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Attackers Are Exploiting a Critical and Unpatched Vulnerability in Office 2007
Nov 7, 2013Microsoft today said that attackers are exploiting a critical and unpatched vulnerability in Office 2007 using malformed documents to hijack Windows PCs, and that Office 2003 and Office 2010 are also vulnerable. The bug can be triggered ...
Tags: Microsoft, software, Computer Products
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Adobe on Thursday Updated Flash Player to Patch a Pair of Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
Feb 18, 2013Adobe on Thursday updated Flash Player to patch a pair of zero-day vulnerabilities that hackers were already using to hijack Windows PCs and Macs. The out-of-band, or emergency, update was Flash's first of the year and the first since ...
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Adobe Updated Flash Player on Thursday to Patch a Pair of Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
Feb 16, 2013Adobe updated Flash Player on Thursday in order to patch a pair of zero-day vulnerabilities that hackers have reportedly been using to hijack Windows PCs and Macs. The out-of-band, or emergency, update was Flash’s first of the year ...
Tags: Adobe, Flash Player, vulnerabilities
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Hackers Are Reported to Have Exploited The Security Hole Overnight
Dec 28, 2012A security scare for Microsoft users hit late yesterday, after vulnerability management company Rapid7's Metasploit penetration tool project discovered an Internet Explorer exploit that is said to affect all browsers earlier than IE9, and ...
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Adobe Will Pair Future Security Updates for Its Popular Flash Player
Dec 26, 2012Adobe on Tuesday announced that it will pair future security updates for its popular Flash Player with Microsoft's Patch Tuesday schedule. At the same time, Adobe issued an update that patched seven critical Flash vulnerabilities, and ...
Tags: Adobe, security updates, popular Flash Player, Microsoft
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Microsoft Will Patch a Vulnerability in Windows Next Week
Dec 26, 2012Computerworld - Microsoft today confirmed that it will patch a vulnerability in Windows next week that has been exploited by an increasing number of attacks. Initially, experts wondered whether Microsoft would patch the XML Core Services ...
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Microsoft on Wednesday Released a Stopgap Defense That Protects IE Against Attacks
Sep 20, 2012Computerworld - Microsoft on Wednesday released a stopgap defense that protects Internet Explorer (IE) against attacks until the company issues a patch on Friday. The update will fix five flaws, including one revealed by a security ...
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Oracle Issued an Emergency Update to Patch The Vulnerabilities Hackers
Aug 30, 2012Computerworld-Oracle today issued an emergency update to patch the critical vulnerabilities hackers have been using in increasing numbers to hijack Windows PCs. According to Rapid7,the security firm that maintains the Metasploit ...
Tags: Oracle, patch, hackers, hijack Windows PCs