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Detecting vulnerabilities in WinZip
Soon after WinZip Computing upgraded WinZip to version 11 with many new features, security experts discovered a serious flaw in WinZip version 10, which could allow hack…
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Cisco patched a serious vulnerability
On November 1, Cisco corrected a critical flaw in the Security Agent Management Center software (CSAMC), which allowed hackers to remotely attack and bypass authenticati…
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Contact security error IE & Firefox
Security firm Secunia said that both the vulnerability that has been detected in Internet Explorer 7 not only affects this version of the browser but also IE 6 and Firef…
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2006: the year of security flaw
5,450 vulnerabilities were discovered within 9 months - this figure was more than enough for 2006 to become the record year for the number of security flaws.
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IE7: Again ... error
It is a bad start and it looks like IE7 is no exception. On the first day of its release, it was discovered a security hole of this browser.
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Code to exploit the vulnerability in Nvidia graphics driver
Security experts on Oct. 17 warned that they discovered the code that exploited the vulnerability in the Nvidia graphics driver for the Linux operating system, which cou…
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Oracle patched 101 security holes
As part of its quarterly error correction cycle, Oracle yesterday (October 17) provided patches for 101 vulnerabilities in its product line.
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Microsoft warns of a new security risk
After only a few days of issuing a patch for zero-day errors in Power Points, Microsoft announced a new vulnerability to the program.
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A new zero-day vulnerability appears in PowerPoint
Just a few days after Microsoft released 26 patches this month (of which 16 for Office), Synmantec confirmed on Friday that a new zero-day vulnerability has emerged in t…
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2006: The 'horrific' year of security
Although it has not gone all the way, 2006 still goes into history as a record year of security holes. The only consolation: Only a small part of it is really dangerous.
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Firefox 'patch', IE again
Firefox has just updated version 1.5.0.7, patching 7 security holes. In contrast, Internet Explorer is facing new vulnerabilities that have been used by hackers to attac…
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The attack code is targeting the new IE vulnerability
Experts warning the attack source can be used to hijack the Windows operating system, through an unpatched Internet Explorer vulnerability discovered and posted to the N…
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Vulnerable because of two new security errors in AOL's ICQ IM
About 160 million of AOL's ICQ users may experience errors, even if the computer stops crashing if not quickly upgraded. A security company has just announced two vulner…
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Discover new vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office 2000 package
Security firm Symantec has just announced on the weblog Security Response a vulnerability within the Microsoft Office 2000 suite, enabling a dangerous type of Trojan to…