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- Mozilla updates Firefox; Fixes multiple vulnerabilities
- Mozilla updates Firefox; Fixes multiple vulnerabilitiesAs Usual, Nice And Speedy!Thanks Mozilla!RE: Mozilla updates Firefox; Fixes multiple vulnerabilitiesSince I use FF3b4, will this fix find its way into FF3b5?find it's way into ff3b5I don't think ff3 is affected.RE: Mozilla updates Firefox; Fixes multiple vulnerabilitiesAfter Apple's several software updates last week, Firefox...
- Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, multiple vulnerability, MAC Pro, Mozilla Corp., vulnerability
- Discussion threads 2008-03-26
- Cisco patches multiple vulnerabilities in IP phones
- Cisco patches multiple vulnerabilities in IP phonesRe: Cisco patches multiple vulnerabilities in IP phonesPrecisely why I will never have VOIP. When was the last time a POTS telephone needed to be patched? Aside from the Nazis in Washington, DC listening in on my conversations...there are not a lot of...
- Tags: Patches, VOIP, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Cisco patch, multiple vulnerability, phone, IP phone, patch management, vulnerability, Cisco Systems Inc., IP
- Discussion threads 2008-02-15
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- Microsoft finds security hole in Google Chrome Frame
- HAHA! Way to go Microsoft! They basically just told Google to suck it! The best part is they were right the whole time. Yet people blindly defended Google. It would seem Google has more software issues than anyone else.RE: Microsoft finds security hole in Google Chrome FrameI'm not...
- Tags: Web browsers, security, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., attack surface, Google Chrome
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Counting vulnerabilities is pointless
- Suddenly it doesn't matter any more? Vulnerability count is an indication of software qualityIt goes directly to the process the vendor went through to root out vulnerabilities before shipping. At least if you compare products with the same general purpose and which receives the same amount of scrutiny.Time to fix...
- Tags: Web browsers, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Mozilla Firefox, vulnerability, Microsoft Internet Explorer, malware, risk period
- Discussion threads 2009-11-09
- My Top Scary Technology Trends
- The Most Terrifying:Google.Kills good companies by handing out "freebies". VERY scary.Machines replacing humansI thought they were tools to enhance our experience on earth.The worst is when customer is an AI telephone. "I'm sorry, could you repeat your last phrase. I did not understand". I thought the buttons were bad enough.RE:...
- Tags: cloud computing, Storage management, Google Inc., hardware, virtualization
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- 'Anonymous' group attempts DDoS attack against Australian government
- Following a threat posted on YouTube a month ago, the the well known malicious pattern of the "Anonymous group" failed to materialize earlier today when the group attempted to launch a distributed denial of service DDoS attack against the web sites of Australia's Prime Minister and the Australian Communications and...
- Tags: Government, Crowdsourcing, Distributed Denial Of Service, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-09-09
- Windows 7, Vista exposed to 'teardrop attack'
- Vulnerable by default?[i]Exploit code for a remote reboot flaw in Microsoft's implementation of the SMB2 protocol has been posted on the internet, exposing users of Windows 7 and Windows Vista to the teardrop attacks that used to be popular on Windows 3.1 and Windows 95.[/i]I presume this attack is able...
- Tags: Firewalls, Network security, SECURITY, NETWORKING, Microsoft Windows Vista, firewall, Network Address Translation, Microsoft Windows, software firewall, Microsoft Windows 7, attack
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- Adobe plugs critical ColdFusion, JRun vulnerabilities
- Adobe's never-ending run on the security treadmill hit a new gear this week with the release of patches to cover serious vulnerabilities in the ColdFusion and JRun web design and development platforms. The patches, rated critical, cover a total of 7 vulnerabilities, some of which "could lead...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia JRun, Allaire ColdFusion, Vulnerability, XSS, Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-08-18
- Mozilla pushes out .Net incompatible Firefox 3.5
- RE: Mozilla pushes out .Net incompatible Firefox 3.5Obviously this only affects Windows users, who have the totally cost-free option of creating a virtual machine running Ubuntu and using Firefox 3.5 with no need to worry about .Net.RE: Mozilla pushes out .Net incompatible Firefox 3.5So instead of running a browser that...
- Tags: .NET, Web browsers, Application servers, Middleware, Microsoft .NET, Mozilla Firefox, incompatible Firefox 3.5, Firefox 3.5, Mozilla Corp., open source
- Discussion threads 2009-08-17
- Apple drops (another) Mac OS X security patch
- The patch to fix the patch that fixed the patch that Jack builtI laugh and I laugh and I laugh at those who suggest that people have to patch Windows more frequently than OS X. Those same people will then turn around and cheer Apple for releasing patches "as soon...
- Tags: Patches, Emperor, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Apple Inc., vulnerability, patch, OSX, security
- Discussion threads 2009-08-12
- Microsoft: Exploits likely for 'critical' Windows vulnerabilities
- Who cares if exploit code will be released in the futureAs long as it is patched before the exploits are out, the exploits no longer count. Or something like that.Cue the double standards...PS I wonder which one of these was labeled "Bulletin 3" in the pre-patch announcement? According to some...
- Tags: Patches, SECURITY, Microsoft Windows, exploit, patch, Microsoft Corp., LUA
- Discussion threads 2009-08-11
- Password-reset flaw haunts WordPress admins
- Researchers are sounding the alarm for a serious administrator password-reset vulnerability affecting the latest version of WordPress, the popular open-source blog publishing platform. The flaw, which can be exploited via the browser, gives an attacker a trivial way to compromise the admin account of any WordPress of...
- Tags: Administrator, Flaw, Wordpress, Security, Open Source, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- VMware's SpringSource purchase sparks head scratching; Still doesn't solve the Microsoft problem
- VMware's purchase of SpringSource for $420 million has sparked a fair amount of head scratching among analysts who argue the virtualization software company paid too much and still failed to solve its Microsoft problem. Global Equities analyst Trip Chowdhry noted that SpringSource had roughly $10 million in...
- Tags: VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., SpringSource, Virtualization, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- Mozilla patches 'critical' Firefox flaws
- Mozilla patches 'critical' Firefox flawsNever ending critical flawsIsn't it obvious now that HTML / JAVASCRIPT was so badly designed that these flaws are inevitable? WEB needs a new markup standard, and it'd better not be HTML-oriented regardless how these W3C guys insist they can get it right.RE: Mozilla patches 'critical'...
- Tags: Web browsers, Patches, SECURITY, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp., flaw, Firefox 3.5, patch management
- Discussion threads 2009-08-03
- A Good Year for Security Collaboration
- Guest Editorial by George Stathakopoulos It seems like just yesterday when I was at Black Hat. Now as I get ready to fly to Las Vegas again, I look forward to seeing a lot of security researchers, hearing their latest exploits and how they fared over the...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Conficker Working Group, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-07-27
- Some important truths about pen-testing
- Guest editorial by Alberto Soliño Penetration testing is a highly scientific, metrics-driven approach to IT security that has been in practice since almost the dawn of the modern computing era when programmers first began conducting organized tests, or “hacks†of their own, or others’ technologies to test...
- Tags: Process, Security, Penetration Testing, IT Security, Information Technology, Organization, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-07-20
- SecSip: A Stateful Firewall for SIP-Based Networks
- SIP-based networks are becoming the de-facto standard for voice, video and instant messaging services. Being exposed to many threats while playing an major role in the operation of essential services, the need for dedicated security management approaches is rapidly increasing. This paper presents an original security management approach based on...
- Tags: SIP, Network, Security Management, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Firewalls, Security, Security Administration, Network Security, Emerging Technologies, Networking
- White papers 2009-07-17
- Patch Day double-whammy: Oracle plugs 33 database holes
- For businesses, today is a Patch Tuesday double-whammy. Just hours after Microsoft shipped six bulletins to cover multiple flaws in Windows and Internet Explorer, Oracle is getting set to release its quarterly batch of Critical Patch Updates with fixes for at least 33 security vulnerabilities. ...
- Tags: Database, Oracle Corp., Critical Patch, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-07-14
- Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account hijacked, pushes Windows and Mac malware
- Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account hijacked, pushes Windows and Mac malwareMore details about severity of attack[i]On Windows machines, a user falling for the bait gets to a series of Web pages featuring pornographic content and, at the end, a prompt to update a video codec. That fake codec is...
- Tags: Operating systems, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Apple Mac OS X, malware, Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, Guy Kawasaki, attack, user interaction, disk image, Twitter
- Discussion threads 2009-06-24
- Windows 7 UAC flaw: "Pandora's box of all vulnerabilities"
- The UAC flaw, a serious issue bubbling away underneath the surface of Microsoft's next operating system, has been described as the "Pandora's box of security vulnerabilities". But what is it exactly? Where did it all start from, what is the vulnerability and where do we go from here? Hopefully this...
- Tags: Standard User, Microsoft Windows 7, Flaw, Vulnerability, Malware, UAC, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-06-12
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