A Philips information management system, which is used in making administrative chores in hospital more efficient, contains vulnerabilities that can be exploited to gain full control of the product, a security vendor said on Thursday. ...
Researchers from a Poland-based vulnerability research firm on Friday announced that they had found vulnerabilities in Java 7 Update 11 that can be exploited to bypass the software’s security sandbox and execute arbitrary code on ...
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HP 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 ...
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Even after Oracle patched critical Java vulnerabilities on Monday, the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) continued urging users to disable Java browser plug-ins. "Due to the number and severity of this and prior Java ...
Oracle’s bad Java week got worse on Wednesday, after it was announced that a previously unknown flaw in the programming language still threatens the security of millions of PCs. This is despite the fact that Oracle issued an emergency ...
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A reported vulnerability in Linksys firmware that would allow a hacker to gain full control of the wireless router has led Cisco to launch an investigation, the firm said on Tuesday. Security vendor DefenseCode discovered the flaw and ...
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The hundreds of ctargeted in a large-scale cyberespionage operation dubbed Red October were not only attacked using malicious Excel and Word documents as previously believed, but also by using Web-based Java exploits, according to ...
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6Scan, a Web security startup based in Tel Aviv launched a new service on Tuesday that can scan websites for security issues, such as vulnerabilities and malware infections, and allows the website owners to automatically fix the problems. ...
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Infoworld - Oracle will have to fight a war of attrition to keep Java secure, a security analyst said this week in reflecting on the latest malady affecting the standard edition of Java. While Java is again under attack, as it has been ...
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Microsoft 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 ...
Oracle 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 ...
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The United States Department of Homeland Security has warned that Java is still open to attacks, despite Oracle's attempts to fix its vulnerabilities. Last week, it was discovered that the web browser software contained a zero-day ...
Oracle is distributing a patch for Java software flaws deemed so dangerous that the US Department of Homeland Security said that people should stop using it. "Oracle recommends that this Security Alert be applied as soon as possible ...
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Oracle released two out-of-band patches on Sunday for vulnerabilities in its Java programming language, both of which pose a high risk to users browsing the web. The company's speed in issuing patches may be due to part that exploit code ...
Internet users should consider disabling Java in their browsers because of an exploit that can allow remote attackers to execute code on a vulnerable system, the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) recommended late Thursday. ...
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