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- 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...
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Symantec plugs Backup Exec holes
- Security and data storage powerhouse Symantec has issued hotfixes for a slew of denial-of-service vulnerabilities affecting its Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers BEWS product. The company rates the issue as moderately critical and warned that the issues can be exploit remotely if maliciously formatted packets are...
- Blog posts 2007-11-28
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- Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu 9.10 - Strengths and weaknesses
- Nice articleIts nice to see a balanced article like this. I consider myself an OS agnostic user as I used Windows for years and tried a Linux Desktop OS like Ubuntu a few times and only recently (last 2 years) has Ubuntu taken over as my primary OS.One of the...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- Software that automatically fixes itself, without shutting down
- Invariant DetectionThis is supposing that the software is simple enough to determine invariants and not block valid code paths that are infrequently used. It sounds a lot like applying design by contract after the fact.Software That Fixes Itself?The headline implies an application that fixes itself. The article describes and...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- Does software piracy lead to higher malware infection rates?
- Yes it does, at least according to a recently released report by the Business Software Alliance BSA which basically correlates data on the known piracy rates for particular countries and their malware infection rates, using public sources. The rationale behind their claims is fairly simple - users...
- Blog posts 2009-10-14
- Research: 80% of Web users running unpatched versions of Flash/Acrobat
- Thank goodness for regular updates from Adobe's RPM repository!The repository ensures that all my 32 bit Flash and Reader installations are up-to-date. The native 64 bit Flash plugin is still "alpha", and I look forward to the day that is added to the repository too. But at least the appearance...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-25
- Research: 80% of Web users running unpatched versions of Flash/Acrobat
- According to a research published by Trusteer earlier this month, 79.5% of the 2.5 million users of their Rapport security service run a vulnerable version of Adobe Flash, with 83.5% also running a vulnerable version of Acrobat. The company has also criticized Adobe by insisting that their...
- Blog posts 2009-08-25
- Does free antivirus offer a false feeling of security?
- Does free antivirus offer a false feeling of security?No it does not..."Does free antivirus offer a false feeling of security?" No it does not, not anymore then commercial does. The real question is does all antivirus software offer a false feeling of security? I am undecided...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-14
- ZDNet Readers' Choice: Top 25 free, lightweight apps
- ZDNet Readers' Choice: Top 25 free, lightweight appsMissed two but maybe they aren't popularIf you are including Gimp, then how about Google Apps Picasa. This is an excellent free photo organizing program. Google has even put out a Linux beta of this handy program.http://picasa.google.comGoogle Sketchup - a highly...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-25
- Mozilla slaps band-aid on 11 Firefox flaws
- Mozilla has joined this week's patchapalooza with the release of a Firefox update to fix 11 documented security vulnerabilities. Six of the 11 issues are in advisories rated "critical" because of the risk of code execution attacks that could allow hackers to take complete control of a...
- Blog posts 2009-06-12
- Study: Firefox wins browser time-to-patch race
- Study: Firefox wins browser time-to-patch raceIE code is closed - and Donnieboy, are you accusing Mozilla of fraud ?The problem is ALWAYS that you do NOT know the total number of bugs, vulnerabilities etc. in Internet Exploder, simply because you cannot look at its code. Firefox has one huge...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-05
- Is your Java up to date?
- Is your Java up to date?What about all the previous versionsis there a Utility to remove ALL previous versions - it's really a pain to manually uninstall all previous versions of Java ... not just the Update 11 Environment ...Ludoshutdown -9In the UK there is an agency with which one...
- Discussion threads 2009-02-14
- Mac OS X Malware found in pirated Apple iWork 09
- Mac OS X Malware found in pirated Apple iWork 09Not to sound too crass..but anyone who uses illegally obtained software deserves what they get.How can this be? OS X is super duper secure!Seems that's not the case. As I've been saying for quite some time.It is a feature...iMalware.Just download the...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-22
- Nine Web sites IT pros should master in 2009
- At least, according to Carolyn Duffy Marsan, senior editor at Network World. Marsan writes up a list not for geeks but for decision-makers, with the following disclaimer: "Master these Web sites, and you’ll prove you can innovate during the most trying economic times. And you’ll do it more efficiently...
- Blog posts 2009-01-12
- Has Internet Explorer ever been safe?
- Has Internet Explorer ever been safe?The recommendation to use an alternative browser is based on......the existence of an exploit for which a patch is not available as of the time I write this. It is not being given because IE is insecure. I would hope this same advice were given...
- Discussion threads 2008-12-17
- Firefox tops list of 12 most vulnerable apps
- Firefox tops list of 12 most vulnerable appsVery odd...it sure looks suspicious to me.Curious Bill and the Monkeys...Curious, but a week after Microsoft puts out a "It's not our OS but the programs that it runs", this report comes out. Even more curious is that it lists none of...
- Discussion threads 2008-12-15
- Adobe nukes 'critical' Pagemaker flaws
- Adobe has released a patch to fix a pair of critical vulnerabilities in its PageMaker 7 software, warning that a hacker could exploit these flaws to "take control of the affected system." A third vulnerability, confirmed by Adobe, remains unpatched, the company acknowledged in an advisory. ...
- Blog posts 2008-10-30
- Researchers discover PDF exploit packs
- If you still need a reason to patch that installation of Adobe Reader, pay close attention to this discovery by Secure Computing's anti-malware research labs. The group has stumbled upon an exploit pack that exclusively targets PDF vulnerabilities, exposing millions of Windows desktops to malicious hacker attacks....
- Blog posts 2008-09-24
- Secunia launches pay-as-you-go exploit shop
- Danish security research firm Secunia has launched a pay-as-you-go vulnerability analysis service aimed at providing technical details, exploits and proof-of-concept code to security software vendors. The new Binary Analysis Service is billed as a one-stop-shop for indepth analysis of the "worst and most interesting vulnerabilities" affecting widely...
- Blog posts 2008-09-11
- Unpatched code execution bug haunts BlackBerry
- Security alerts aggregator Secunia has raised an alarm for a "highly critical" vulnerability that puts users of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server at risk of code execution attacks. Technical details of bug are not available but Secunia says it is caused by an unspecified error in the BlackBerry...
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
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