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A newly formed gang of rogue security researchers calling itself MSRC (Microsoft-Spurned Researcher Collective) has announced it will publicize any Windows vulnerabilities it finds, rather than reporting them privately to Microsoft for the company to patch. Making good on its threat, the group published in a security advisory a vulnerability that can lead to a [...] Read more »
Google engineer Tavis Ormandy, a bug hunter known for finding kernel-level operating system coding errors, has released details about a serious zero-day vulnerability in Windows XP that could leave an open hole for a remote attacker.
The flaw is contained in the Windows Help and Support Center, a Web-based feature providing technical support to end users. [...] Read more »
A just-published attack tactic that bypasses the security protections of most current antivirus software is a “very serious” problem, an executive at one unaffected company said.
Last week, researchers at Matousec.com outlined how attackers could exploit the kernel driver hooks that most security software use to reroute Windows system calls through their software to check for [...] Read more »
Microsoft patched two critical vulnerabilities in Office, the Visual Basic for Applications development tool and its Windows e-mail clients.
Neither of the two security updates Microsoft released today really grabbed researchers. “It’s the month of insignificant patches,” said Tyler Reguly, a lead security research engineer at nCircle Security.
“Sort of the bottom of the barrel,” added Jason [...] Read more »
A just-published attack tactic that bypasses the security protections of most current antivirus software is a “very serious” problem, an executive at one unaffected company said today.
Last Wednesday, researchers at Matousec.com outlined how attackers could exploit the kernel driver hooks that most security software use to reroute Windows system calls through their software to check [...] Read more »
Hackers are targeting iPad users with bogus update messages that dupe them into downloading malicious code onto their Windows PCs, a security researcher said Monday.
The messages claim that a recent update to iTunes has been released for the iPad, according to Romanian security company BitDefender. “It is very important to keep the software on your [...] Read more »
Microsoft should add a basic PDF viewer to Windows to help protect users from the spike in attacks exploiting bugs in Adobe’s Reader, a security researcher said.
“Apple does this with its Preview [application], and Microsoft should, too,” said Sean Sullivan, a security advisor with Finnish antivirus vendor F-Secure’s North American operation. “I just want to [...] Read more »
A critical vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows 2000 Server running Windows Media Services will remain unfixed until Microsoft re-releases a patch for it, the company said on Friday.
A patch for the hole, which could allow an attacker to take control of a system, was released during Patch Tuesday last week. However, Microsoft pulled the patch this [...] Read more »
Enterprise customers of a widely used McAfee anti-virus product were in a world of hurt on Wednesday after an update caused large swaths of their machines to become completely inoperable.
The problem started around 2 pm GMT when McAfee pushed out DAT 5958 to users of VirusScan Enterprise. The virus definition falsely identifies a core Windows [...] Read more »
I recently expressed a lack of surprise that Internet Explorer 9 will almost certainly not be supported on Windows XP. In Redmond’s words, a “modern browser” needs a “modern operating system,” and Windows XP doesn’t qualify. Much to my surprise (well, not really, I know that XP is still used and, apparently, loved by many), [...] Read more »
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