VMware has released security patches for its Workstation, Player, Fusion, ESXi and ESX products in order to address two vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to compromise the host system or crash a virtual machine. View full post on Techworld.com security View full post on National Cyber Security
Adobe u-turn promises free security patches for Creative Suite
Adobe is to issue free security patches for Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash Professional–the company’s high-profile Creative Suite applications. The U-turn reverses an attempt to force users to pay for a CS6 upgrade in order to rectify the problems. The security vulnerabilities affected both Mac and Windows platforms. View full post…
Apple patches Safari, blocks outdated Flash Player
Apple has patched four security vulnerabilities in Safari and blocked outdated versions of Adobe’s Flash Player from running in its browser. View full post on Techworld.com security View full post on National Cyber Security » Computer Hacking
PHP patches actively exploited CGI vulnerability
The PHP Group has released PHP 5.4.3 and PHP 5.3.13 on Tuesday in order to address two remote code execution vulnerabilities, one of which is being actively exploited by hackers. View full post on Computerworld Security News View full post on National Cyber Security » Announcements
PHP patches critical CGI vulnerability
The PHP Group released PHP 5.4.3 and PHP 5.3.13 on Tuesday to address two remote code execution vulnerabilities, one of which is being actively exploited by hackers. “The releases complete a fix for a vulnerability in CGI-based setups (CVE-2012-2311),” the PHP developers said in the release notes. Additionally, PHP 5.4.3…
Adobe patches new Flash zero-day bug with emergency update
Adobe today warned that hackers are exploiting a critical vulnerability in its popular Flash Player program, and issued an emergency update to patch the bug. View full post on Computerworld Security News View full post on National Cyber Security » Announcements
Oracle to issue 88 security patches next week
Oracle is planning to release 88 patches on Tuesday, covering vulnerabilities affecting a wide array of its products, according to a pre-release announcement posted to its website on Thursday. Tuesday’s scheduled patch release is larger than Oracle’s last quarterly critical patch update in January, when it released 78 fixes. The…
Java update for OS X patches Flashback malware exploit
Following the recent Flashback malware developments for OS X where unpatched vulnerabilities in the latest Java runtime for OS X were being exploited, Apple has issued an update that brings Java up-to-date and patches these vulnerabilities. The patch is available via Software Update for systems that have Java installed, but…
Apple patches Java hole that was being used to compromise Mac users
Apple has released an update to Java for OS X patching a recently exploited vulnerability targeting Mac users. Update now to protect yourself or better yet, remove Java. View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View full post on National Cyber Security
Google patches nine bugs in Chrome 17
Google has patched nine vulnerabilities in Chrome in the sixth security update to Chrome 17, the edition that launched on February 8. The update was the first since the Chrome security team issued a pair of quick fixes during the “Pwnium” hacking event held earlier this month at the CanSecWest…