Vulnerabilities & Flaws Articles

Researchers reveal VoIP vulnerabilities

Sue Marquette Poremba June 27, 2008

VoIPshield Laboratories has alerted companies that market voice over IP systems of new security vulnerabilities.
 

Crypto chip: How the TPM bolsters enterprise security

Brian Berger, executive vice president for marketing and sales, Wave Systems Corp June 27, 2008

Want to make your endpoints and servers more secure, and easier to manage? Consider the Trusted Platform Module (TPM), a hardware-based cryptography chip built into virtually every enterprise PC and notebook, and now installed in over 100 million PCs.
 

MIcrosoft investigating IE6 vulnerability claim

Dan Kaplan June 27, 2008

A Chinese research team has discovered a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 that is being actively exploited to possibly steal credentials and hijack browser sessions.
 

The rise of targeted malware

Andre Protas,director of research & preview services, eEye Digital Security June 26, 2008

Research firms have been saying for quite some time that the antivirus/perimeter approach to security is dead, and targeted attacks could very well be the final nail in the AV coffin.
 

Szirbi botnet causes spam to triple in a week

Sue Marquette Poremba June 25, 2008

Malicious spam has tripled in volume in a week, most of it caused by the Srizbi botnet.
 

Yahoo Mail cross-site scripting flaw targets IM users

Dan Kaplan June 25, 2008

A cross-site scripting vulnerability in Yahoo Mail could leave instant messenger users open to attack.
 

Microsoft recommends free tools to address SQL attacks

Dan Kaplan June 24, 2008

Microsoft is trying to stem the tide of poorly coded but legitimate websites falling prey to attacks.
 

Vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat leads to public exploit

Dan Kaplan June 24, 2008

Adobe has updated its Reader and Acrobat products to shore up a major vulnerability that already is being exploited in the wild.
 

Apple addresses "carpet bomb" Safari for Windows threat

Dan Kaplan June 20, 2008

Despite initially maintaining that the Safari for Windows "carpet bomb" issue was not a security vulnerability, Apple has decided to release a patch.
 

Microsoft re-releases patch for Bluetooth flaw

Dan Kaplan June 19, 2008

Microsoft on Thursday re-released its June patch for a vulnerability in which Bluetooth-enabled devices could be attacked.
 
 
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