A vulnerability in Oracle's Java software that attackers can use to remotely seize control of systems running the program is being sold for"five digits". The security hole is being sold by an established member of an ...
Tags: Oracle, Java zero-day exploit, MidiDevice, sold for'five digits'
Tape media and drive companies have begun shipping the sixth generation of linear-tape open(LTO)technology,which like previous generation upgrades,significantly increases the capacity and data throughput capabilities for backup and archive ...
With just over a month until Christmas, 57 percent of consumers (and 65 percent of men) have yet to begin shopping, mostly because they think they have plenty of time, according to the latest Consumer Reports Holiday Poll. However, in yet ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, economy, Malls
Computerworld - Adobe has changed its schedule for releasing Flash Player security updates to coincide with Microsoft's Patch Tuesday schedule. "Microsoft and Adobe are now officially married," joked Andrew Storms, director of security ...
Tags: Flash Player, security, updates
Google this week announced it had shipped a stronger Flash Player sandbox for the OS X version of Chrome,making good on an August promise to ship a Mac browser better able to ward off exploits of the Adobe software. Chrome 23,which ...
Tags: Google, Flash Player sandbox, OS X version of Chrome, PPAPI
Microsoft today patched 19 vulnerabilities in Windows,Internet Explorer 9(IE9),Excel and the.Net development framework,including four flaws in the just-released Windows 8 and its tablet spin-off Windows RT. Of Tuesday's six security ...
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Nearly a quarter of worldwide internet users are still running outdated browsers, creating huge gaps in online security, a study has revealed. Out of a random sample of 10 million customers, security firm Kaspersky found 23% were using ...
Tags: browsers, outdated browsers, online security, Kaspersky, security threats
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 ...
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Computerworld-Microsoft today announced it will issue six security updates next week,including three for Windows 8 and its tablet spin-off Windows RT. The half-dozen updates will patch 19 vulnerabilities in Windows,Internet ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows 8, RT Patches
Software made by Siemens and targeted by the Stuxnet malware is still full of other dangerous vulnerabilities,according to Russian researchers whose presentation at the Defcon security conference earlier this year was cancelled following a ...
Tags: Siemens software, Stuxnet, Sergey Gordeychik, SCADA system
Cybercriminals are using a new PDF exploit that bypasses the sandbox security features in Adobe Reader X and XI, in order to install banking malware on computers, according to researchers from Russian security firm Group-IB. The zero-day ...
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IDG News Service-Security researcher Tavis Ormandy discovered critical vulnerabilities in the antivirus product developed by U.K.-based security firm Sophos and advised organizations to avoid using the product on critical systems unless the ...
Tags: critical vulnerabilities, Sophos, Antivirus Product, critical systems
It's not exactly the type of advertisement most people would understand. For sale:"Our first 0day for Win8+IE10 with HiASLR/AntiROP/DEP&Prot Mode sandbox bypass(Flash not needed)."It's part of a recent message on Twitter from Vupen,a ...
Tags: Windows 8, Zero-Day Vulnerability, Vupen, computer security research
Microsoft's 16-month browser ballot screw-up in the European Union cost Mozilla an estimated 8.8 million downloads of its Firefox browser,the open-source vendor's head lawyer said Tuesday. Microsoft faces fines that could reach into ...
Microsoft has launched Windows Phone 8,its latest operating system(OS)for smartphones. Microsoft intends Windows Phone 8 to take market share away from the likes of Apple and Google's Android,which currently dominate the smartphone ...
Tags: Microsoft, smartphones, Windows Phone 8, OS, Android