Wicked exploit found in Linux WiFi 

Wicked exploit found in Linux WiFi

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 12 April 2012 3:13 AM
Anonymous student hacker finds holes in WICD tool.
RDP proof of concept triggers blue screen of death 

RDP proof of concept triggers blue screen of death

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 16 March 2012 3:27 PM
Proof of concept kills Windows machines.
Hackers post bounty for RDP exploit 

Hackers post bounty for RDP exploit

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 16 March 2012 9:26 AM
HD Moore chips in for Metasploit module.
Security bug in Windows 7 detected 

Security bug in Windows 7 detected

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 22 December 2011 9:30 AM
Exploited via Apple's Safari browser.
BlackHole revamped with Java exploit 

BlackHole revamped with Java exploit

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 30 November 2011 10:08 AM
Update free to existing customers.
Thousands of WordPress sites sucked into BlackHole 

Thousands of WordPress sites sucked into BlackHole

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 1 November 2011 2:56 PM
Exploits aging TimThumb vulnerability.
Thousands of WordPress sites sucked into BlackHole 

Thousands of WordPress sites sucked into BlackHole

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 1 November 2011 2:56 PM
Exploits aging TimThumb vulnerability.
Microsoft preps 16 patches, one for cookiejacking 

Microsoft preps 16 patches, one for cookiejacking

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 10 June 2011 11:06 AM
Microsoft plays down risk of cookiejacking.
Smartcards reduce APT exposure, vendor claims 

Smartcards reduce APT exposure, vendor claims

In Networks - By SC Australia Staff, 10 June 2011 2:24 AM
Smartcards can be used to mitigate an advanced persistent threat (APT) due to the security of the physical card.
Adobe patches Flash hole 

Adobe patches Flash hole

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 6 June 2011 1:32 PM
Adobe unsure if Acrobat, Reader are vulnerable.
Old Cisco flaw found in two-thirds of devices: report 

Old Cisco flaw found in two-thirds of devices: report

In Web/client - By SC Australia Staff, 24 May 2011 9:53 AM
But the next four vulnerabilities are found in less than a quarter of devices.
Analysis: Why you should chew through VM bibles 

Analysis: Why you should chew through VM bibles

In Risk - By Darren Pauli, 11 May 2011 1:16 PM
It makes poor bed-time reading, but getting your head around virtualisation is vital.
Skype asks Mac users to patch exploit 

Skype asks Mac users to patch exploit

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 10 May 2011 10:20 AM
Aussie exploit scares Skype
Pulse 2011: Businesses must tackle growing mobile threat 

Pulse 2011: Businesses must tackle growing mobile threat

In Networks - By Maggie Holland, 7 March 2011 11:51 AM
Mobile security threats have grown exponentially in recent years and organisations must ensure policies are in place to stave off attacks, according to IBM.
Google in Android Market malware purge 

Google in Android Market malware purge

In Web/client - By Angela Moscaritolo, 3 March 2011 10:19 AM
Fifty impostors shown the door.
Hackers turn websites to the dark side 

Hackers turn websites to the dark side

In Applications - By Tom Brewster, 21 February 2011 10:34 AM
Three families of malware exploiting users' trust in 'safe' websites.
Google quick to fix Gmail spam exploit 

Google quick to fix Gmail spam exploit

In Messaging - By Tom Brewster, 23 November 2010 9:32 AM
Google has addressed an exploit which tried to send spam to Gmail users.
Android exploit code published 

Android exploit code published

In Web/client - By Tom Brewster, 9 November 2010 9:22 AM
Flaw in WebKit browser framework.
Koobface exploit for Macs circulating in the wild 

Koobface exploit for Macs circulating in the wild

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 28 October 2010 1:37 PM
Spreads by way of a malicious Java applet.
Security researcher gets bail in India 

Security researcher gets bail in India

In Hackers - 30 August 2010 3:20 PM
Voting machine exploit case.
India chases leak of e-voting machine: report 

India chases leak of e-voting machine: report

In Applications - 23 August 2010 3:45 PM
Security researcher arrested over tests on anonymously-provided box.
Lada Gaga, Rihanna lyrics used to foist Java exploit 

Lada Gaga, Rihanna lyrics used to foist Java exploit

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 15 April 2010 11:28 AM
Attacks shut down song lyrics site.
Microsoft investigating new zero-day exploit 

Microsoft investigating new zero-day exploit

In Applications - 2 March 2010 12:56 PM
Internet Explorer flaw comes to light.
Gumblar malware detected on ninemsn 

Gumblar malware detected on ninemsn

In Applications - By Liz Tay, 16 February 2010 4:29 PM
Microsoft's ad server dishes up malware links.
Google hack attack code hits the web 

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.
Proof-of-concept exploiting Mac OS X flaw released 

Proof-of-concept exploiting Mac OS X flaw released

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 13 January 2010 11:14 AM
Researchers say flaw has remained open for seven months.
New zero-day IE exploit on the loose 

New zero-day IE exploit on the loose

In Applications - By Phil Muncaster, 24 November 2009 9:32 AM
Vulnerability could allow hackers to execute arbitrary code.
Top 10 of Black Hat and Defcon 

Top 10 of Black Hat and Defcon

In Risk - By Iain Thomson, 6 August 2009 9:50 AM
Security woes from Las Vegas.
Vulnerability detected in Internet Explorer 

Vulnerability detected in Internet Explorer

In Applications - By SC Australia Staff, 12 June 2009 11:09 AM
A vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer has been detected that could allow infected URLs to be accessed.
Intel CPU exploit threatens PCs worldwide 

Intel CPU exploit threatens PCs worldwide

In Applications - By Chuck Miller, 23 March 2009 11:10 AM
Researchers at Invisible Things Lab have released information on a security exploit that could compromise PCs that run on Intel processors.
Zero-day Microsoft Excel vulnerability reported 

Zero-day Microsoft Excel vulnerability reported

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 25 February 2009 10:22 AM
A new zero-day vulnerability is affecting Microsoft Excel, the software giant warned in an advisory.
VoIP hackers run up $120,000 phone bill at Perth business 

VoIP hackers run up $120,000 phone bill at Perth business

In Networks - 22 January 2009 1:35 PM
Hackers have breached the VoIP PBX telephone system of a ‘small Perth business’ and made over 11,000 international calls in 46 hours, resulting in a bill in excess of $120,000, ...
New exploit devised for the Mac 

New exploit devised for the Mac

In Applications - By Chuck Miller, 22 January 2009 10:53 AM
A researcher in Italy claims he has found a valid way to run hostile code on Apple's OS X operating system.
Hackers to exploit economic downturn in 2009 

Hackers to exploit economic downturn in 2009

In Hackers - By Phil Muncaster, 21 January 2009 10:51 AM
Cyber criminals are likely to exploit the worsening financial crisis with increasing regularity and ingenuity during 2009, threatening businesses and individuals alike, ...
New zero-day Internet Explorer exploit uncovered 

New zero-day Internet Explorer exploit uncovered

In Web/client - By Chuck Miller, 12 December 2008 11:09 AM
Microsoft has issued a new security advisory, warning about potential attacks against a newly uncovered vulnerability in Internet Explorer.
Symantec warns of new Microsoft exploit 

Symantec warns of new Microsoft exploit

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 25 November 2008 9:50 AM
Symantec warned this weekend of a new worm taking advantage of a Microsoft bug, prompting the security company to raise its ThreatCon level.
Email ruse uses Federal Reserve Bank name to drop PDF exploit 

Email ruse uses Federal Reserve Bank name to drop PDF exploit

In Messaging - By Dan Kaplan, 17 November 2008 10:03 AM
Bucking the trend of declines in spam last week, a new socially engineered attack is making the rounds.
New worm exploiting Microsoft vulnerability 

New worm exploiting Microsoft vulnerability

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 5 November 2008 9:45 AM
A worm, exploiting the emergency Microsoft patch, turns infected computers into bots that can launch DDoS attacks.
Spammers exploit hosted services 

Spammers exploit hosted services

In Messaging - By Phil Muncaster, 31 October 2008 10:24 AM
The percentage of new web sites harbouring malware and other potentially unwanted programs has increased by almost 50 per cent this month, according to the latest figures from ...
Microsoft investigates exploit reports for Windows flaw 

Microsoft investigates exploit reports for Windows flaw

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 13 October 2008 10:09 AM
Attackers have posted public exploit code for a zero-day Windows vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation.
QuickTime exploit disclosed for 1-week-old version 

QuickTime exploit disclosed for 1-week-old version

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 19 September 2008 9:52 AM
Just one week after Apple issues a new version of QuickTime, a fresh exploit has emerged.
CTO defends researcher's decision to reveal SCADA exploit 

CTO defends researcher's decision to reveal SCADA exploit

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 15 September 2008 11:52 AM
One technologist wants the public to understand why releasing exploit code for a dangerous vulnerability is sometimes the right thing to do.
Spammers exploit Google Docs 

Spammers exploit Google Docs

In Messaging - By Robert Jaques, 4 June 2008 10:04 AM
Spam levels jumped in May to 76.8 per cent of all emails sent globally, according to new monitoring data.
Spammers exploit tragedies in China and Burma 

Spammers exploit tragedies in China and Burma

In Messaging - 27 May 2008 10:29 AM
Spammers are taking advantage of recent natural disasters to abuse the generosity of others for their own financial gain..
Attackers exploit recent Microsoft fix 

Attackers exploit recent Microsoft fix

In Applications - By Sue Marquette, 16 April 2008 10:33 AM
Hackers continue trying to exploit a patched vulnerability in Microsoft's Graphic Display Interface (GDI), researchers said this week.
Microsoft warns of Jet Database exploit through Word 

Microsoft warns of Jet Database exploit through Word

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 25 March 2008 10:03 AM
Microsoft has issued a security advisory in response to reports that cybercriminals are using Word to exploit a vulnerability in the Jet Database Engine.
Exploit code created for hole in RealPlayer 

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 Microsoft Access exploit in wild: Panda 

New Microsoft Access exploit in wild: Panda

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 5 March 2008 3:42 PM
PandaLabs researchers said they have discovered a public exploit taking advantage of a new vulnerability in Microsoft Access Database.
Excel exploit targets vulnerability in the wild 

Excel exploit targets vulnerability in the wild

In Crypto - By Frank Washkuch, 17 January 2008 4:21 PM
Microsoft this week warned Windows and Mac users that cyberattackers are remotely exploiting a flaw in Excel to take over computers.
Malware writers exploit Bhutto killing 

Malware writers exploit Bhutto killing

In Web/client - By Shaun Nichols, 7 January 2008 2:06 PM
The assassination of former Pakistan president Benazir Bhutto has become the latest hook to lure users to malicious websites..
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