Microsoft preps seven security patches 

Microsoft preps seven security patches

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 6 January 2012 10:45 AM
Includes one 'critical' fix.
ASP.NET hole workaround published 

ASP.NET hole workaround published

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 4 January 2012 11:38 AM
One crafted ~100kb HTTP request can consume 100 percent of a CPU core.
99 MS critical bug fixes lowest on record 

99 MS critical bug fixes lowest on record

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 15 December 2011 6:31 AM
Redmond says it hardened up.
Tool kills hidden Linux bugs, vulnerabilities 

Tool kills hidden Linux bugs, vulnerabilities

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 22 November 2011 1:45 PM
Seeks out holes in embedded libraries.
Find Facebook security bugs, score $500 

Find Facebook security bugs, score $500

In Web/client - By Angela Moscaritolo, 2 August 2011 11:19 AM
Bounty hunting becomes trendy.
Microsoft to publish third-party bugs 

Microsoft to publish third-party bugs

In Applications - By Nicole Kobie, 21 April 2011 9:30 AM
Coordinated vulnerability disclosure system will take some bugs public.
Mozilla pays out US$40,000 for web bugs 

Mozilla pays out US$40,000 for web bugs

In Web/client - By Nicole Kobie, 31 January 2011 11:44 AM
Bountiful dollars up for grabs.
Microsoft to issue nine patches, four for "critical" bugs 

Microsoft to issue nine patches, four for "critical" bugs

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 10 September 2010 12:12 PM
Vulnerabilities to be fixed affect Windows, Internet Information Services (IIS) and Office.
Microsoft fixes Ormandy zero-day, four other bugs 

Microsoft fixes Ormandy zero-day, four other bugs

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 14 July 2010 12:27 PM
Microsoft has pushed out four patches to address five vulnerabilities.
Adobe releases Flash Player 10.1, fixes 32 bugs 

Adobe releases Flash Player 10.1, fixes 32 bugs

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 15 June 2010 10:15 AM
Adobe has released Adobe Flash Player 10.1 to fix 32 vulnerabilities.
Microsoft pushes fixes for two bugs in light Patch Tuesday 

Microsoft pushes fixes for two bugs in light Patch Tuesday

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 12 May 2010 11:26 AM
Still working on Sharepoint fix.
Two severe bugs silently fixed in recent Microsoft update 

Two severe bugs silently fixed in recent Microsoft update

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 7 May 2010 11:27 AM
Software giant accused of downplaying severity of the patch.
Adobe pushes updates to repair 15 Reader bugs 

Adobe pushes updates to repair 15 Reader bugs

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 14 April 2010 10:38 AM
Patches applicable through automatic updater.
Microsoft pushes emergency browser fix for 10 bugs 

Microsoft pushes emergency browser fix for 10 bugs

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 31 March 2010 11:19 AM
One 'critical' flaw across all versions of browser.
Google fixes Chrome bugs and pays researcher 

Google fixes Chrome bugs and pays researcher

In Applications - By Phil Muncaster, 12 February 2010 12:43 PM
Three high risk vulnerabilities patched in new update.
Apple resolves five iPhone bugs with update 

Apple resolves five iPhone bugs with update

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 3 February 2010 10:10 AM
Flaws could allow malicious code execution.
Mozilla closes critical bugs with Firefox 3.5.6  

Mozilla closes critical bugs with Firefox 3.5.6

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 17 December 2009 10:05 AM
First update since October.
Web technologies account for 78 percent of all bugs 

Web technologies account for 78 percent of all bugs

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 10 November 2009 11:02 AM
Most severe found in Sun, IBM and Symantec products.
Researcher plans to unveil a month of Twitter bugs in July 

Researcher plans to unveil a month of Twitter bugs in July

In Messaging - By Dan Kaplan, 17 June 2009 11:11 AM
A security researcher plans to use next month to disclose a slew of bugs that could yield worm outbreaks in microblogging platform Twitter.
Microsoft report shows scareware, file-fomat bugs on rise 

Microsoft report shows scareware, file-fomat bugs on rise

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 9 April 2009 10:42 AM
Rogue anti-virus, or scareware, programs -- which entice a user into purchasing fake security software by telling them their machine is infected -- has emerged as the biggest ...
Google releases patch for Chrome bugs 

Google releases patch for Chrome bugs

In Applications - By Fernando Cassia, 9 September 2008 9:51 AM
Google has released an update for its Chrome browser that fixes confirmed security vulnerabilities.
Mozilla Messaging fixes five bugs in Thunderbird email client 

Mozilla Messaging fixes five bugs in Thunderbird email client

In Applications - By Jim Carr, 6 May 2008 8:57 AM
The Mozilla Foundation's Mozilla Messaging subsidiary has released patches for five flaws in its Thunderbird e-mail client.
Oracle to patch 27 bugs in "hundreds" of its products 

Oracle to patch 27 bugs in "hundreds" of its products

In Applications - By Jim Carr, 15 January 2008 4:30 PM
In its quarterly round of Critical Patch Updates, Oracle is expected to release security fixes for 27 vulnerabilities that it said affect "hundreds" of its products.
Apple fixes 10 iPhone bugs 

Apple fixes 10 iPhone bugs

In Applications - By Patrick Love, Head of Fiduciary Support, Global Wealth Sol, 2 October 2007 10:05 AM
In its widest-reaching round of iPhone security updates yet, Apple released 10 fixes on Thursday, correcting vulnerabilities in the popular mobile phone's Safari browser, mail ...
Apple updates Safari for Windows to patch bugs 

Apple updates Safari for Windows to patch bugs

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 15 June 2007 10:09 AM
Apple today released an updated version of its Safari web browser for Windows to fix security holes researchers discovered soon after Monday's unveiling of the beta.
More Safari bugs found after Windows release 

More Safari bugs found after Windows release

In Web/client - By Frank Washkuch, 14 June 2007 7:33 AM
Bug hunters have claimed numerous flaws in Apple's Safari web browser just hours after its release for Windows.
Month of ActiveX Bugs project reveals Office 2000 flaw 

Month of ActiveX Bugs project reveals Office 2000 flaw

In Applications - By Frank Washkuch, 25 May 2007 9:36 AM
Microsoft is looking into reports of a flaw in Office 2000 disclosed as part of the Month of ActiveX Bugs (MoAxB) project.
Google and Yahoo beware; month of search engine bugs coming 

Google and Yahoo beware; month of search engine bugs coming

In Networks - By Dan Kaplan, 18 May 2007 10:04 AM
A hacker using the alias "Mustlive" announced this week that June will feature the next month-long vulnerability disclosure project, this one dedicated to search engine bugs.
Two Office flaws found in Month of ActiveX bugs  

Two Office flaws found in Month of ActiveX bugs

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 3 May 2007 9:58 AM
A hacker known as shinnai kicked off his "Month of ActiveX Bugs" (MoAxB) project with a bang by exposing a number of severe vulnerabilities affecting OCX controls in Microsoft ...
Microsoft investigates 4 new bugs 

Microsoft investigates 4 new bugs

In Applications - By Tom Sanders, 12 April 2007 11:23 AM
Microsoft is investigating reports of four new software flaws.
It's a joke: Week of Vista bugs project just a prank 

It's a joke: Week of Vista bugs project just a prank

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 4 April 2007 10:22 AM
While the month of MySpace bugs project kicked off on schedule to start the month, another hacker campaign turned out to be an elaborate April Fools' Day joke.
Month of MySpace bugs kicks off 

Month of MySpace bugs kicks off

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 3 April 2007 9:54 AM
Two hackers on Sunday began their planned month of MySpace bugs project that is expected to reveal 30 vulnerabilities this month that affect the popular social networking site.
Mozilla fixes regression bugs in latest Firefox update 

Mozilla fixes regression bugs in latest Firefox update

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 22 March 2007 2:24 AM
Seeking to correct a number of regression bugs, Mozilla has pushed out an update for its Firefox web browser just three weeks after releasing a prior update.
Apple fixes five Mac OS X  

Apple fixes five Mac OS X

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 16 February 2007 6:24 PM
Apple has offered fixes for five critical vulnerabilities unveiled during January's Month of Apple Bugs (MoAB) project.
Microsoft releases 12 fixes for 20 flaws - including Word bugs - on Patch Tuesday 

Microsoft releases 12 fixes for 20 flaws - including Word bugs - on Patch Tuesday

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 13 February 2007 10:34 PM
The wait for Word fixes ended today when Microsoft neatly delivered a single patch to correct a list of zero-day exploits, while also offering up 11 other bulletins as part of ...
Month of Apple Bugs projects reveals highly critical Mac OS X flaw 

Month of Apple Bugs projects reveals highly critical Mac OS X flaw

In Web/client - By Ericka Chickowski, 12 January 2007 7:06 AM
A highly-critical vulnerability in Mac OS X that can be exploited to compromise users' systems was disclosed on Thursday.
Vulnerability found in tool used to fix Apple bugs 

Vulnerability found in tool used to fix Apple bugs

In Applications - By Fiona Raisbeck, 10 January 2007 3:07 PM
A vulnerability has been discovered in a tool used to patch bugs found in Apple software.
New Year's resolution? Publish a month of Mac bugs 

New Year's resolution? Publish a month of Mac bugs

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 20 December 2006 9:07 AM
Mac OS X will be the focus of the next month-of-bugs project, scheduled to kick off 1 January, a leading security blog reported today.
Firefox, Opera updated after bugs found 

Firefox, Opera updated after bugs found

By Frank Washkuch, 14 April 2006 7:43 PM
Microsoft isn’t the only company updating its web browser against new security threats.
Seven year itch bugs Mozilla  

Seven year itch bugs Mozilla

By David Quainton, 7 June 2005 11:51 AM
Mozilla has been hit by a seven-year-old vulnerability that could compromise the security of those using its Firefox browser.
Microsoft bugs give familiar creepy feeling 

Microsoft bugs give familiar creepy feeling

By David Quainton, 4 April 2005 3:23 PM
Microsoft is investigating newly discovered security flaws that could affect millions of users. Research outfit eEye highlighted the vulnerabilities, affecting Internet ...
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