Tag Archives: Vulnerabilities

Identify your missing security patches this Christmas

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New vulnerabilities are being discovered all the time, and attackers are still exploiting old ones. But how do you deal with the vulnerabilities? Patch them of course.

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iOS 5 introduces security challenges and flaws

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A week after the release of iOS 5 several flaws and vulnerabilities that could affect your data security have been found. Unauthorized calls, Smart Cover unlocks and media access are all possible with system defaults.

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Apple releases OS X 10.7.2 and iOS 5 with enormous security patch

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A comprehensive look at the security updates in iOS 5 and OS X Lion 10.7.2. In addition to new features for iOS users, many critical fixes are present.

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Patch Tuesday July 2011 - 4 updates, 22 bugs

Patch Tuesday for January - what you need to know

Microsoft have released four bulletins this month, three important and one critical. Fixes included impact Windows 7, Windows Vista and Microsoft Visio 2003 SP3 users.

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Patch Tuesday part two - Adobe patches Reader, Flash and more

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Adobe's Patch Tuesday quarterly release is out and fixes many critical vulnerabilities. Time to patch Reader, Acrobat, Shockwave, Flash, ColdFusion, LifeCycle and Blaze...

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April 2011 MS Patch Tuesday - 17 patches, 64 vulnerabilities

Patch Tuesday for January - what you need to know

Microsoft released patches today for Windows XP through Windows 7, Office, .Net, Internet Explorer and more. Learn about the key highlights and our advice on what to do.

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Flaw in ISC's dhclient could allow remote code execution

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Unix/Linux users may be vulnerable to a new flaw in ISC's DHCP client. ISC is advising users to apply mitigation or update to their latest release.

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December 2010 Patch Tuesday is a whopper

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December's Microsoft Patch Tuesday fixed 40 vulnerabilities in 17 patches. While it fixes many critical and important vulnerabilities a few are noticeably absent.

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Adobe announces Reader X and Acrobat X editions

Adobe announces Reader X and Acrobat X editions

Adobe has announced the long-awaited sandboxed versions of their ubiquitous Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat applications, now branded as X. Brad Arkin, Adobe's Senior Director of Product Security and Privacy, first spoke with Sophos about Adobe's plans to better secure Read more…

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Sophos Security Chet Chat 30 and VB 2010 roundup

Sophos Security Chet Chat 30 and VB 2010 roundup

There was a lot of security news this week as Michael Argast and I went into our Vancouver studio to record Chet Chat 30. I was on vacation at the beginning of the week, so it is a bit longer Read more…

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Malicious PDFs: A summary of my VB2010 presentation

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Last week, I presented at VB2010 a talk that was well received in the room and on the wires. A number of people have requested copies of or links to my presentation and paper (thanks to Helen Martin of Virus Read more…

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Stuxnet minus the hype - What you actually need to know

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There has been a lot of hype and speculation in the media over the last few weeks about the Stuxnet virus. I thought it might do us some good to ignore the conjecture and look at the implications of the Read more…

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Sophos Security Chet Chats 27 & 28 and Sept 90 Second News

Sophos Security Chet Chats 27 & 28 and Sept 90 Second News

The 20th Virus Bulletin conference is over and now we can return to our daily lives and continue protecting you from cybercrime. The conference was great fun, but with all the work (and a good deal of socializing) I fell Read more…

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A lesson in heuristic PDF detection

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Many of you are all too aware of the number of patches repairing flaws in Adobe's Reader and Acrobat software in the last couple of years. Their PDF reader is deployed on nearly all computers, which is too juicy of Read more…

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