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AG speech transcript creating cyberwarfare unit

In Hackers - 11 March 2011 10:13 AM

Australian Attorney-General Robert McClelland unveils cyberspooks division.

BlackBerry fixes critical Enterprise Server flaw

In Applications - By Tom Brewster, 14 January 2011 9:22 AM

Patches and workarounds.

More than half of critical infrastructure targeted

In Web/client - By Angela Moscaritolo, 8 October 2010 2:04 PM

Many fear politically motivated attacks.

Adobe updates Flash Player to address critical flaw

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 21 September 2010 3:35 PM

Patch ready earlier than forecast.

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 readies 14 fixes, eight critical

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 6 August 2010 1:46 PM

Addressing flaws in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, SQL Server and Silverlight.

Adobe confirms critical flaw in Reader and Acrobat

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 5 August 2010 12:39 PM

Affects current and earlier versions.

Critical flaws discovered in widely used embedded OS

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 4 August 2010 12:55 PM

500 million devices could be affected.

Google: Plug critical holes within 60 days

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 22 July 2010 2:24 PM

Responsible disclosure a "two-way street".

Mozilla issues critical Firefox and Thunderbird patches

In Applications - By Lawrence Latif, 22 July 2010 9:46 AM

Firm urges users to download updates immediately.

Critical Adobe Flash and Reader flaw being exploited

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 8 June 2010 2:05 PM

Present in latest versions.

Critical zero-day flaw found in Apple's Safari browser

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 11 May 2010 1:36 PM

Affects current version.

Oracle issues critical patch update for 47 flaws

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 15 April 2010 9:44 AM

Urges them to be applied ASAP.

Microsoft patches 25 flaws with 11 patches, five critical

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 14 April 2010 9:58 AM

Including two zero-day vulnerabilities.

Microsoft warns of major Patch Tuesday update

In Applications - By David Neal, 12 April 2010 9:52 AM

Covers 25 flaws, five rated 'critical'.

Mozilla rushes out Firefox 3.6.2 update

In Applications - By Daniel Robinson, 24 March 2010 9:38 AM

Resolves critical vulnerability.

Mozilla promises March 30 fix for critical Firefox bug

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 23 March 2010 12:15 PM

As German government advises residents not to use the web browser.

Adobe plugs Reader and Acrobat security holes

In Applications - 18 February 2010 10:47 AM

Users urged to update as soon as possible.

Critical infrastructure encounters the most web malware: report

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 12 February 2010 1:06 PM

356 percent higher rate of data-theft trojans in 2009.

Critical infrastructures under attack, warns McAfee

In Hackers - By Phil Muncaster, 29 January 2010 9:59 AM

Report from security giant details widespread attacks in 'cyber cold war'.

Adobe issues update to critical vulnerability in Shockwave player

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 27 January 2010 11:25 AM

Flaw could allow malicious code to be run.

Oracle starts year with hefty patch update

In Applications - By Phil Muncaster, 11 January 2010 10:01 AM

Set to release 24 security fixes.

Mozilla closes critical bugs with Firefox 3.5.6

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 17 December 2009 10:05 AM

First update since October.

Firms urged to apply Microsoft and Adobe patches

In Applications - By David Neal, 10 December 2009 10:05 AM

Vulnerabilities could cripple critical systems.

Adobe patches five critical flaws in Shockwave

In Applications - By Iain Thomson, 6 November 2009 4:40 PM

Users urged to upgrade as soon as possible.

Oracle to roll out huge patch update

In Applications - By Phil Muncaster, 19 October 2009 9:17 AM

38 fixes across hundreds of products.

Firefox updated for security flaws

In Applications - By Chuck Miller, 11 September 2009 10:35 AM

Users encouraged to upgrade immediately.

Australia looks to US for infrastructure security training

In Risk - By Ben Grubb, 8 September 2009 12:05 PM

Australian Government funds cyber-security field trip.

Microsoft readies five fixes for September security update

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 4 September 2009 10:29 AM

"Critical" fixes for Windows.

Adobe ColdFusion, JRun updated for critical issues

In Applications - By Angela Moscsaritolo, 18 August 2009 3:49 PM

More patches for the web design and development platform.

Oracle patches show a major database vulnerability

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 17 July 2009 3:16 PM

Updates issued this week by Oracle should be applied immediately, according to Imperva.

Oracle issues security patches across seven product lines

In Applications - By Chuck Miller, 16 July 2009 10:11 AM

Oracle issued "Critical Patch Updates" this week for 30 security vulnerabilities in seven of its product lines, as part of its regular quarterly patch cycle.

Fake Microsoft "critical update" spam propagating trojan

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 23 June 2009 10:38 AM

A new outbreak of spam claims to be a critical update for Microsoft Outlook, but the message really aims to infect users with the information-stealing trojan ZBot, security ...

Adobe patches Reader and Acrobat for "critical" vulnerabilities

In Applications - By Chuck Miller, 10 June 2009 2:44 PM

In the first of its regular security updates, Adobe has patched several "critical" vulnerabilities it has identified in Adobe Reader and Acrobat.

Oracle patches critical vulnerabilites in major update

In Applications - By Phil Muncaster, 16 April 2009 10:20 AM

Oracle has released 43 security fixes across its portfolio of products as part of its quarterly patch update, including several for vulnerabilities marked as 'critical'.

VMware patches new critical security vulnerability

In Applications - By Chuck Miller, 14 April 2009 11:23 AM

VMware has issued patches for a critical security vulnerability in its ESX and ESXi virtualisation products.

Microsoft gives word of April fixes

In Applications - By Shaun Nichols, 14 April 2009 10:24 AM

Microsoft has released new information on the content of its upcoming security update.

Internet Explorer 8 "critical" flaw in final version

In Applications - By Chuck Miller, 25 March 2009 10:37 AM

The Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) vulnerability demonstrated last week at the CanSecWest hacker conference In the beta version of the popular web browser also exists in the final ...

Microsoft's latest patch welcomed despite claims of critical risk still being posed

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 15 January 2009 11:23 AM

Microsoft's latest patching has been described as a "super critical patch to install right away".

Patches issued for Oracle products are "critical"

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 15 January 2009 10:51 AM

The 41 patches issued earlier this week by Oracle include several that earned the most severe rating under the database giant's scoring system.

Adobe patches for critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 6 November 2008 10:35 AM

Adobe on Tuesday shipped a fix for its Reader and Acrobat products to eliminate critical flaws.

Microsoft patches eight critical flaws

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 10 September 2008 8:17 AM

Microsoft on Tuesday pushed out four patches to correct eight vulnerabilities in its operating systems and related components.

Four fixes shipped for "critical" RealPlayer holes

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 29 July 2008 11:26 AM

RealNetworks, maker of RealPlayer, has issued an update to address four serious bugs.

Mozilla issues two critical security advisories

In Applications - By Egan Orion, 18 July 2008 10:34 AM

Mozilla Firefox versions 2.X and 3.0, as well as other Mozilla software products, are named in two critical security advisories issued Wednesday.

Microsoft releases three critical patches

In Applications - By Jim Carr, 11 June 2008 10:32 AM

Microsoft on Tuesday unleashed seven patches, three for critical vulnerabilities, in its June Patch Tuesday round of bug fixes.

Sun Microsystems addresses critical Java flaws

In Applications - By Jim Carr, 10 March 2008 10:40 AM

Sun Microsystems has released product updates to correct several "highly critical" vulnerabilities in its Java programming environment.

"Critical" Linux kernel flaws discovered

In Applications - By Jim Carr, 28 February 2008 9:42 AM

Three "critical" vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel found in many of the widely used distribution versions of the popular open source operating system.

Adobe upgrades Flash Player to close critical flaws

In Applications - By Jack Rogers, 20 December 2007 9:46 AM

Numerous vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe's popular Flash Player that allow attackers to gain control over a user's PC and use it as a launching pad to obtain ...

Mozilla patches eight flaws, two critical, in Firefox

In Applications - By Frank Washkuch, 22 October 2007 11:25 AM

Mozilla patched eight flaws in its products on Thursday, including “critical” issues in Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey.

Adobe admits to critical software flaws

In Applications - By Matt Chapman, 12 October 2007 9:59 AM

Adobe has admitted that some of its software contains vulnerabilities that could leave computers open to attack, following information published on the Heise Security website.

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