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Prize for zero-day Windows flaws set at $20,000

2008-01-16 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b1bc3c in Network World on Security
 
A security research company is offering $20,000 for information on undisclosed security flaws in Microsoft's Windows OS
 
 
 
 
 
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Oracle fixes critical flaws in quarterly update

2008-01-16 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b73284 in Network World on Security
 
Oracle has released 26 fixes across its product line in its latest critical patch update, nine of which repair flaws that are remotely exploitable SpamTitan - Virtual Email Appliance Advertisement 99% Spam Detection, Kaspersky AV, Anti phishing, $500 for 100 users. Download 30 Day Trial Now
 
 
 
 
 
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Attacks aimed at Adobe Reader, Acrobat flaws intensify

2008-02-11 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b38dc4 in Network World on Security
 
The flaws disclosed last week in Adobe System's Reader and Acrobat programs have been used to exploit computers since at least January via malicious banner advertisements, security analysts are reporting
 
 
 
 
 
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The Seven Flaws of Identity Management: Usability and Security Challenges

2008-05-22 06:22:46 by Editor in IEEE Security and Privacy
 
Identity management systems' scale and complexity, combined with the privacy and security requirements demanded of them, create steep challenges for usability. In this article, the authors posit seven flaws or design challenges that must be met for the general public to accept and use identity management systems
 
 
 
 
 
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Tillian IM, Facebook and Apple iCal flaws

2008-05-26 00:00:00 by Jason Meserve in Network World on Security
 
...flaws in each were discoverd. Fortunately, for Trillian users an update is available. But Facebook and iCal users are still waiting for fixes. Facebook users could have their accounts compromised through a password capture script. iCal is vulnerable to a critical flaw that was disclosed by Core Security after Apple dragged its feet over a patch
 
 
 
 
 
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Ruby creators warn of serious flaws

2008-06-24 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b45688 in Network World on Security
 
The Ruby programming language, which has become popular as the basis for Web 2.0 sites such as Twitter, contains serious security flaws that could allow attackers to take over an organization's Web server, according to the Ruby development team
 
 
 
 
 
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Design flaws, besides vulnerabilities, hurt banking sites

2008-07-23 00:00:00 by HASH0x8472e80 in Network World on Security
 
Banking Web sites suffer from design flaws that undermine their security, exclusive of software vulnerabilities, according to a University of Michigan study to be released Friday
 
 
 
 
 
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Basic Flaws Allow Phishing And Spamming Vulnerabilities In iPhone

2008-07-23 22:34:27 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Security researcher Aviv Raff has discovered a pair of basic design flaws that could allow malicious phishing and spamming attacks on your iPhone. According to an advisory from Raff, the iPhones Mail and Safari applications are susceptible to a URL Spoofing vulnerability which allow attackers to conduct phishing attacks. iPhone Mail and Safari...
 
 
 
 
 
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On virtualisation

2007-05-29 16:20:00 by Niels Provos in Google Online Security Blog
 
...flaws, such as buffer overflows, in emulated hardware devices. One example of this is missing bounds checking in bitblt routines , which are used for moving rectangular blocks of data around the display. If exploited, by specifying pathological parameters for the operation, this could lead to an attacker compromising the virtual machine...