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Trend Micro open sources spyware tool

In Applications - 20 February 2012 11:54 AM

Hijack This pushed to SourceForge.

Ex-Goldman Sachs coder gets eight years jail

In Hackers - By Liam Tung, 21 March 2011 12:07 PM

Half of what he faced.

Rights group eyes ISP anti-piracy roundtable

In Crypto - By Ry Crozier, 4 March 2011 7:17 AM

Seeks resumption of talks on industry code.

Android exploit code published

In Web/client - By Tom Brewster, 9 November 2010 9:22 AM

Flaw in WebKit browser framework.

Adobe zero-day flaw code published

In Applications - By Tom Brewster, 25 October 2010 9:42 AM

Shockwave Player affected.

German government considers voluntary data protection code

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 22 September 2010 2:43 PM

Nation prepares for Street View roll-out.

Mozilla to revamp add-on code review process

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 19 July 2010 2:07 PM

Mozilla Sniffer added to blocklist.

Hacker claims to have found Skype hole

In Networks - By Lawrence Latif, 12 July 2010 11:04 AM

Encryption processes may have been compromised.

Splunk accidentally exposes user passwords

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 27 April 2010 2:52 PM

Follows debug code implementation.

Apple, Cisco and Oracle release patches

In Applications - By Shaun Nichols, 19 April 2010 9:37 AM

System admins face a busy Monday.

Microsoft investigating new zero-day exploit

In Applications - 2 March 2010 12:56 PM

Internet Explorer flaw comes to light.

Open Office patches six flaws

In Applications - By Shaun Nichols, 25 February 2010 8:53 AM

Productivity suite gets multiple fixes.

Google hack attack code hits the web

In Web/client - By Phil Muncaster, 18 January 2010 10:20 AM

Microsoft may release out-of-cycle patch.

Open source bugs fixed faster than commercial software

In Applications - By Phil Muncaster, 11 December 2009 9:37 AM

All code is "pretty bad".

iPhone hacker did users a favour: poll

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 11 November 2009 11:32 AM

75 per cent endorse 'Rick-roller'.

Google to offer webmasters samples of malware code

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 16 October 2009 11:17 AM

Aids in site clean-up process.

Vulnerability in Internet Explorer remains unpatched

In Applications - By SC Australia Staff, 13 October 2009 10:47 AM

Flaw still exists one year after being reported.

Asprox botnet launches new wave of SQL injection

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 7 October 2009 10:46 AM

Unknown number of websites compromised.

Attack code developed for Vista and Server vulnerability

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 30 September 2009 10:45 AM

Outbreak leveraging unpatched flaw moves one step closer.

Microsoft confirms zero-day flaw in IIS

In Applications - By Phil Muncaster, 3 September 2009 9:25 AM

Affects versions 5.0, 5.1 and 6.0.

Skype Trojan can log VoIP conversations

In Hackers - By V3.co.uk staff, 31 August 2009 10:33 AM

Symantec sets alarm bells ringing.

Aussie charged over malicious code injections

In Hackers - 14 August 2009 9:53 AM

Virus targeted bank details and credit card numbers.

Malware apps found to have short life span

In Applications - By Shaun Nichols, 13 August 2009 2:39 PM

Roughly half of all new malware dies off within the first day of its deployment, according to security experts.

Hacked Windows 7 appears on file-share sites

In Applications - By David Neal, 3 August 2009 10:34 AM

Lenovo source code key goes walkabout.

Researchers build autodestruct code for personal data

In Messaging - By Iain Thomson, 23 July 2009 9:48 AM

Code will self-delete after set period.

Security bug found in latest version of Firefox

In Applications - By Chuck Miller, 15 July 2009 10:35 AM

An unpatched vulnerability in version 3.5 of Firefox, which was released last month, could enable a hacker to remotely run arbitrary code on users' machines, security firm ...

Programmer charged with stealing Goldman code freed on bail

In Hackers - By Chuck Miller, 8 July 2009 11:03 AM

A software programmer charged with copying secret financial-trading code from Goldman Sachs computers is out on US$750,000 bail.

IIA cautions against ISP e-security burdens

In Risk - By Ry Crozier, 11 June 2009 10:05 AM

Measures outlined by Senator Conroy to kick-start development of an e-security code of practice for ISPs are “on the table” but may not make the final cut.

RIM warns of BlackBerry PDF vulnerability

In Web/client - By Phil Muncaster, 28 May 2009 11:37 AM

Research In Motion (RIM) has released details of a flaw in its BlackBerry Attachment Service that could allow hackers to remotely execute code and gain control of a BlackBerry ...

'Gumblar' attack explodes on to the web

In Applications - By Shaun Nichols, 15 May 2009 10:20 AM

A complex new malware attack is setting infection records and raising alarms from security experts.

Swedish hacker indicted for Cisco attack

In Hackers - By Iain Thomson, 7 May 2009 2:47 PM

A 21 year old Swedish hacker has been indicted for attacks on Cisco that saw the networking giant’s source code stolen.

Facebook code error allows user accidental control of 17 pages

In Messaging - By SC Australia Staff, 31 March 2009 11:17 AM

Administrative control for around 17 Facebook pages was inadvertently handed to a user.

"High-priority" Firefox patch being readied

In Applications - By Greg Masters, 27 March 2009 10:48 AM

A new patch for Firefox is being readied for shipment early next week to fix a vulnerability detected this week.

Opera closes multiple security vulnerabilites with update

In Web/client - By Chuck Miller, 4 March 2009 10:59 AM

A new version of the Opera browser closes several security holes that could have enabled an attacker to execute arbitrary code or launch cross-domain scripting attacks.

New mobile virus goes 'old school'

In Web/client - By Shaun Nichols, 17 November 2008 9:49 AM

A new virus is relying on some old tricks to infect Windows Mobile users. The so-called 'companion virus' attack uses a method of assuming the identity of an existing file and ...

South Korean defence suppliers uncover malicious code

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 30 September 2008 9:38 AM

The South Korean defence industry is facing a hacking risk after malicious codes were found in its major computer systems.

Hackers prevent research on malicious code

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 18 September 2008 12:41 PM

Cybercriminals are randomizing content served from malicious web pages so that they can prevent security researchers from doing proper analysis.

Clipboards hijacked by furtive code

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 19 August 2008 10:02 AM

Software that hijacks a computer's clipboard is being used to unkowningly direct users to scam web sites.

DHS report: Open-source code "quality" is up

In Applications - By Jim Carr, 21 May 2008 8:55 AM

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security-sponsored project has not only discovered that the quality of open-source software code has improved significantly over the past two ...

Outsourcing code puts security at risk

In Risk - By Iain Thomson, 8 April 2008 8:43 AM

A study into companies that outsource code development has found that six out of 10 do not include security specifications..

Red Hat releases free security code

In Applications - By Guy Dixon, 22 March 2008 4:46 PM

Red Hat is freeing up the source code behind its identity management and security system in a bid to show that open source software is more secure than rival technologies..

Exploit code created for hole in RealPlayer

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 12 March 2008 10:00 AM

The researcher who discovered a zero-day vulnerability in the widely deployed RealPlayer has developed a working exploit for it, he told SCMagazineUS.com on Tuesday.

New technology aims to close backdoor threats

By Phil Muncaster, 5 February 2008 10:07 AM

Veracode updates its software-as-a-service

Attack code targets unpatched Adobe Reader flaw

In Applications - By Tom Sanders, 17 October 2007 10:13 AM

Time running out for Adobe to patch 'critical' vulnerability.

Adobe discloses Reader, Acrobat flaw; can allow remote code execution

In Applications - By Frank Washkuch, 9 October 2007 1:29 PM

Adobe disclosed a vulnerability in its Reader and Acrobat products that can be exploited by remote attackers using malicious PDF documents.

Bank of India website back online, without malicious code

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 5 September 2007 2:56 PM

The Bank of India website is operational today – approximately four days after security teams disabled it after hackers embedded malware on the home page.

Facebook lets source code slip

In Web/client - 16 August 2007 2:46 PM

Misconfigured web server leaves site red-faced.

Firefox arbitrary code flaw found

In Web/client - By Frank Washkuch,, 11 July 2007 10:40 AM

Researchers have discovered a new flaw in Mozilla's Firefox browser that can be exploited by attackers to take over a user's computer, as long as the victim also has Internet ...

Exploit code released for vulnerability in CA software

In Risk - By Fiona Raisbeck, 3 April 2007 10:09 AM

Hackers have released exploit code for a vulnerability in CA storage software, the US Computer Emergency Response Team (US-Cert) has warned.

Report: Multitude of malicious code on UK and US servers

In Web/client - By Fiona Raisbeck, 29 March 2007 11:04 AM

Malicious code is more likely to be hosted on local servers in the UK and US than in countries with less developed e-crime law enforcement policies, according to the latest ...

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