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Symantec Report: Vista Code Contains Security Loopholes

Steven Parker — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:51:18 +0000

A new report from Symantec security researchers contends that Microsoft's much-awaited Vista operating system could harbor a range of vulnerabilities that will make it less secure than previous iterations of Windows. According to research published... Read more...

Firefox Update Contains 21 Security Fixes

Sat, 15 Apr 2006 15:21:32 +0000

Late last week, the Mozilla foundation rolled out an update for Firefox, a web browser (see here). Whilst they somewhat coyly alluded to a number of fixes in the version, it wasn't immediately clear the... Read more...

Yahoo Instant Messenger contains security flaw

Wed, 03 Dec 2003 19:41:46 +0000

Security researchers are warning of a security hole in Yahoo Inc.'s Messenger that could allow attackers to run their own code on computers using the instant messaging program. The buffer overrun vulnerability was discovered... Read more...

Adobe Acrobat PDF viewers contains flaw

Thu, 27 Mar 2003 14:17:26 +0000

This may seem old news and was indeed already discovered in 2001, but even though Adobe has been notified about it, no fix exists today. [Michel] Acrobat plug-ins can be digitally signed... Read more...

Macromedia: 'Flash Player contains critical security flaw'

Michael Stanclift — Mon, 10 Mar 2003 02:44:53 +0000

Macromedia is warning its users of what it calls a critical security flaw found in the latest version of its Flash animation player. It is advising customers to immediately install a new version just released... Read more...

Windows XP Shell contains vulnerability

Thu, 19 Dec 2002 00:00:26 +0000

This security vulnerability has been rated Critical An unchecked buffer exists in one of the functions used by the Windows Shell to extract custom attribute information from audio files. A security vulnerability... Read more...

GameSpy Arcade installer contains Nimda Worm

Marcel Klum — Thu, 27 Jun 2002 08:25:06 +0000

Saw this bit over at gamers.nl Thanks for alerting us to the possible presence of a virus in the GameSpy Arcade Installer. We verified that the GameSpy Arcade Installer did indeed contain... Read more...