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Cybercriminals and Nation States Are in Possession of as Many as 100 Zero-Day Flaws
Dec 10, 2013On any given day cybercriminals and nation states are in possession of as many as 100 zero-day software exploits known only to them, NSS Labs has calculated using the commercial vulnerability market as a baseline. NSS Labs research ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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HP Aims to Showcase an Enormous Range of Enterprise Solutions at GITEX Technology Week
Oct 10, 2013Eyad Shihabi, Managing Director, HP Middle East HP aims to showcase an enormous range of enterprise solutions at GITEX Technology Week 2013, with cloud, security, Big Data and mobility forming the crux of the vendor’s ...
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Microsoft Announced a Temporary Program for The Beta of Ie11
Jun 20, 2013Microsoft on Wednesday backpedaled from a long-standing refusal to pay bug bounties when it announced a temporary program for the beta of Internet Explorer 11 (IE11). The Internet Explorer 11 Preview Bug Bounty will start June 26, the day ...
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Apple Patched Java for The OS X Snow Leopard and Tweaked Safari
Apr 19, 2013Apple on Tuesday patched Java for the aged OS X Snow Leopard and tweaked Safari to give users more control over what websites they let run the vulnerability plagued Oracle software. Oracle on Tuesday shipped an update for Java 6 and Java ...
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The Fifth Time This Year Adobe's Updated The Vulnerability-Plagued Software
Mar 14, 2013Adobe today patched Flash Player, the fifth time this year it's updated the vulnerability-plagued software. Unlike two of the three updates last month, however, today's was part of Adobe's regularly-scheduled patch cadence. Last ...
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A Day After Researchers Hacked Chrome and Firefox at The Pwn2Own Contest
Mar 12, 2013A day after researchers hacked Chrome and Firefox at the Pwn2Own contest, Google and Mozilla patched their browsers Thursday. The contest also wound down yesterday after hackers had earned a record $480,000 over two days. The update to ...
Tags: Chrome, Firefox, Google Mozilla
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Research Teams Wednesday Cracked Microsoft's Internet Explorer 10
Mar 11, 2013Research teams Wednesday cracked Microsoft's Internet Explorer 10 (IE10), Google's Chrome and Mozilla's Firefox at the Pwn2Own hacking contest, pulling in more than $250,000 in prizes. Earlier in the day, a solo hacker exploited Oracle's ...
Tags: Microsoft, Oracle's Java, explorer
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Google Will Pay to $3.14m and Changed The Target to Its Browser-Based Operating System
Jan 30, 2013Google today announced it would again host its Pwnium hacking contest at a March security conference, but boosted the maximum amount it will pay to $3.14 million and changed the target to its browser-based operating system, Chrome OS. ...
Tags: Google, Pwnium hacking contest, operating system, Chrome OS
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HP TippingPoint Has Revamped The Challenge for The Second Year Running
Jan 23, 2013HP TippingPoint, the long-time organizer of the annual Pwn2Own hacking contest, has revamped the challenge for the second year running and will offer cash awards exceeding half a million dollars, more than five times the amount paid out ...
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HP TippingPoint Will Offer Cash Awards Exceeding Half a Million Dollars for Competition
Jan 21, 2013HP TippingPoint, the long-time organiser of the annual Pwn2Own hacking contest, announced on Friday that it will offer cash awards exceeding half a million dollars for this year’s competition, more than five times the amount paid out ...
Tags: Pwn2Own, Hacking Contest, HP TippingPoint
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Microsoft Shipped an Emergency Update for IE to Stymie Attacks
Jan 16, 2013Microsoft today shipped an emergency update for Internet Explorer (IE) to stymie attacks that have been occurring since at least Dec. 7. The "out-of-band" update -- the label for a security fix outside a vendor's normal schedule -- was ...
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Oracle on Sunday Issued an Emergency Java Update to Patch Two Critical Vulnerabilities
Jan 16, 2013Oracle on Sunday issued an emergency Java update to patch two critical vulnerabilities, including one that had been exploited in ongoing and accelerating attacks. Also yesterday, a researcher noted for uncovering scores of Java bugs ...
Tags: Oracle, emergency Java, Java bugs
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Microsoft Will Issue an Emergency Update to Patch a Vulnerability in Internet Explorer
Jan 14, 2013Computerworld - Microsoft will issue an emergency update to patch a vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) in the next two weeks to fix a flaw criminals have been using for more than a month, researchers said Tuesday. The company will ...
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Mozilla on Tuesday Shipped Its Newest Browser, Firefox 18
Jan 10, 2013Computerworld - Mozilla on Tuesday shipped its newest browser, Firefox 18, which sports a revamped JavaScript engine and support for Macs with Apple's higher-resolution Retina displays. The open-source developer also patched 28 security ...
Tags: Mozilla, browser, Firefox 18, JavaScript engine
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Microsoft May Have Known About Last Week's IE Zero-Day Bug for Some Time
Dec 21, 2012Microsoft may have known about last week's Internet Explorer (IE) zero-day bug for some time, according to its security advisory. The vulnerability, which was patched Friday in an emergency, or "out-of-band," update, first became public ...
Tags: Microsoft, IE, bug, vulnerability