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Article | 14/02/2013 Adobe confirms zero-day exploit bypasses Adobe Reader sandbox
A recently found exploit that bypasses the sandbox anti-exploitation protection in Adobe Reader 10 and 11 is highly sophisticated and is probably part...
Article | 13/02/2013 Zero-day PDF exploit affects Adobe Reader 11 and earlier versions, researchers say
Researchers from security firm FireEye claim that attackers are actively using a remote code execution exploit that works against the latest versions ...
Article | 12/02/2013 DaVinci surveillance malware distributed via zero-day Flash Player exploit, researchers say
Political activists from the Middle East were targeted in attacks that exploited a previously unknown Flash Player vulnerability to install a so-calle...
Article | 12/02/2013 McAfee enhances its business security management and SIEM products
McAfee is enhancing its business security platform by adding near real-time querying capabilities to its ePolicy Orchestrator software and by integrat...
Article | 1/02/2013 Wall Street Journal says it too was hit by Chinese hackers
The Wall Street Journal said Thursday it had been targeted by hackers trying to monitor the newspaper's coverage of China, less than a day after a sim...
Article | 31/01/2013 New York Times computer network breached by Chinese hackers, paper says
Hackers from China breached the computer network of The New York Times and stole passwords that allowed them to gain access to computers and email acc...
Article | 30/01/2013 Kaspersky Lab adds mobile and system management to its business security offering
Kaspersky Lab on Wednesday made its bid to reduce the complexity associated with managing IT security processes in corporate environments, with a new ...
Article | 28/01/2013 Privacy messaging tool Wickr adds Dropbox integration
Wickr, a mobile messaging application that electronically shreds communications, has added the ability to send documents from Dropbox, leave video mes...
Article | 23/01/2013 Reporters Without Borders website abused in malware campaign
The website for Reporters Without Borders was booby-trapped to deliver malicious software using the latest Java and Internet Explorer vulnerabilities,...
Article | 18/01/2013 Malware masquerades as patch for Java
Trend Micro has spotted a piece of malicious software that masquerades as the latest patch for Java, a typically opportunistic move by hackers.
Article | 17/01/2013 Shylock banking malware updated to spread via Skype, researchers say
The Shylock home banking malware has been updated with new functionality that allows it to spread automatically using the popular Skype Voice-over-IP ...
Article | 14/01/2013 Diplomatic and government agencies targeted in years-long cyberespionage operation
Unidentified attackers stole sensitive information from hundreds of diplomatic, government, research and military organizations from around the world ...
Article | 14/01/2013 Oracle patches latest zero-day vulnerabilities in Java
Oracle released two out-of-band patches on Sunday for vulnerabilities in its Java programming language, both of which pose a high risk to users browsi...
Article | 9/01/2013 Ruby on Rails patches more critical vulnerabilities
Those using the Ruby on Rails web application framework on their websites are being advised to update the software immediately after multiple new vuln...
Article | 18/12/2012 Java 7 Update 10 allows users to restrict the use of Java in browsers
A recent Java 7 update allows users to completely prevent Java applications from running inside browsers or to restrict how Web-based Java content is ...