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July 21, 2008

Monday, July 21, 2008 11:02 PM/CST

Researchers Uncover BEA Weblogic Apache Vulnerability

Researchers have found a highly critical security flaw in BEA Weblogic software that could lead to DoS attacks.

June 11, 2008

Wednesday, June 11, 2008 11:27 AM/CST

SCADA software vulnerabilities to the fore

New research highlights the growing scrutiny being put on SCADA industrial control software systems as it becomes clear that the technologies need to be further locked-down to prevent potential disaster.

May 6, 2008

Tuesday, May 06, 2008 12:24 PM/CST

Yahoo Ships Silent Fix for ActiveX Flaw

Yahoo has silently pushed out a patch for a critical vulnerability affecting users of its Yahoo Assistant browser add-on. According to an alert from "Sowhat," a researcher at Nevis Labs, the vulnerability "allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable...

April 28, 2008

Monday, April 28, 2008 12:39 PM/CST

Curse of the HP Software Updater

Hewlett-Packard's ongoing struggle to keep its software updater free of serious ActiveX control vulnerabilities is showing no signs of letting up. According to a "highly critical" alert issued by Secunia, the HP Software Update package pre-installed on notebooks contains...

April 24, 2008

Thursday, April 24, 2008 3:21 PM/CST

Fraud Protection Comes to Opera Browser

The latest refresh of Opera's flagship Web browser comes with several crucial security features. With Opera 9.5 Beta 2 (code-named Kestrel), the Norwegian company has added fraud-protection capabilities and support for EV SSL (Extended Validation Secure Sockets Layer) Certificates...

April 23, 2008

Wednesday, April 23, 2008 9:13 AM/CST

Another Batch of Safari Vulnerabilities Exposed

Apple's Safari browser is beginning to look like a bullet-ridden car in Iraq. According to a warning posted to security mailing lists, there are multiple security flaws in Safari 3.1.1 that put users at risk of ID-theft spoofing attacks or,...

April 22, 2008

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 3:43 PM/CST

High-Profile OLPC Defections Bad for Security

There's a serious brain drain affecting the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) initiative and it's not a good sign for security. The latest high-profile defector from the nonprofit organization is Walter Bender, a former MIT Media Lab executive who...

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 10:12 AM/CST

Adobe Issues Warning for Unpatched Photoshop Flaw

Adobe has issued a prepatch advisory for a critical vulnerability in Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.2, its free image-manipulation software product. The flaw, which affects Windows users, could be exploited to launch code execution attacks if the target is...

April 21, 2008

Monday, April 21, 2008 4:05 PM/CST

Obama Site Hacked, Redirected to HillaryClinton.com

Hackers are having fun exposing security holes in Barack Obama's official campaign site. According to a post over at XSSed.com, a site that catalogs cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, one of the multiple holes in Obama's site was exploited to redirect...

Monday, April 21, 2008 2:10 PM/CST

Microsoft Picks New Song for Hacker Slow Dance

Microsoft has chosen a new song to continue its public slow dance with the white hat hacking community: online properties like *.microsoft.com, *.msn.com and *.live.com. According to Dan Goodin reporting from Toorcon Seattle, Microsoft security strategist Katie Moussouris pledged...



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