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• Reported Flash Vulnerability Not a Flash Vulnerability

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 557
  A real security flaw is being touted widely as a vulnerability in Flash .The problem comes on web sites that let users upload content. Many sites will upload the content to the same domain as the service itself. Since Flash has a same-origin policy, meaning that it can only operate in the context of the domain from ...
  1 day ago

• Is There a Windows 7 Zero-Day Exploit?

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 557
  Many reports are circulating calling the vulnerability revealed yesterday in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 a "zero-day exploit." This is a poor use of the term and an exaggeration."Zero-Day" is a controversial term in any case, but it refers to actual attacks, not to vulnerability disclosures. The report ...
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• SMB2 Exploit Provides Remote DOS Attack Against Windows 7

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 557
  A researcher has disclosed a remotely-exploitable crash bug in the most recent versions of Windows , Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Older versions of Windows, including XP, Vista and Server 2003, are not affected.A malformed netbios packet, sent over the local network, causes the network code in Windows to go ...
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• Safari 4.0.4 Plugs Security Holes on Mac and Windows

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 557
  Apple has released Safari 4.0.4 for Mac and Windows to address 7 vulnerabilities disclosed today. Several of the vulnerabilities are in support libraries and have already been addressed in yesterdays larger OS X updates , but even OS X users need to update again through Software Updates or the Apple Safari Download ...
  3 days ago

• Microsoft Issues 6 Updates, 3 Critical, for Windows and Office

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 557
  Microsoft issued 6 updates to Windows and Office today, fixing 15 vulnerabilities . 3 of the updates are rated Critical. Some are quite serious, especially on Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003. Windows 7 is not affected by any of the vulnerabilities revealed today.The three Critical updates are: MS09-063: ...
  4 days ago

• Massive OS X Update Fixes Dozens of Vulnerabilities

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 557
  A large series of updates from Apple for OS X fixes 53 separate vulnerabilities. Many are critical and can allow arbitrary execution by unprivileged users. OS X 10.6.2 and Security Update 2009-006 for OS X 10.5.8 have been released to distribute the updates.Many vulnerabilities are for open source components of OS ...
  5 days ago

• Koobface Abusing Google Reader

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 557
  According to Trend Micro the Koobface botnet has pulled a new trick out of its sleeve: Its using controlled Google Reader accounts to host images that link to malware . Google Reader is a web-based newsreader that has a public sharing function to allow you to share links with others. Once again, malware authors are ...
  5 days ago

• iTunes Turns the Volume Down on Windows Autorun Security

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 557
  Microsoft recently made an extraordinary move, unusual for any company, but especially for them: They removed features from Windows. Specifically, they removed support for Autorun on writeable media. Windows 7 shipped with this new lack of functionality and it was back-ported to Vista and XP.This was done, of course, ...
  1 week ago

• Microsoft to Patch Windows, Office Next Week

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 557
  Microsoft has announced in their Security Bulletin Advance Notification for November 2009 that next Tuesday, November 10, 2009, they will release 6 security bulletins and updates to fix the security problems the bulletins address. 4 of the bulletins are for Windows and 2 for Office. 3 of the Windows bulletins have a ...
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• Sun Updates Java, Fixes 23 Vulnerabilities

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 557
  Sun has released Java 1.6.0_17-b04, which translates to Java 6 with an external version number of 6u17 and an internal build of 04.The individual bugs are listed in the Release Notes for the update . Detailed descriptions of the vulnerabilities fixed in it are in several Sun Alert pages: The Java Update Mechanism ...
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• Adobe Fixes Critical Vulnerabilities in Shockwave Player

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 557
  Just a few months after setting a regular Patch Tuesday schedule synchronized with Microsofts, Adobe has gone "out of band" with an update to the Shockwave player. The new version of Shockwave, 11.5.2.602 , fixes 5 vulnerabilities in prior versions that could lead to remote code execution or denial of service . Both ...
  1 week ago

• Microsoft Issues Bug Fix For Recent Internet Explorer Update

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 557
  Microsoft has issues a version 2.0 of the MS09-054 security advisory and an update to the Cumulative Update to Internet Explorer that it describes."Application compatibility issues" and some other bugs in the update caused a number of problems for users who had applied it . The two main ones, according to ...
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• Microsoft Issues Security Intelligence Report, Volume 7

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 557
  Today Microsoft is releasing their Security Intelligence Report , Volume 7, covering the period from January to June, 2009.The SIR is based on telemetry gathered by Microsoft from a variety of sources, from the Malicious Software Removal Tool to their Forefront and Security Essentials anti-malware solutions the ...
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• Top October Malware Numbers From Microsoft

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 557
  An entry in the Microsoft Malware Protection Centers Threat Research & Response Blog shows that rogue AV, also known as scareware, is ruling the malware roost, as 6 top of the 10 malicious programs removed by the MSRT (Malicious Software Removal Tool) in the US in October were rogues.Overall the MSRT has cleaned ...
  2 weeks ago

• Microsoft Selling Relatively Un-Crapified PCs

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 557
  Todd Bishop in his Microsoft Blog looks at the PCs being sold by Microsoft in their new stores , both online and brick and mortar. He notes that they mostly lack the bundled 3rd party apps that typically come with OEM systems, often disparagingly known as "crapware."Bishop links to a typical PC sold by Microsoft, the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Firefox 3.5.4 Fixes Several Critical Vulnerabilities

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 557
  Mozilla has released 11 vulnerability disclosures for Firefox and SeaMonkey , covering a total of 16 vulnerabilities. Firefox 3.5.4 , Firefox 3.0.15 and SeaMonkey 2.0 have been released to fix them.6 of the reports, covering 11 of the vulnerabilities, are rated Critical. These include crashes with evidence of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Fake Windows and Outlook Update Messages Point to Malware

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 557
  ESET is reporting that fake notices of updates to Windows and other programs are being sent out by attackers . The messages send the user to a site that delivers them malware, detected by ESET as Win32/Injector.ACXThe e-mail, as reported by ESET, is as follows: From: Microsoft [mailto:team@microsoft.com] [This is ...
  3 weeks ago

• Borderlands has Shortages & Shortcomings

  
  PlayStation LifeStyle — Authority: 583
  No other words can possibly be sweeter to a developer to read than reports of “sold out” being associated with their new game. Music to their ears but much consternation to gamers eager to play said game but can’t due to its quick selling out. While it only released two days ago it appears that Gearbox’s new ...
  3 weeks ago

• ORACLE Slates 38 Patches… Alert The Media

  
  Infosecurity.US — Authority: 134
  News , from last week, of Oracle Corporation’s (NasdaqGS: ORCL ) slated critical security updates and bug fix patches for the Redwood Shores, CA based software giant’s database server and application server products. The list affected are a smorgasboard of the company’s offerings: Oracle Database 11g, version ...
  3 weeks ago

• Microsoft Clarifies Impact of IE Update on Firefox, Mozilla Unblocks

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 557
  Microsoft has updated the advisory for MS09-054, a cumulative security update for Internet Explorer , to describe its impact on Firefox users. The first version failed to mention any impact, leading to what may have been an overreaction on Mozillas part. An entry on Microsofts Security Research & Defense blog ...
  3 weeks ago

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