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Adobe pulls pay-for-patch, issues fix

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 15 May 2012 10:51 AM

Gaffe was a 'PR disaster'.

Adobe applauds Apple Flash ban

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 11 May 2012 8:18 AM

Users blocked from running superseded software.

Apple shutters FileVault password hole

In Crypto - By Darren Pauli, 11 May 2012 7:41 AM

Urges users to mop up logs.

151,000 domains attacked via dangerous PHP hole

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 10 May 2012 4:41 PM

PHP Group issues fix for the second time.

Microsoft issues fixes for 'patched' Duqu threat

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 10 May 2012 11:15 AM

Patches fix 23 vulnerabilities

Apple update fixes major flaws in iPhones, iPads

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 8 May 2012 9:09 AM

Hole remains in Apple desktop browser.

Mac FileVault passwords stored in clear text

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 7 May 2012 1:03 PM

Flawed update contained debug logs that trap passwords.

Microsoft patches three critical flaws

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 7 May 2012 9:58 AM

Patches will send IT admins scrambling.

Dangerous Flash flaw plugged

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 7 May 2012 9:58 AM

'Object confusion' could lead to system hijacking.

PHP 'zero-day' hole found

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 4 May 2012 9:10 PM

Bugged patch fails to fix flaw.

Oracle issues workarounds for zero-day hole

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 3 May 2012 11:22 AM

Company moves after public disclosure.

Four-year old critical Oracle bug still alive

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 27 April 2012 11:44 AM

Patch ignored older installs.

Firefox and Opera unveil new security, privacy features

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 27 April 2012 10:34 AM

Firefox gets quicker updates, Opera adds Do Not Track.

Oracle patches 88 vulnerabilities

In Applications - By Greg Masters, 16 April 2012 9:17 AM

Fixes for Sun, Solaris and MySQL.

Apple update kills Flashback, Java

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 16 April 2012 9:17 AM

Apple patch wipes out trojan.

Microsoft and Adobe release critical patches

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 11 April 2012 6:47 AM

Holes plugged in Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office and SQL Server.

Apple update quells Flashback

In Applications - By Marcos Colon, 8 April 2012 7:10 PM

Apple hacker says Mac users should get anti-virus.

Apple updates Java after malware spreads

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 4 April 2012 3:37 PM

Lion, Snow Leopard patched.

Updates make Adobe patches a flash

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 30 March 2012 7:55 AM

Released for Linux, Windows and OS X.

Five million machines potentially vulnerable to RDP exploit

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 20 March 2012 5:21 PM

Scan shows not just 'stupid users' are vulnerable.

British, US Govts tackle infosec framework

In Risk - By Darren Pauli, 14 March 2012 8:28 AM

Dormant critical control list enjoys three-month adoption rush.

RDP flaw a harbinger of breaches

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 14 March 2012 1:00 AM

Small businesses most at risk from dangerous vulnerability.

Microsoft to patch seven security issues with six bulletins

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 9 March 2012 9:45 AM

Includes one for a "critical" vulnerability affecting all supported versions of Windows.

Adobe and Google patch flaws

In Applications - By SC Staff, 7 March 2012 5:33 AM

Dirty dozen high risk flaws fixed in Chrome.

Adobe patches Flash XXS hole

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 17 February 2012 12:09 PM

Update closes in the wild cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Trojan leverages patched Microsoft Office flaw

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 12 February 2012 8:22 PM

The exploit arrives as an email.

Oracle patches 78 vulnerabilities

In Applications - By Tom Brewster, 18 January 2012 3:13 PM

Sixteen products vulnerable to remote code execution.

Busy Adobe, Microsoft patch days planned

In Applications - By Tom Brewster, 11 January 2012 9:21 AM

Microsoft and Adobe plan busy January patch days

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

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 4 January 2012 11:38 AM

One crafted ~100kb HTTP request can consume 100 percent of a CPU core.

Adobe patches critical flaws

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 20 December 2011 7:04 AM

No immediate risk to some users.

Australia a guinea pig for silent Internet Explorer updates

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 16 December 2011 11:37 AM

From Janurary Microsoft will automatically upgrade Windows customers to the latest version of IE.

99 MS critical bug fixes lowest on record

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 15 December 2011 6:31 AM

Redmond says it hardened up.

Microsoft to patch three critical holes

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 9 December 2011 12:17 PM

Most vulnerabilities lead to remote code execution.

BlackHole revamped with Java exploit

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 30 November 2011 10:08 AM

Update free to existing customers.

Patching our attitude to patching

In Applications - By Paul Ducklin, 29 November 2011 2:29 PM

Even if you don't care about your own security, spare a thought for everyone else.

Adobe cleans dirty dozen

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 14 November 2011 10:54 AM

Sans workarounds.

Microsoft releases four security patches, one critical

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 9 November 2011 5:09 PM

Microsoft on Tuesday patched one "critical" vulnerability, plus three other less-severe flaws. Not patched, as expected, is a bug related to the Duqu trojan.

Security patches for your people

In Applications - By Terry Greer-King, 9 November 2011 5:08 PM

If there's one thing the big security breaches of the past few years have taught us, it's that employees are just as critical to network security as the technology.