Adobe to issue emergency updates for Reader, Acrobat 

Adobe to issue emergency updates for Reader, Acrobat

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 16 November 2010 1:39 PM
Out-of-band patch addresses zero-day.
Adobe investigating DoS 'issue' in Reader 

Adobe investigating DoS 'issue' in Reader

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 8 November 2010 2:28 PM
Could allow remote code execution.
Microsoft to issue ASP.net patch out of cycle 

Microsoft to issue ASP.net patch out of cycle

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 28 September 2010 10:45 AM
Attackers could steal data.
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.
DLL hijacking issue prompts Microsoft advisory, tool  

DLL hijacking issue prompts Microsoft advisory, tool

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 25 August 2010 1:18 PM
"A new take on an old attack vector".
McAfee antivirus update crashes Windows XP 

McAfee antivirus update crashes Windows XP

In Web/client - By Shaun Nichols, 22 April 2010 9:16 AM
Users advised to update after crashes reported.
Experts say YouTube outage not suspicious 

Experts say YouTube outage not suspicious

In Web/client - By Phil Muncaster, 29 March 2010 11:49 AM
Technical issue responsible for 'blip'.
Microsoft admits security update errors 

Microsoft admits security update errors

In Applications - By Phil Muncaster, 15 March 2010 10:33 AM
Redmond issues workaround for 'cosmetic issue'.
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.
Flawed web apps up by 10% 

Flawed web apps up by 10%

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 9 September 2009 10:55 AM
Over a quarter now affected.
Adobe confirms zero-day vulnerability 

Adobe confirms zero-day vulnerability

In Applications - By David Neal, 24 July 2009 10:58 AM
Affects Reader, Acrobat and Flash.
McAfee glitch causes havoc for IT admins 

McAfee glitch causes havoc for IT admins

In Applications - By Ian Williams, 7 July 2009 9:32 AM
VirusScan update generates false positives.
Silent Microsoft update blamed for Windows issue 

Silent Microsoft update blamed for Windows issue

In Applications - By Frank Washkuch, 2 October 2007 10:10 AM
A Windows expert has blamed the silent support update that Microsoft deployed in the past two months for PCs running Windows XP with Windows Update being unable to download ...
Deloitte: Human factor is No. 1 IT security issue 

Deloitte: Human factor is No. 1 IT security issue

In Hackers - By Jim Carr, 21 September 2007 9:39 AM
The "human factor" — employees, customers, third parties and business partners — are the "greatest root cause of security breaches," according to Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu's ...
Secunia says Firefox URI handling bug is also a Microsoft issue 

Secunia says Firefox URI handling bug is also a Microsoft issue

In Web/client - By Frank Washkuch, 30 July 2007 8:39 AM
Secunia blamed Microsoft this week for a URI handling flaw that can be exploited when a user browses with Firefox but has Internet Explorer (IE) 7 installed.
Mozilla says URL protocol handling vulnerability is a Firefox issue 

Mozilla says URL protocol handling vulnerability is a Firefox issue

In Web/client - By Frank Washkuch, 25 July 2007 9:52 AM
Mozilla's chief security guru on Monday issued a mea culpa for her company's handing of a URL protocol handing flaw that was believed to only be exploitable from Internet ...
GoDaddy hit by major DDoS attacks 

GoDaddy hit by major DDoS attacks

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 13 March 2007 7:18 AM
Domain registrar GoDaddy.com said it "came under significant and sustained" DDoS attacks on Sunday that temporarily disabled or slowed many of its hosted websites, CISO Neil ...
Data theft not an issue for managers 

Data theft not an issue for managers

In Risk - By Fiona Raisbeck, 22 November 2006 9:20 AM
Small to medium sized businesses (SMEs) are failing to acknowledge and prevent data theft, new research shows.
Microsoft to update new patch because of scripting issue 

Microsoft to update new patch because of scripting issue

By Frank Washkuch, 19 June 2006 5:46 PM
Microsoft will update one of the patches it released last Tuesday due to an error that prevents certain scripts from running.
Symantec settles one issue with the IRS 

Symantec settles one issue with the IRS

By Dan Kaplan, 9 June 2006 8:27 PM
Symantec has agreed in principle to pay the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) $36 million to settle an outstanding tax obligation resulting from an audit of anti-virus giant’s ...
Researchers issue warning over Princess Diana spam scam 

Researchers issue warning over Princess Diana spam scam

By Wiliiam Eazel, 9 December 2005 2:01 PM
Security firms warned of a spam campaign which pretends that the recipient has won a charitable grant set up to create a living memorial to the late Diana, Princess of Wales.
Attorneys General issue demand to CardSystems 

Attorneys General issue demand to CardSystems

By Marcia Savage, 6 July 2005 9:49 PM
The National Association of Attorneys General has sent a letter to CardSystems Solutions demanding that the company notify all customers affected by a security breach that ...
Microsoft to issue 13 security advisories 

Microsoft to issue 13 security advisories

By David Quainton, 4 February 2005 3:20 PM
Microsoft is readying its customers for the release of 13 new security advisories, including fixes for Microsoft Office, Windows Media Player and MSN Messenger that are rated ...
App security vendors issue challenge 

App security vendors issue challenge

By Marcia Savage, 8 November 2004 11:09 PM
A group of application security vendors is challenging Check Point Software Technologies, Symantec, and others to submit their products to an independent application security ...
New Zealand police issue charges in first computer hacking case 

New Zealand police issue charges in first computer hacking case

By Steve Gold, 19 March 2004 3:14 PM
New Zealand police are using a new law for the first time to charge a man for computer hacking.
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