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  • RIM patches yet another PDF-related BES flaw

    That pesky PDF distiller in Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) BlackBerry Attachment Service has yet again been identified as a security risk, and RIM has issued another "interim security update" to patch the vulnerability.

    Written by Al Sacco16 Dec. 10 11:02
  • SAP pushes out 'significant' patch update

    SAP released a "significant number" of security patches for its Business Suite applications and NetWeaver middleware platform on Tuesday, following an "extensive scan of 280 million lines of coding with new, enhanced code scan tools," according to the company.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus16 Dec. 10 05:41
  • RIM patches another flaw in BlackBerry enterprise server

    Research In Motion yesterday released an "interim security update" for BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) 5.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2)for Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus Domino due to a vulnerability that could have potentially allowed a hacker or other malicious person access to organizations' BES infrastructure. That flaw could have also been used to execute Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, according to the BlackBerry-maker. And it affects not just the full version of BES, but the free BES Express, as well.

    Written by Al Sacco14 Oct. 10 05:56
  • Microsoft releases biggest-ever security update

    Microsoft released its largest-ever set of security patches Tuesday, fixing a total of 49 bugs in products such as Windows, Internet Explorer and Office.

    Written by Robert McMillan13 Oct. 10 05:51
  • Oracle, Microsoft ready major security updates

    Microsoft isn't the only company planning a boatload of security patches for next week. Oracle plans to fix 81 vulnerabilities in its database, middleware and operating system products on Tuesday, the same day Microsoft's fixes are due.

    Written by Robert McMillan08 Oct. 10 09:05
  • Apple, Adobe patch critical bugs

    Adobe Systems and Apple released security updates Monday, including a critical Adobe Flash Player fix for a flaw that had been used in cyberattacks.

    Written by Robert McMillan21 Sept. 10 06:22
  • Apple patches months-old QuickTime bugs

    Apple patched a critical vulnerability in QuickTime on Wednesday that was reported to the company by a bug bounty program months ago.

    Written by Gregg Keizer17 Sept. 10 09:29
  • Security program automatically tracks down missing patches

    Secunia has updated its Personal Software Inspector (PSI) with the ability to silently download and apply patches from multiple vendors soon after their release. PSI 2.0 is now available in an open beta test,

    Written by Jeremy Kirk03 Sept. 10 21:13
  • Cisco patches bug that crashed 1 percent of Internet

    Cisco has fixed a bug in its IOS (Internetwork Operating System) router software that contributed to a brief Internet blackout last week, thought to have affected about 1 percent of the Internet.

    Written by Robert McMillan31 Aug. 10 07:24
  • uTorrent patches application against DLL vulnerability

    The developers of the uTorrent file-sharing application have released an updated version that fixes a problem that could allow an attacker to load malicious code onto a user's computer.

    Written by Jeremy Kirk30 Aug. 10 04:31
  • Adobe fixes 20 vulnerabilities in Shockwave Player

    Adobe Systems patched 20 security vulnerabilities in its Shockwave Player on Tuesday. Most of the flaws could allow an attacker to run their own code on an affected computer.

    Written by Jeremy Kirk26 Aug. 10 03:55
  • Apple fixes big security bugs in Mac OS X

    Apple has released a security update to its Mac OS X operating system, fixing a number of critical security issues in the software.

    Written by Robert McMillan25 Aug. 10 05:34
  • Google patches 10 Chrome bugs, pays out $US10K in bounties

    Google on Thursday patched 10 vulnerabilities in Chrome, but did not award any of the researchers who reported bugs the new top-dollar reward of $US3,133. Google's most serious threat rating, seven labeled "high" and another pegged as "medium."

    Written by Gregg Keizer21 Aug. 10 01:20
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