab as much info as I could on this subject. The biggest thing that I heard from the whole talk is that the patch fixes things to a reasonable point, but that long-term, there will have to be more work...

Tags: CERT, DNS Server, Server, Kaminsky, Dan, Patches, Domain Names, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a little

Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a littleNew Coke?Actually, given the way it has been and is being sold, is it not the New Kool-Aid?With Vista selling so well already ...... as shown in revenues from the previous quarter, Microsoft can expect to gain substantially...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Mozilla Firefox, Forrester Research Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Mac OS X, Mendel, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

|)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit

|)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploitSo, Linux's BIND the first to be exploited...So, Linux's BIND the first to be exploited...Nice work!CoolNate, nice post and analysis!Wasn't the replacing the ns.victim.com cache entry part of the Halvar Flake speculation? I thought first part of the exploit was to...

Tags: Domain names, NETWORKING, Operating systems, Alecco, DNS, ruid, exploit, HD Moore, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Attack code published for DNS flaw

Attack code published for DNS flawIrresponsible and evil"In an IM exchange, Moore told me his exploit takes about a minute or two to poison a DNS cache but said he is working to improve it in version 2.0."As far as i am concerened he is just an evil person to...

Tags: Domain names, Halvar, exploit, DNS

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Attack code published for DNS flaw

The urgency to patch Dan Kaminsky's DNS cache poisoning vulnerability just went up a few notches. Exploit code for the flaw, which allows the insertion of malicious DNS records into the cache of the target nameserver, has been added to Metasploit, a freely distributed attack/pen-testing tool....

Tags: Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-23

iPhone vulnerable to phishing, spamming flaws

Security researcher Aviv Raff left has discovered a pair of basic design flaws that could turn your iPhone into easy bait for malicious phishing and spamming attacks. According to an advisory from Raff, the iPhone's Mail and Safari applications are susceptible to a URL Spoofing vulnerability which...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Safari, Vulnerability, Spamming, Flaw, Aviv Raff, Phishing, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-23

McAfee debunks recent vulnerabilities in AV software research, n.runs restates its position

Several days after blogging about a research conduced by n.runs AG that managed to discover approximately 800 vulnerabilities in antivirus products, McAfee issued a statement basically debunking the number of vulnerabilities found, and providing its own account into the number of vulnerabilities affecting its own products : "A recent...

Tags: Software, McAfee Inc., Antivirus, Vulnerability, Vendor, Flaw, N.Runs, Dancho, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-23

75% of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design flaws

In a paper entitled "Analyzing Web sites for user-visible security design flaws" to be published at the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security meeting at Carnegie Mellon University July 25, Atul Prakash and two of his doctoral students examined 214 financial institutions in 2006, finding that over 75% of all...

Tags: Bank, Online Banking, Flaw, Security, Financial Services, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-23