Neowin News Feed for: Exploit

Internet Explorer 8 exploit blamed for attacks on several websites

John Callaham — Mon, 06 May 2013 19:55:18 +0100

The new Internet Explorer 8 zero-day exploit that was confirmed by Microsoft on Friday is being blamed as the cause of attacks that have created malware infections on a number of websites. Read more...

Microsoft releases "Fix-It" patch for IE6-8 exploit

John Callaham — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:00:45 +0000

Microsoft has now released a "Fix It" patch for the exploit that was discovered last week in its Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8 versions and is still working on a full update for those browsers. Read more...

Microsoft responds to IE mouse tracking exploit claims

Brad Sams — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:33:49 +0000

Microsoft has finally responded to the claims that arose yesterday that said there was a flaw with Internet Explorer that would allow your mouse to be tracked. Read more...

Microsoft refuses to patch IE mouse tracking flaw that is currently being exploited

Brad Sams — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:11:19 +0000

A flaw that was discovered and disclosed to Microsoft in October has been revealed that allows anyone to track your mouse movements and Microsoft has refused to fix the issue. Read more...

Microsoft has slammed the door on the Windows 8 Media Center activation flaw

Brad Sams — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:15:09 +0000

Microsoft has finally patched an exploit that would turn an illegal copy of Windows 8 into a legal copy by downloading the free Windows Media Center add-on from Microsoft. Read more...

Company claims to have found zero day Windows 8 exploit

John Callaham — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 22:16:01 +0000

A security company called VUPEN claims to have found a zero day exploit in Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 10 and is selling that information to companies. Microsoft has no comment yet. Read more...

Searcher beware: Bing has twice as many poison links as Google

Tyler Holman — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 01:03:50 +0100

A new Sophos study claims that Microsoft's Bing search engine has twice as many 'poison links' as Google, with image searches in particular being plagued by Blackhole exploits and malware. Read more...

Critical Java exploit found, puts 1 billion computers at risk

Tim Schiesser — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:55:15 +0100

A security researcher has discovered another zero-day security exploit in Java, one that affects pretty much every Java version across every browser - putting around one billion computers at risk Read more...

Samsung remote reset exploit fixed for the Galaxy S III

Tim Schiesser — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:54:49 +0100

Samsung has confirmed that a Galaxy S III updated to the latest software version is not vulnerable to the USSD TEL code remote wipe exploit. No word was given regarding other TouchWiz devices Read more...

PSP ISOs caught loading on the PlayStation Vita

Jake Durasamy — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 03:26:48 +0100

An exploit has been video recorded which showcases ISOs for Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and Shining Blade loading and running on Sony's newest handheld console, the PlayStation Vita. Read more...

Google faces FTC fine for spying on Safari users

Paul Ferson — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 02:40:15 +0100

Google faces an investigation from the Federal Trade Commission over an exploit they manipulated with Safari's cookies, allowing them to track users who did not give permission to be tracked. Read more...

Woman files lawsuit against LinkedIn over password breaches

Paul Ferson — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 22:35:21 +0100

An Illinois woman has filed a lawsuit against LinkedIn after its password breach, citing the company's incorrect claims about its level of protection for users. Read more...

IE zero-day flaw being used to hijack Gmail accounts

John Callaham — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 23:01:19 +0100

Both Microsoft and Google have sent out advisories warning users of an IE zero-day exploit that's being used to hijack Gmail accounts, with Google claiming these attacks are "state-sponsored" Read more...

Hack allows any application to run on top of Windows 7 login screen

Owen Williams — Tue, 29 May 2012 00:10:32 +0100

A Windows hack allows a user with access to a computer to configure it to run applications on top of the login screen with administrator rights and is virtually undetectable. Read more...

Microsoft fixes Hotmail password reset exploit

John Callaham — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:04:07 +0100

Microsoft has confirmed that it has fixed an password reset exploit in Hotmail after the problem had apparently already been discovered by hackers earlier this month. Read more...

Windows remote desktop protocol exploit code released

John Callaham — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:05:49 +0000

Chinese hackers have released the road map to creating an exploit code designed to go after a Windows remote desktop protocol flaw that Microsoft issued a patch for this week. Read more...

Facebook porn cyber spam attack stopped

John Callaham — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:40:38 +0000

A web browser exploit that caused a flood of pornographic and violent images to be posted on the News Feeds of a number of Facebook users has now been stopped, according to the company. Read more...

OS X Lion fails to check passwords if authenticating via LDAP

Brad Sams — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:43:12 +0100

A new vulnerability in OS X Lion has been discovered that allows you to bypass a password if authenticating using LDAP; Apple has reportedly confirmed the bugs existence. Read more...

LinkedIn vulnerable through cookie exploit, says expert

Tim Schiesser — Mon, 23 May 2011 14:01:45 +0100

According to Indian security expert Rishi Narang, popular business networking site LinkedIn has security vulnerabilities that could lead to unauthorized account access without a password. This vulnerability it just the latest in a huge string... Read more...

99% of Android phones vulnerable to account exploit

Brad Sams — Tue, 17 May 2011 15:52:56 +0100

Mobile security is quickly becoming a hot topic as iOS and other platforms came under fire for tracking users' location, although that was quickly patched by Apple. Now, reports from the Register state that 99%... Read more...