Content Tagged ‘vulnerability’

Oracle Java and Adobe Shockwave patches for February too

February 15, 2012 - Adobe and Oracle both released critical fixes as their valentine to you. Shockwave and Java both contain remote code execution vulnerabilities, so be sure to update them as soon as possible. Read more

Patch Tuesday Valentine’s 2012

February 14, 2012 - Microsoft released nine patches today, several designed to repair critical flaws. Don't get too distracted by the lack of chocolates and flowers, get patching! Read more

Online dating and your privacy: Is it a doomed relationship?

February 14, 2012 - On this Valentine's Day, we find that it is increasingly difficult to be both lovelorn and discreet. Read more

Cryptome.org hacked into serving up Blackhole exploit kit

February 13, 2012 - Secret publishing site Cryptome.org was infected over the past weekend exposing thousands of users to the Blackhole exploit kit. Find out what happened and some advice for webmasters to keep their sites clean and safe. (continue reading...) Read more

350,000 users exposed by hardcore porn hack

February 13, 2012 - A hacker claims to have stolen information from 350,000 users of Brazzers, a hardcore production company based in North America, to highlight a security vulnerability. Read more

CIA website brought down – were Anonymous attackers responsible?

February 11, 2012 - The CIA's website was brought down for some hours last night by what appears to have been an internet distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. Read more

Apple supplier Foxconn hacked not for bad factory conditions but for kicks

February 10, 2012 - Foxconn, a Taiwanese manufacturer of Apple's iPhone and iPad infamous for inhumane working conditions, has been hacked by a group calling itself Swagg Security. Read more

VIDEO: Boston Police hits back at Anonymous with sarcasm

February 10, 2012 - Anonymous is proud of saying that an idea can't be arrested or killed, but it seems like the Boston Police Department has thought of one way of fighting back: sarcasm. Read more

Google Wallet PINs easily stolen from rooted devices

February 9, 2012 - A researcher at zvelo has discovered that he can recover the PIN used to make payments with Google Wallet in just seconds on a rooted Android device. Read more

Is Digital Pearl Harbor THE most tasteless term in IT security?

February 9, 2012 - Can hackers really cause as much bloodshed as 353 Imperial Japanese Navy fighters, bombers and torpedo planes launched from six aircraft carriers? Can hackers really kill 2,402 U.S. citizens, leave 1,282 wounded, lose 65 of their own attackers in the process, (continue reading...) Read more

Endpoint Security Webinar: Protecting your network at the sharp end

February 8, 2012 - I have a theory that says improving information system security–the security of our operating systems, network connections, and applications–just means the bad guys will focus more attention on our endpoints, the digital devices we use to access the information and (continue reading...) Read more

Security 101: Attack Vectors Take Advantage of User Interaction

February 8, 2012 - Welcome back to Security 101. Our New Year’s recess is over, and it’s time to offer another lesson. So far we have discussed vulnerabilities and some types of low-interaction attack vectors. In this lesson we shall continue with (continue reading...) Read more

Why is a 14-month-old patched Microsoft vulnerability still being exploited?

February 7, 2012 - While the media just looove zero-day exploits, the security industry sees a lot more exploits designed to take advantage of patched vulnerabilities. Question is why don't many of us get around to installing the patches? (continue reading...) Read more

VeriSign admits it was hacked repeatedly in 2010, staff didn’t tell senior management

February 2, 2012 - Internet giant VeriSign was admitted it was hacked repeatedly during 2010, but its IT staff only informed senior management in September 2011. Read more

Apple OS X users – it’s Security Update time again!

February 1, 2012 - Apple's latest large-scale OS X security updates are out. In tech-speak, there are 39 fixes, covering 52 CVE identifiers, and including 19 fixes for vulnerabilities potentially allowing arbitrary code execution. That's a lot! (continue reading...) Read more

TinKode arrested for suspected hack of NASA and Pentagon servers

January 31, 2012 - Police believe that they may have apprehended the notorious hacker TinKode, who in the past has hacked into government and military websites, exposing their poor security. Read more

Facebook sues alleged clickjacking firm

January 27, 2012 - Facebook has filed a law suit a firm who, they say, bombarded users with clickjacking scams that earned $1.2 million a month. Read more

Symantec: Stop using pcAnywhere, right now

January 25, 2012 - Symantec has admitted that blueprints for current versions of its pcAnywhere software were stolen in 2006 and that all users are at risk of attack and should pull the plug. Read more

Sophos Security Threat Report 2012 – seeing through the hype

January 25, 2012 - We know you're probably sceptical of "state of the world" reports from vendors. For all you can tell, they'll turn out to be thinly-digsuised advertorial, unreconstructed product brochures, or worse. We like to do things differently. Find out how! (continue reading...) Read more

Hacking boardroom videoconferencing systems

January 25, 2012 - Videoconferencing equipment is often left wide open for hackers to creep in and peep around organizations. Read more

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