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QuickTime Bug Affects All Java-Enabled Browsers
By Lisa Vaas | Posted: 2007-04-25
The QuickTime bug revealed at CanSecWest last week turns out to affect everything that's Java-enabled and that has QuickTime installed, including IE 6 and IE 7 on Vista, browsers that
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Apparent Troll Claims to Have Snatched QuickTime Exploit at Security Show
By Lisa Vaas | Posted: 2007-04-25
A blogger using the name "Infosecsellout" has stirred up the security community by claiming to be in possession of wireless packets sniffed from
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MS' e-Threat Fight Goes Global
By Lisa Vaas | Posted: 2007-04-24
Microsoft has unveiled what's it's calling its Malware Protection Center: a new think tank comprising security and threat experts that will provide global malware
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Emancipation Holiday Causes Computers to Hiccup on Tax Day
By Lisa Vaas | Posted: 2007-04-23
It's not quite another Y2K, but some computers' failure to take into account the Washington-celebrated Emancipation Day 2007 may throw a monkey wrench into IRA
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Mac Hacked Via Safari Browser in Pwn-2-Own Contest
By Lisa Vaas | Posted: 2007-04-20
A zero-day vulnerability in Safari, the default browser for Apple's Macintosh operating system, allowed two MacBooks to crumble before the onslaught of a CanSecWest security
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List of Malicious MS DNS Flaw Exploits Still Growing
By Lisa Vaas | Posted: 2007-04-20
Microsoft on Thursday night added to its Malicious Software Encyclopedia four new malicious programs attempting to exploit the unpatched Domain Name System flaw in a broad array
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Impress Chicks: Hack Your Car's GPS
By Lisa Vaas | Posted: 2007-04-20
It is now possible to plant a bullfight on the highway to block your parents from coming home too early (SatNav Code 1456), plant a bomb alert at your house (SatNav Code 1516) or misdirect a rival
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Apple Stitches Up 25 Holes in Mac OS X
By Lisa Vaas | Posted: 2007-04-20
Apple released 25 security patches for Mac OS X on Thursday, the most serious of which could allow a remote attacker to crash a system or execute arbitrary code.
The patches address holes
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Unpatched Macs Snatched from Hackers' Clasp
By Lisa Vaas | Posted: 2007-04-20
Two shiny, new and delightfully unpatched Mac systems were sitting ducks at the CanSecWest security conference on April 19, while top-notch hackers were clustered in hotel rooms,
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Don't Hold Your Breath for a MS DNS Hole Patch
By Lisa Vaas | Posted: 2007-04-18
Microsoft says it hopes to patch the hole in its Domain Name System Server—which is now leaving vulnerable PCs open to a worm attack—by "no later" than Patch Tuesday in May.
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Microsoft Urges Workaround as Worm Hits Unpatched DNS Flaw
By Lisa Vaas | Posted: 2007-04-17
With a worm exploiting the unpatched zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft's Domain Name System Service mere days after it was discovered, Microsoft on Monday urged customers
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Another Skype Worm Unleashed
By Lisa Vaas | Posted: 2007-04-16
Another Skype worm has been released that spreads by sending a malware link to online friends in Skype users' contact lists. Before sending a message containing the malware link, the Trojan sets the
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NextSentry Urges Ban on iPods at Work
By Lisa Vaas | Posted: 2007-04-06
Until proper security policies and enforcement are in place, the use of iPods in the workplace could mean employees walking out the door with a pocket full of sensitive data and thus should be
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Proof-of-Concept Virus Targets iPods Running Linux
By Lisa Vaas | Posted: 2007-04-06
F-Secure has received a sample submission of a virus for iPods running on Linux, showing that "the computer underground is actively studying new platforms such as portable
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Microsoft to Post 1 Critical Flaw on Patch Tuesday
By Lisa Vaas | Posted: 2007-04-05
Microsoft hasn't outpatched itself; it's hitting its normally scheduled April 10 Patch Tuesday with four Windows security bulletins, at least one of which is rated critical,
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