Tag Archives: vulnerability

IBM and Websense Release Reports on Internet Safety-Status

“Websense”:http://www.websense.com and “IBM”:http://www.ibm.com released security reports this week covering topics from spam to research on the impact of publicizing software vulnerabilities. In his Security Fix blog post, Brian Krebs continues his coverage on “badware distribution”:http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/07/75_percent_of_malicious_web_si_1.html, prompted by the release of … Continue reading

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Microsoft bug denial reportedly leads to exploit

A researcher from security firm Kaspersky “reportedly claims”:http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1361 that he told Microsoft of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer “a long time ago,” but Microsoft didn’t consider it a security issue. Now, he claims he has found an example of an … Continue reading

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New vulnerability found in IE6

Ryan Naraine over at the Zero Day Blog “reports”:http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1348 that a new vulnerability has been found in Internet Explorer 6 running on Windows XP with service pack 2 or 3: bq. An unpatched cross-domain vulnerability in Microsoft’s flagship Internet Explorer … Continue reading

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Crimeware Kit Vulnerable to Hacking

Dancho Danchev wrote about a vulnerability “found in Zeus”:http://ddanchev.blogspot.com/2008/06/zeus-crimeware-kit-vulnerable-to.html, a crimeware kit circulating widely. Danchev explains: bq. The vulnerability allows the injection of logins and passwords within any misconfigured web interface, due to the way in which Zeus is processing … Continue reading

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Secure your router

Many home and small business users have a wired or wireless router that allows them to share their high-speed internet connection and that helps to protect their network. According to a report from security vendor Symantec, failing to secure your … Continue reading

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