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Article | 1/09/2010 Researchers slate 'month of bugs' launch for Wednesday
A little-known group of security researchers will kick off a month of bug disclosures starting tomorrow that target unpatched vulnerabilities in softw...
Article | 31/08/2010 Old Apple QuickTime code puts IE users in harm's way
Apple's failure to clean up old code in QuickTime leaves people running Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerable to drive-by attacks, a Spanish security rese...
Article | 25/08/2010 Hackers bait Zeus botnet trap with dead celeb tales
Hackers are using tales of dead celebrities to build out Zeus botnets by duping users into compromising their own PCs, security experts said today.
Article | 19/08/2010 40 Windows apps contain critical bug, says researcher
About 40 different Windows applications contain a critical flaw that can be used by attackers to hijack PCs and infect them with malware, a security r...
Article | 20/08/2010 Adobe rushes update to patch critical Reader bugs
Adobe today patched two vulnerabilities in its popular Reader PDF viewing software, including one that went public last month at the annual Black Hat ...
Article | 18/08/2010 Adobe to patch Reader zero-day bug Thursday
Adobe said today that it would patch a critical Reader vulnerability on Thursday.
Article | 17/08/2010 Malicious widget hacked millions of Web sites
As many as five million Web sites hosted by Network Solutions have been serving up malware, probably for several months, a security expert said today.
Article | 12/08/2010 Microsoft's 30-day forecast: Stormy exploits expected
Microsoft on Tuesday warned customers that a record number of just-patched bugs will probably be exploited in the next 30 days.
Article | 7/08/2010 Mozilla plans to silently update Firefox
Taking a page from rival Google's playbook, Mozilla plans to introduce silent, behind-the-scenes security updating to Firefox 4.
Article | 7/08/2010 Microsoft to thank Google researcher for privately reporting Windows bugs
The Google security engineer who stirred up a hornets' nest two months ago after publicizing a critical Windows vulnerability said Friday that Microso...
Article | 6/08/2010 Adobe confirms PDF zero-day, plans rush patch
Adobe today said it would issue an emergency patch the week of Aug. 16 to fix a critical flaw in its Reader and Acrobat software.
Article | 4/08/2010 iPhone jailbreak exploit 'sweet' and 'scary,' says researcher
The exploit used to jailbreak Apple's newest iPhone operating system is both "beautiful" and "scary," a noted vulnerability researcher said Monday.
Article | 25/07/2010 Mozilla re-patches Firefox 3.6 to fix plug-in problem
For the second time in two months, Mozilla on Friday rushed out a fix for Firefox to patch a problem with a browser update issued just days before.
Article | 23/07/2010 Google calls, raises Mozilla's bug bounty for Chrome flaws
Google on Tuesday hiked bounty payments for Chrome bugs to a maximum of $US3,133, up almost $2,000 from the previous top dollar payout of $1,337.
Article | 22/07/2010 Mozilla patches 16 security bugs in Firefox 3.6
Mozilla on Tuesday patched 16 vulnerabilities, nine of them critical, in Firefox 3.6, the largest update for the open-source browser since March.