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May Patch Tuesday critical for users of Internet Explorer and web-based services

by Chester Wisniewski on May 14, 2013 | 3 Comments

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.

PWN2OWN results Day Two - Adobe Reader and Flash owned, Java felled yet again

by Paul Ducklin on March 8, 2013 | 6 Comments

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

by Paul Ducklin on March 7, 2013 | 14 Comments

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...

Monday review - the hot 26 stories of the week

by Anna Brading on February 4, 2013 | Leave a comment

In case you missed any recent stories, here's everything we wrote in the last seven days.

IE 10 is more secure, so here's a Microsoft tool to prevent you updating by mistake

by Paul Ducklin on February 1, 2013 | 14 Comments

Ironically, Microsoft is making sure that as soon as Internet Explorer 10 is ready on Windows 7, you're already ready to avoid it.

A sort-of "lesser of two evils" solution for change control conservatives.

PWN2OWN - hack the Big Four browsers in public and go home with half a million dollars

by Paul Ducklin on January 22, 2013 | 4 Comments

Only six weeks to go until PWN2OWN 2013, where you can hack the Big Four browsers and the Big Three plugins, and win over half a million dollars.

But is it just about the money?

Paul Ducklin investigates...

Fun with statistics: Who hates Java the most?

by Paul Ducklin on January 15, 2013 | 18 Comments

Over the past five days, lots of you have used Naked Security to find out how to turn off Java in one of the five major browsers.

And that has given us browser statistics. There are too many variables to know what they tell us, but they do make a neat-looking graph!

Microsoft to release an emergency security patch for Internet Explorer zero day flaw

by Paul Ducklin on January 14, 2013 | 5 Comments

Microsoft will be releasing an out-of-band patch for the recently-disclosed zero-day hole in Internet Explorer.

Find out if you need the patch, and start getting ready now. This one really is critical.

Monday review - the hot 17 stories of the week

by Anna Brading on January 7, 2013 | Leave a comment

OK, these aren't just the hot 17 stories of the past week, but of the two weeks before that, too.

If, like us, you've been enjoying some downtime over the Christmas and New Year holidays, here's your quickest way to get back up to speed with Naked Security...

Monday review - the hot 18 stories of the week

by Anna Brading on December 17, 2012 | Leave a comment

Here you go.

All the stories we wrote in the past seven days, in case you missed anything (or just want to read them again).

Internet Explorer flaw allows attackers to track your mouse movements

by Lisa Vaas on December 14, 2012 | 11 Comments

An Internet Explorer vulnerability allows hackers to track mouse cursor movement anywhere on the screen, even if a given window is inactive, unfocused or minimised. It can also compromise the security of virtual keyboards and keypads, thereby thwarting their use against keyloggers.

Microsoft advisory: Internet Explorer zero day affects most Windows versions

by Paul Roberts on September 18, 2012 | 8 Comments

A newly discovered and serious security hole in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browser affects a wide swath of the company’s Windows and Internet Explorer installations, according to a Security Advisory released by the company late Monday.