Google released a new version of its Chrome browser in order to update the bundled Flash Player plug-in and address serious security vulnerabilities. Google Chrome 17.0.963.56 fixes 12 security flaws, seven of which are considered high severity, four of medium severity and one of low severity. Security researcher Jüri Aedla…
Adobe Patches Flash Player Security Flaws
The emergency update patches seven vulnerabilities. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
Oracle Java and Adobe Shockwave patches for February too
Adobe and Oracle both released critical fixes as their valentine to you. Shockwave and Java both contain remote code execution vulnerabilities, so be sure to update them as soon as possible. View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View full post on National Cyber Security
Mozilla patches ‘critical’ Firefox security hole
Mozilla rates this a "critical" vulnerability that can be used to run attacker code and install software, requiring no user interaction beyond normal browsing. View full post on firefox hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
DO NOT install Microsoft patches or updates sent by email (They are fake)
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HTC Patches Wi-Fi Security Flaw in Android Phones
The vulnerability could allow an attacker to view all Wi-Fi user names, passwords and SSID information stored on a device. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
Google patches 4 serious Chrome bugs, ups bounty payments
Google has patched four vulnerabilities in Chrome, and disclosed that it had patched a fifth two weeks ago. The refresh of Chrome 16 was the second security-related update for the browser this month. One of the five bugs Google said had been quashed was actually a leftover from the 9…
Microsoft patches dangerous web flaw in double time
Microsoft has issued an out-of-band fix for a vulnerability in its ASP.NET web platform that could allow an attacker to launch a successful DoS attack on a server using a nothing more sophisticated than a stream of 100kb files. Although not yet being exploited in the wild, Microsoft decided the…
Adobe patches two vulnerabilities in Reader and Acrobat
Adobe releases out-of-band patch for Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x in order to address actively exploited vulnerabilities Adobe Systems has released Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.4.7 in order to patch two vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited in attacks against companies from the defense industry. One of the security flaws,…
Google’s Chrome 16 Patches 15 Security Flaws
The newest version of the browser addresses six high-risk, seven medium-risk, and two low-risk vulnerabilities. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security