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Blackberry releases first security fixes for new Z10 smartphone
Blackberry released the first two security advisories for its new Z10 smartphone yesterday. One of the patches was for Adobe Flash vulnerabilities from January. Flash? On a smartphone? In 2013?
Patch Tuesday June 2013 - Office, Windows and Flash
Right on time, Microsoft and Adobe released fixes today for Windows, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office 2003 and 2011 and Adobe Flash Player. Time to dance that familiar dance and get those updates installed.
May Patch Tuesday critical for users of Internet Explorer and web-based services
Microsoft has just released its monthly updates for May 2013. The zero-day IE flaw used on the Dept of Labor website was fixed, as well as an IE 10 hole used at PWN2OWN.
Critical fixes for Adobe Reader, Flash Player and ColdFusion also hit the streets today.
Monday review - the hot 21 stories of the week
In case you missed anything, here's everything we wrote in the past seven days.
Adobe updates are no laughing matter, but at least XKCD makes them funny
Check out this funny security-related cartoon from those amusing folks at XKCD.
(If you're not busy installing Adobe updates)
Microsoft fixes 9 flaws, Adobe 3 in April's Tuesday update
As expected Microsoft released seven important and two critical fixes for Windows, Internet Explorer and other Microsoft products. Adobe followed suite releasing fixes for ColdFusion, Flash and Shockwave. Patch now!
Monday review - the hot 26 stories of the week
In case you missed it: Here's everything we wrote last week.
PWN2OWN results Day Two - Adobe Reader and Flash owned, Java felled yet again
PWN2OWN 2013 finished off today.
A second scheduled attack on IE 10 didn't happen, so IE 10 didn't get owned again, but Flash and Reader fell once each, and Java was exploited for the fourth time in two days...
PWN2OWN results Day One - Java, Chrome, IE 10 and Firefox owned
Of the Big Four browsers, only Apple's Safari has so far survived the onslaught of the browser-breakers at PWN2OWN 2013.
Java fell three times today; Adobe's Flash and Reader meet their attackers tomorrow...
Find a new way of exploiting Chrome, IE, Java, etc.. and you could win millions of dollars
Security researchers are gathering in Vancouver at the CanSecWest conference, in the hope of winning substantial cash prizes for finding exploitable vulnerabilities in the likes of Chrome, Internet Explorer and Java.
Apple bans outdated Adobe Flash plugins from Safari
Last week, Apple showed that it is getting more serious about security by getting strict about the version of Flash you're allowed to use in Safari.
Paul Ducklin explains the what and the why...
Adobe tells users to update Flash Player for the third time this month
Adobe tells computer users to protect themselves against "targeted attacks" that are being "exploited in the wild".
And that means patching Adobe Flash. Again.
Monday review - the hot 22 stories of the week
Catch up with anything you might have missed last week – it’s weekly roundup time.
SSCC 103 - Mandiant report, iOS coders owned, Twitter accounts hacked, and more...
Have your joined thousands of others, and become a loyal listener to the "Chet Chat" yet?
Here's the latest Naked Security podcast, Sophos Security Chet Chat 103, discussing a range of recent and newsworthy topics from the world of computer security.
That was quick! Adobe's emergency patch for Reader and Acrobat is here...
Adobe has released the emergency update for Reader and Acrobat that it promised late last week.
You may as well take advantage of Adobe's new-found velocity and get busy patching!
Monday review - the hot 21 stories of the week
Get yourself up to date with everything we've written in the last seven days - it's weekly roundup time.
No patch yet for Adobe PDF exploits - Adobe suggests a workaround; Mac and Linux users need not apply
Adobe issues advice on how to mitigate the latest exploits against its PDF Reader software.
For Windows users, anyway. Mac and Linux fans are still out in the cold.
Anatomy of a targeted attack - SophosLabs explores an Adobe zero-day "malware experiment"
SophosLabs was contacted recently to help investigate malware from an unusual sort of targeted attack.
What our researchers found was intriguing, to say the least, so we thought we'd share our discoveries with you...
Adobe investigates PDF Reader zero-day vulnerability reports
Adobe's security team has said that it is investigating reports of a brand new zero-day vulnerability affecting its Adobe Reader and Acrobat XI (11.0.1) products.
Always be wary of opening unsolicited PDF files!
SSCC 102 - Probably the best 15 minute security podcast you'll hear today
Have your joined thousands of others, and become a loyal listener to the "Chet Chat" yet?
Here's the latest Naked Security podcast, Sophos Security Chet Chat 102, discussing a range of recent and newsworthy topics from the world of computer security.
