Neowin News Feed for: Hole

Windows has a 17 year old un-patched vulnerability

Benjamin Rubenstein — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:43:52 +0000

When it comes to updating security threats and bugs in their operating systems, Microsoft is, for the most part, pretty good about it. True, there are threats here and there that get overlooked, but eventually,... Read more...

Sausage and mash from the hole in the wall guv'nor? [UK]

Tom Warren — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:48:42 +0000

If you're attempting to take some cash out from an ATM in East London this week then the question "some moolah for ya sky rocket?" may be greeting you shortly. Confused? You might well be,... Read more...

Google Maps street view rips hole in space-time fabric

Brad Sams — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:56:37 +0000

Google Maps street view is a massive undertaking by Google. The idea of bringing a street level view to almost every major road in the country is nothing to scoff at and then to... Read more...

Yahoo Moves Quickly To Plug Phishing Hole

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 00:31:20 +0000

Security Researcher Aditya K Sood is alleging that Yahoo was at risk from a pair of critical phishing and redirection vulnerabilities. According to Sood, the first vulnerability could have allowed certain specific URLs linked on... Read more...

Apple Shuts Down IPv6 Security Hole

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:56:30 +0000

Apple has slammed the door shut on denial-of-service attacks and a security bypass that Type 0 routing headers in IPv6 let in. The company on June 20 put out an update, Mac OS X 10.4.10,... Read more...

Symantec Hole Leaks University Data

Thu, 24 May 2007 22:11:02 +0000

The Academic Advising Center of the University of Colorado's College of Arts and Science made the mistake of not applying a patch to its Symantec Corporation anti-virus management console which resulted in the compromise of... Read more...

Apple fixes AirPort security hole

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:35:40 +0000

Apple Incorporated has released a fix on its website for its wireless networking hub (AirPort Extreme Base Station with 802.11n) that addresses a flaw that permitted incoming connections through the Wi-Fi hub, and another security... Read more...

Security hole found in Office 2007

Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:41:23 +0000

Researchers at eEye Digital Security of Aliso Viejo, California, say they have found a flaw in Microsoft's newly released Office 2007 software whose risk-level is described as "high" since it could let an attacker run... Read more...

Vista Speech Recognition Hole

Tom Warren — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:25:46 +0000

Microsoft has confirmed an issue with the Windows Vista Speech Recognition feature. An issue has been identified publicly where an attacker could use the speech recognition capability of Windows Vista to cause the system to... Read more...

Apple Closes Another Wi-Fi Hole

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:01:27 +0000

The update fixes a vulnerability, which was disclosed in November as part of the Month of Kernel Bugs campaign, that affects both the server and client versions of Mac OS X, Apple said in its... Read more...

Adobe Tackles Risky Hole in PDF

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:00:16 +0000

Adobe Systems has issued updates to fix security flaws in its Reader and Acrobat software that Secunia rated as "highly critical". An attacker could remotely commandeer a computer via vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader, Acrobat... Read more...

Google flaw adds phishing hole to Web sites

Steven Parker — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:31:28 +0000

A security flaw in Google's search appliances could expose Web sites that use the products to information-stealing phishing attacks, experts warned Monday. The Google Search Appliance and Google Mini are used by organizations including banks... Read more...

ActiveX Triggers "Critical" Windows Hole

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 14:14:07 +0000

Microsoft is investigating reports of a vulnerability in a Windows ActiveX control that could allow an attacker to remotely take control of a computer. One security company rated the vulnerability critical, while Microsoft said it... Read more...

Security hole plugged in Skype for Mac

Steven Parker — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 11:04:22 +0000

Skype on Tuesday issued an update that fixes a serious security flaw in its Internet telephony software for Apple Computer's Mac OS X. A vulnerability exists in the way Skype for Mac handles Web links,... Read more...

Yahoo Plugs Security Hole in Web Mail Service

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:15:23 +0000

Yahoo said it has fixed a security vulnerability in its Yahoo Mail service that could have allowed malicious hackers to hijack accounts and harm users in a variety of ways. "We have developed a fix... Read more...

Botnet Herders Attack MS06-040 Worm Hole

Tom Warren — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:28:26 +0000

The first wave of malicious attacks against the MS06-040 vulnerability is underway, using malware that hijacks unpatched Windows machines for use in IRC-controlled botnets. The attacks, which started late Aug. 12, use a variant of... Read more...

Exploit Code Published for Windows Worm Hole

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 09:04:32 +0000

Detailed exploit code for a critical Windows worm hole has been published on the Internet, putting millions of users at risk of PC takeover attacks. The code, which was posted to the Milw0rm Web site,... Read more...

D-Link Leaves Critical Hole Open for 5 Months, And Counting

Sat, 01 Jul 2006 15:58:31 +0000

Security vulnerability discoveries were reported last February to D-Link and surprisingly they still have not been fixed yet! The vulnerability allows remote code to be executed through the routersfirmware potentially leaving affected customers vulnerable to... Read more...

Another security hole found in IE

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 13:13:15 +0000

Secunia published an advisory on Tuesday stating that an error could be exploited to fake the address bar in a browser window. This tactic could be used in phishing scams that attempt to trick people... Read more...

Security Hole in Cisco's IOS Discovered

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 12:33:03 +0000

A bug discovered in an operating system that runs the majority of the world's computer networks would, if exploited, allow an attacker to bring down the nation's critical infrastructure, a computer security researcher said Wednesday... Read more...

Microsoft Admits to Media Center Hole

Mon, 18 Jul 2005 21:42:42 +0000

Microsoft is developing a patch for a newly discovered security flaw in versions of Windows XP which poses a particular threat to computers running XP Media Center edition. The flaw is in Windows Remote Desktop... Read more...

MS Ships 'Killbit' Workaround for IE Security Hole

Wed, 06 Jul 2005 21:30:08 +0000

One week after confirming a code execution flaw in its flagship Internet Explorer browser, Microsoft has shipped a "killbit" package to disable the affected control, javaprxy.dll. The killbit, also known as a registry key update,... Read more...

Microsoft Confirms Code Execution Hole in IE

Fri, 01 Jul 2005 15:08:29 +0000

Microsoft late Thursday confirmed a security flaw in its dominant Internet Explorer browser could be potentially exploited by malicious hackers to take "take complete control of the affected system." The software giant released a security... Read more...

Firefox suffers first 'extremely critical' security hole

Tue, 10 May 2005 17:00:47 +0000

Firefox has unpatched "extremely critical" security holes and exploit code is already circulating on the Net, security researchers have warned. The two unpatched flaws in the Mozilla browser could allow an attacker to take control... Read more...

High-Risk RealPlayer Hole Patched

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 08:58:46 +0000

Digital media delivery outfit RealNetworks Inc. on Wednesday released patches for a high-risk security flaw in several versions of its widely deployed RealPlayer software. The Seattle, Wash.-based company said the flaw could allow an attacker... Read more...

Apple Web hole still open

Thu, 09 Dec 2004 23:38:32 +0000

Apple has still not properly fixed the HFS+ filesystem named fork vulnerability discovered last week, according to the company that first noticed it, NetSec. The fix put out by the company at the end of... Read more...

Serious IE Hole Opens Pre XP SP2 PCs Up to Attacks

Thu, 04 Nov 2004 15:21:23 +0000

US-CERT on Wednesday warned of a fresh hole in Internet Explorer that could allow attackers to take control of a PC via an HTML e-mail message or a malicious Web page. The flaw is all... Read more...

Google patches one security hole, but another surfaces

Thu, 21 Oct 2004 21:15:22 +0000

Search engine darling Google Inc. has patched a hole in its search engine the could have allowed malicious hackers to modify the content of the Google search results page or silently modify search results, but... Read more...

Deutsche Telekom Passport hole exposes 120,000

Fri, 30 Jul 2004 09:19:40 +0000

Deutsche Telekom this week was forced to suspend all activities of its Online Business Service Operation Centre (OBSOC), a German version of the Microsoft's Passport system, which enables customers to order and pay for online... Read more...

New Linux Security Hole Found

Tue, 15 Jun 2004 17:26:13 +0000

A new security hole has been found in Linux. All it takes is a C program and shell access (to upload and run the program). Not only did this young program find the bug,... Read more...

QuickTime hole waiting to be filled in

Thu, 04 Mar 2004 15:36:22 +0000

A critical hole in Apple Computer Inc.'s QuickTime media player has been identified and is waiting on a patch from the vendor. The vulnerability rated at "high severity" by eEye Digital Security -- the company... Read more...

MS Security Hole In VPC

Thu, 12 Feb 2004 15:34:59 +0000

A security vulnerability exists in Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac. The vulnerability exists because of the method by which Virtual PC for Mac creates a temporary file when you run Virtual PC for Mac. An... Read more...

New Explorer hole could be devastating

Thu, 29 Jan 2004 00:10:58 +0000

A security hole in Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer could prove devastating. Following the exposure of a vulnerability in Windows XP earlier this week, "http-equiv" of Malware has revealed that Explorer 6 users (and possibly users... Read more...

Apple patches Mac OS X hole

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 23 Dec 2003 10:27:08 +0000

Apple Computer has issued a security update that, among other fixes, closes a hole in Mac OS X that could have allowed hackers to take control of a computer under particular circumstances. The patch, which... Read more...

AMD pricing itself into a black hole with the Thorton?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 12 Jul 2003 05:46:22 +0000

IF AND WHEN AMD'S new AthlonFX "Thorton" goes on sale - and it's not yet certain if that name is anything other than a marketing doodle, it's unclear where the chip wil fit in the... Read more...

Security hole found in Linux

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 19 Mar 2003 19:54:05 +0000

Programmers disclosed a security hole this week in a part of the heart of the Linux operating system that could let users of a machine take it over even if they don't have privileges to... Read more...

Hole found in Sun server software

Fri, 14 Mar 2003 19:54:31 +0000

A flaw in Sun Microsystems' Web server software could allow hackers to gain control of Web sites, a security consulting company warned. Cambridge, Mass.-based @Stake issued a bulletin late Thursday on the vulnerability... Read more...

Microsoft: IE security hole worse than reported

Sun, 08 Dec 2002 07:07:49 +0000

Microsoft on Friday raised its threat rating for a security flaw in its Internet Explorer browser to "critical," in response to criticism of its initial assessment of the hole's danger. A... Read more...

KDE fixes SSL hole as MS dithers

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 19 Aug 2002 12:22:28 +0000

New KDE binary RPMs have been released, as promised, with a fix for the SSL certificate vulnerability affecting Windows and Konqueror. KDE 3.0.3 primarily provides stability enhancements over KDE 3.0.2, which shipped in early July... Read more...

Macromedia security hole affects Windows, Unix

Darren Bolton — Sun, 11 Aug 2002 19:15:56 +0000

A security hole in the widely used Macromedia Shockwave Flash file format used with Web browsers can allow an attacker to execute code of their choice on affected systems, according to a new security alert... Read more...