Microsoft will release a preview of Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) for Windows 7 on Tuesday, according to a report from a Chinese website, citing the company's head of IE marketing. The Chinese blog iFanr said that the preview, which ...
Tags: Microsoft, IE10, IE marketing, iFanr
Adobe has fixed six critical vulnerabilities in Shockwave Player that could potentially be exploited by attackers to execute malicious code, via the release of version 11.6.8.638 of the software. Five of the patched flaws are buffer ...
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Apple yesterday started scrubbing most Macs of older Java browser plug-ins,a move that will force users to download the software from Oracle.The company also patched Java for OS X,the second time Apple synchronized its Java security update ...
Tags: Apple, older Java browser plug-ins, Oracle, Snow Leopard
"The number of fronts of risk and war, as some people call it, are definitely multiplying," says Clinton McFadden, senior operations manager for IBM X-Force research and development, which just released the results of its X-Force 2012 ...
Tags: Cyberwarfare, Trend and Risk Report., IBM, US
Hackers are distributing rogue email notifications about changes in Microsoft's Services Agreement to trick people into visiting malicious pages that use a recently circulated Java exploit to infect their computers with malware. "We're ...
Tags: Malware, Vulnerabilitie, rogue email notification, malicious email
Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has announced the availability of high-quality, low-micropipe 150mm 4H n-type silicon carbide (SiC) epitaxial wafers, with highly uniform epitaxial layers as thick as 100 microns available for immediate purchase ...
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Google yesterday said it will pay up to$2 million for major vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser at a second Pwnium hacking contest this fall. Pwn2Own,a rival contest sponsored by Hewlett-Packard,will award as much as$200,000 in a ...
Tags: Google, Pwn2Own, Kuala Lumpur, Chrome Hacking Contest
Researchers have confirmed the existence of new Mac malware just hours before the release of Mountain Lion, the latest version of Apple's OS X operating system. Within hours, researchers at security company Sophos also confirmed an iOS ...
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New email-based attacks, some of which target the aerospace industry, are distributing new variants of the Sykipot information stealing malware, according to researchers from security firm AlienVault. "We have detected a new wave of ...