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Symantec patched vulnerabilities in antivirus software
Yesterday (May 30), software vendor Symantec patched the flaw in its corporate antivirus product line (English version), which was discovered nearly a week ago.
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The code that exploits the Windows 2000 error appears
Security firm Symantec, on May 25, warned of a new security breach in Windows 2000 file sharing procedures.
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Red Hat patched a series of security flaws in Linux
Red Hat Linux developer has just released a security update to fix a series of vulnerabilities in the kernel of this operating system version.
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Warning about new vulnerabilities in Symantec Antivirus
Security firm eEye Digital Security has just discovered a serious flaw in Symantec antivirus software. EEye's research experts say the new flaw could be exploited by hac…
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New vulnerability in Skype threatens users
Skype Technologies has just upgraded its own branded Internet calling software to overcome a serious security error. According to the software developer, this security e…
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Detecting a serious vulnerability in MS Word
Security researchers have just discovered a serious zero-day security flaw in Microsoft Word that has been exploited by Chinese and Taiwan hackers.
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Skype blocked the security hole
Skype is encouraging users to upgrade to the latest VoIP version to overcome a new, rather dangerous security hole discovered last weekend.
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Microsoft is about to patch a serious vulnerability in Windows and Exchange
On next Tuesday (May 9), Microsoft plans to release three bug fixes for its products, including at least two fixes for known critical vulnerabilities. Specifically, a fi…
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New serious vulnerability threatens IE
For the second time in a week, hackers found a new vulnerability in Microsoft's IE browser that could be exploited to run unauthorized software on Windows computers.
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A series of errors in DNS software were detected
Research experts at the University of Oulu (Finland) have discovered many vulnerabilities in Internet domain name management systems (DNS). Cisco, Microsoft and Sun Micr…
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All three of the most popular browsers have vulnerabilities
The newly discovered flaws, which have not been patched in the three most popular browsers today, can turn the Web into a pitiful and dangerous place, security experts w…
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An Oracle error exploit code appears
On Wednesday (April 19), malicious code that could exploit a new security vulnerability published in Oracle database application has been widely distributed on the Web.
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Mac operating system vulnerabilities are dangerous to users
Tom Ferris, a security researcher at Mission Viejo, California, was the first to give information about seven security holes in Apple's operating system. Ferris said hac…
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21 vulnerabilities in Mozilla products
The open source software organization has warned of a series of problems in Firefox, the browser has just surpassed the 10% market share, and some related products. The…
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Microsoft fixes 10 errors in Internet Explorer
The US software group has released 5 security bulletins to patch 14 program errors. Among these, the createTextRange vulnerability has been exploited by hackers to insta…