A security vulnerability in Opera 10.50 and previous versions of the web browser was uncovered by security research company VUPEN Security. The issue is caused by a buffer overflow error when the user visits a website with malformed HTTP headers. The security vulnerability has been confirmed to be working on Opera 10.50 for Windows XP [...]
New Internet Explorer Vulnerability Confirmed
Microsoft have confirmed a new Internet Explorer security vulnerability which is affecting only pre-Windows Vista operating systems like Windows XP meaning that users running Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2000 and Server 2008 R2 are not affected by the issue.
The vulnerability is not exploited currently according to Microsoft’s information and it is not likely [...]
Adobe Fixes Adobe Download Manager Vulnerability
A security vulnerability in Adobe Download Manager was discovered this month besides the recently discovered security vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Flash which had also been discovered and fixed by Adobe.
We have posted information about the security vulnerability in the forum but not here on the blog. Adobe has now updated information [...]
Adobe Fixes Critical Shockwave Vulnerability
Adobe has issues a security patch for their Adobe Shockwave software program that fixes on vulnerability that has been rated critical. The vulnerability gives attackers, who can attack systems remotely, control over affected computer systems. The interesting aspect of the issued patch is that Adobe recommends to completely uninstall Adobe Shockwave 11.5.0.596 or earlier on [...]
Microsoft Security Bulletin May 2009
Microsoft has released the Security Bulletin for May 2009 which contains one Microsoft Office PowerPoint vulnerability which affects various editions of Microsoft Office but also the Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack. Affected are Microsoft Office PowerPoint editions in Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, Office 2003 and Microsoft Office 2007. The security [...]
Google Chrome Security Vulnerability
Now this did not take long. Only one day after releasing a first public beta version of Google Chrome researchers at Kaspersky discovered (Thanks Neil for sending the tip) a security vulnerability that combines a security flaw in Webkit, the browser engine used by Google Chrome, with a Java bug. Apple fixed the vulnerability in [...]
Game Over For Windows Vista’s Security?
I picked up an interesting story over at Neowin entitled “Vista’s Security Rendered Completely Useless by New Exploit” which reports on a new technique hat can “bypass all memory protection safeguards that Microsoft built into Windows Vista.”
The researchers were able to load whatever content they wanted into any location they wished on a user’s machine [...]