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• Microsoft Security Advisory 977544 Released

  
  certifiedbug.com — Authority: 118
  The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) Today we released Security Advisory 977544 to provide information, including customer guidance, on a publicly reported Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability affecting Server Messaging Block (SMB) Protocol. This vulnerability, in SMBv1 and SMBv2, affects Windows 7 and ...
  20 hours ago

• WordPress 2.8.6 Security Release

  
  D' Technology Weblog — Authority: 527
  WordPress 2.8.6 fixes two security problems an XSS vulnerability in Press and an issue with sanitizing uploaded file names that can be exploited in certain Apache configurations that can be exploited by registered, logged in users who have posting privileges. If you have untrusted authors on your blog, upgrading to ...
  1 day ago

• Apple patches 58 bugs

  
  certifiedbug.com — Authority: 118
  Apple patched 58 vulnerabilities in its Mac operating systems Monday. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937 More than half of the vulnerabilities patched today, 32 out of the 58, were accompanied by the phrase “may lead to arbitrary code execution,” which is Apple’s way of saying that a flaw was critical and ...
  3 days ago

• Update your FreeBSD software with care

  
  IT Security — Authority: 417
  Updating software can be a frightening experience, full of trepidation and uncertainty. A clear set of steps to take can remove some of that uncertainty from software updates on FreeBSD. In Microsoft made Firefox vulnerable; Mozilla responds , I explained the recent state of affairs for a Microsoft update from ...
  5 days ago

• TLS Man-in-the-Middle Attack Disclosed Yesterday Solved Today with Network-Side Scripting

  
  Lori MacVittie — Authority: 555
  Yesterday the blogosphere, twittosphere, and other-spheres were abuzz when a new TLS renegotiation man-in-the-middle attack was disclosed . Interestingly enough, while we were all still reading about it and figuring out all the nuances, one of our own DevCentral members was out implementing a solution. ...
  1 week ago

• When Is More Important Than Where in Web Application Security

  
  Lori MacVittie — Authority: 555
  While you spend your time arguing over where application security belongs, miscreants are taking advantage of vulnerabilities. By the time you address the problem, they’ve moved on to the next one. Dmitry Evteev @ Positive Technologies Research has discovered (yet) another method of exploitation that allows ...
  1 week ago

• Microsoft Buries Consumers with Avalanche of Vulnerabilities

  
  Red Gecko — Authority: 136
  In the six years since Microsoft stopped pelting us with security fixes willy-nilly and implemented a monthly bulletin format, home and enterprise customers have been crushed by fixes for a soul-crushing 745 vulnerabilities, nearly half rated as "critical" by Redmond. So laments Jaikumar Vijayan, writing in the ...
  1 week ago

• Opera 10.01 released

  
  certifiedbug.com — Authority: 118
  Extremely Severe. Specially crafted domain names can cause a memory corruption in Opera, which may lead to a crash. Successful exploitation can lead to execution of arbitrary code. http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/938/ Less severe. Opera may allow scripts to run on the feed subscription page, thereby gaining ...
  2 weeks ago

• Firefox 3.5.4 released

  
  certifiedbug.com — Authority: 118
  Fixed in Firefox 3.5.4 Six Critical Three Moderate Two Low MFSA 2009-64 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.9.1.4/ 1.9.0.15) MFSA 2009-63 Upgrade media libraries to fix memory safety bugs MFSA 2009-62 Download filename spoofing with RTL override MFSA 2009-61 Cross-origin data theft through ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Open Source Path to Security Products

  
  Security and Risk Management Strategies Blog — Authority: 108
  Blogger: Eric Maiwald Yesterday, Rapid7 announced the acquisition of Metasploit . Two other examples of an open source project being transformed into a commercial enterprise in the area of vulnerabilities, exploits, and detection signatures (all of them are closely related) come to mind – the other two that I’m ...
  3 weeks ago

• Never use dynamic variable names

  
  IT Security — Authority: 417
  How to dynamically name variables is a common subject of programming questions. That’s a great way to create security problems, though. You have all probably seen it — at least, all of you that pay any attention to online discussion of programming. Sometime, somewhere, somebody eventually crops up asking ...
  3 weeks ago

• Firefox blocks insecure .Net add-on--awkwardly

  
  Northloop Neighborhoods - Community News & Directory — Authority: 463
  A security vulnerability with a Microsoft add-on for Firefox prompted Mozilla to block it--then scramble to let people with patched browsers override the block.
  3 weeks ago

• Firefox blocks insecure .Net add-on–awkwardly

  
  Seo, Make Money Online and Technology — Authority: 146
  This came from cnet news A security vulnerability with a Microsoft add-on for Firefox prompts Mozilla to block it–then scramble to let people with patched browsers override the block. Go to Source
  3 weeks ago

• Mozilla disables Microsoft plug-ins

  
  Seo, Make Money Online and Technology — Authority: 146
  Mozilla is disabling a pair of components stealthily installed by Microsoft earlier this year for Windows users of the Firefox Web browser, warning that the software suffers from serious security vulnerability. Firefox users may already have seen a pop-up notice about an unstable or insecure add-on being ...
  3 weeks ago

• Microsoft makes Firefox vulnerable; Mozilla responds

  
  IT Security — Authority: 417
  A months-old Microsoft security faux pas rears its ugly head, and Firefox users pay the price. Earlier this year, Microsoft came up with a way to surreptitiously add a feature to Firefox — and, at the same time, a new way for Firefox to be vulnerable to malicious security crackers. In Microsoft may be ...
  3 weeks ago

• Firefox Plugin Check

  
  certifiedbug.com — Authority: 118
  Outdated browser plugins create vulnerability holes, Firefox users can check if their plugins are up to date here . Also take a few minutes to run a scan at Securia Software Inspector # Detects insecure versions of common/popular programs installed on your PC # Verifies that all Microsoft patches are applied # ...
  3 weeks ago

• Microsoft’s Plug-in puts Firefox Users at Risk

  
  TechBuzz — Authority: 431
  Back in February, Microsoft silently slipped Windows Presentation Foundation plugin into Firefox without user’s consent. This plugin came along with .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 and was installed in IE as well as Firefox via Windows Update. It has now been discovered that the code in the plugin can cause a ...
  4 weeks ago

• ESET Smart Security v 4.0.467 released

  
  Tech Mania — Authority: 431
  One of the best antivirus and security solution ESET Smart Security have updated to a new version i.e 4.0.467.I personally recommend using this software and buy the premium version as it protects your pc from malwares and spywares.I have been a fan of Nod32 from a long time.ESET Smart Security 4 represents a complex ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Bobby Tables guide to SQL injection

  
  IT Security — Authority: 417
  Avoiding SQL injection vulnerabilities is much easier than you might think. XKCD inspired a simple tutorial. In Exploits of a Mom , XKCD #327 made a joke about an SQL injection exploit only a mother could love: Click through to see the comic at xkcd.com. The TechRepublic column width is narrower than the ...
  8 weeks ago

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