security
Important updates for Adobe Acrobat 8 and 9
Adobe Systems has released an update for its PDF creation and viewing software Adobe Acrobat Professional, Acrobat Pro Extended, Acrobat Standard. There is also an update for Acrobat 3D. These updates close vulnerability in system security that could cause emergency system shutdowns and possible access hackers trying to get access to the vulnerable system. The [...]
Microsoft denies “black screen of death” issues
A recent problem that some Windows 7 users expirienced was having completely black screen after logging on got lot of attention after report by BBC on Tuesday. British software security firm Prevx claimed that most likely cause of the error were changes to Microsoft‘s operating system’s registry, however Microsoft denied that. As Microsoft stated, the [...]
Destructive Panda Virus Returns
A Panda Virus that has caused widespread damage at a time when public knowledge about online security was low and caused first arrests for virus-writing in 2007 in China is now back. China’s national virus response center warned about apdated worn earlier this week, but they have only now made the connection between the new [...]
Metasploit Releases IE Attack but calls it “unreliable”
The Microsoft Internet Explorer security bug that was disclosed last week yet again takes our attention – this time developers of the open-source Metasploit penetration testing toolkit have released code that can compromise IE browser, however the code cannot be called reliable. As the developers said tehmselves – the bug is unreliable, you can’t be [...]
Firefox blocks a buggy Microsoft plug-in
After it became known that automatically installed Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Plug-in for a popular webbrowser Firefox opened a major security hole, Mozilla decided to block this plug-in completely, even though Microsoft released a patch to fix the problem. It is said that Microsoft agreed with this move. At the same time Mozilla let out [...]
Microsoft’s monthly security updates and fixes spare Windows 7
Windows 7, being the newest operating system that Microsoft released to the world, survived its first few weeks on the market without needing any security fixes or updates. Microsoft plugged several security holes with recent fixes, but none were aimed at Windows 7, as expected as attackers will need more time to figure out how [...]
TOP 20 of harmful programs by Kaspersky Labs
Kaspersky Lab, the software development company and authors of one of the most popular antivirus software, presented it’s two TOP 20 list s harmful programs and codes. The first list was dedicated to the programs that were found and deleted on users computers, and the first place went to Net-Worm.Win32.Kido.ir, which confirms that infections from [...]
Software makers scrambling to fix bug in net’s security
Software makers arounf the world are scrambling to fix a certain and very serious bug in the technology that is used to securily transfer the information on the internet. The problem lies in Security sockets Layer protocol used for safe browsing, and altough the flaw can only be exploited under certain circumstances, it could be [...]
A hacker took a number of iPhones as hostages
In Netherland a hacker took advantage of the SST protocols the mobile service of T-mobile Netherlands was using to provide the connection between iPhones and some terminal comands. People who used this service sometimes forgot to change the root password, which is basically same as leaving your car open on the street with keys inside. [...]
Windows Vista Beats XP at Security
A report was released by Microsoft yesterday stating that Windows Vista greatly outperforms XP when it comes to security. The number of infections that Vista computers got was far less then XP users have faced. Still, whatever operating system you use it is always necessary to update to the latest service pack available, as it [...]