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Microsoft Has Released a Temporary Fix for a Zero-Day Vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8
May 13, 2013Microsoft has released a temporary fix for a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8, which was used by hackers in a prominent attack against the U.S. Department of Labor's website. The problem is particularly dangerous since it can ...
Tags: Microsoft, Internet Explorer
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A U.S. Department of Labor Website Appeared Offline on Wednesday After an Apparent Hack
May 6, 2013A subdomain of a U.S. Department of Labor website appeared offline on Wednesday after an apparent hack that looks similar to a known China-based hacking campaign nicknamed DeepPanda. The tampered page, called Site Exposure Matrices (SEM), ...
Tags: Labor Website, Computer Products
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Chinese Authorities May Be Exploiting a Security Hole in Microsoft Office for Mac
Feb 19, 2013Chinese authorities may be exploiting a security hole in Microsoft Office for Mac to target the Uyghur people, an ethnic group of people who live in parts of Asia and are seeking independence from Chinese rule, according to Kaspersky and ...
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Oracle's Bad Java Week Got Worse on Wednesday
Jan 18, 2013Oracle’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 ...
Tags: Oracle, bad Java, unknown flaw
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An Exploit Is Being Used by Cybercriminals to Infect Computers with Malware
Jan 14, 2013An exploit for a previously unknown and currently unpatched vulnerability in Java is being used by cybercriminals to infect computers with malware, according to security researchers. An independent malware researcher who uses the online ...
Tags: exploit, unpatched vulnerability, Java, cybercriminals
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Security Experts Have Flagged a Zero-Day Exploit in Oracle's Java Software
Jan 11, 2013Security experts have flagged a zero-day exploit in Oracle's Java software,urging users to disable it to prevent hackers remotely controlling their computers. "Java is a mess.It's not secure,"said James Blasco,labs manager for internet ...
Tags: Java, security expert, hacker, Windows 7
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IE 6, 7 and 8 Contain an Unpatched Bug
Jan 5, 2013Microsoft on Saturday confirmed that Internet Explorer (IE) 6, 7 and 8 contain an unpatched bug -- or "zero-day" vulnerability -- that is being used by attackers to hijack victims' Windows computers. The company is "working around the ...
Tags: Microsoft, IE, unpatched bug, vulnerability
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Researchers Have Identified a Variant of a Recently Discovered Internet Explorer Exploit
Dec 31, 2012IDG News Service - Researchers from security vendor AlienVault have identified a variant of a recently discovered Internet Explorer exploit that is used to infect targeted computers with the PlugX remote access Trojan (RAT) program. The ...
Tags: IE, malware, Internet Explorer, website
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Attackers Exploit a New and Unpatched Vulnerability That Affects The Java 7 Update 6
Dec 26, 2012IDG News Service - Attackers are exploiting a new and unpatched vulnerability that affects the latest version of Java -- Java 7 Update 6 -- in order to infect computers with malware, according to researchers from security vendor FireEye. ...
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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 ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows, software, computer products
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A New Piece of Malware Has Been Found in Iran
Dec 20, 2012IDG News Service - A new piece of malware that deletes entire partitions and user files from infected computers has been found in Iran, according to an alert issued Sunday by Maher, Iran's Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination ...
Tags: malware, deletes entire partitions, deletes user files, CERTCC
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The Recent Cyberattack Was Likely Part of a Year-Long Cyberespionage Operation with Target
Nov 20, 2012The recent cyberattack that infected Israeli police computers with malware was likely part of a year-long cyberespionage operation with targets in Israel and the Palestinian territories,according to security researchers from antivirus ...
Tags: Israeli, cyberattack, malware, RAT
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Email-Based Attacks Distribute New Variants of Sykipot Information Stealing Malware
Jul 4, 2012New 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 ...