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PCWorld.com XSS

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PCWorld is a leading magazine in the field of Information Technology updating its reader with the modern trends in technology, computers, gadgets etc. The magazine is available in paper back format and has a website as well. A month back … Continue reading

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Inside story: Firefox 16 eploit code revealed

  Mozzila firefox, one of the most popular browser on planet had two think on its security and withdrew the release of its version 16 after a security researcher had discovered a vulnerability in the release. The new version 16 … Continue reading

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Microsoft RDP exploit code leaked

Microsoft patch process was once again beaten up as the exploit code for the vulnerability lying in the RDP (remote desktop) was leaked as confirmed by a source on twitter. According to a bulletin (CVE-2012-0002) released by Microsoft, a remote … Continue reading

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Zero-Day vulnerability patched in Opera

Security researcher José A. Vázquez had discovered a security hole in Opera browser that could have been exploited to inject malicious code. Vázquez says that he found the hole and notified the developers with a proof of concept a year ago. … Continue reading

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Oracle patches 57 vulnerabilities

Software giant Oracle has released a critical update that fixes a large number of security holes in its products. The products range from Linux 5, Sun Ray, Sun Product Suit, Fusion Middleware, Application Server, Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition etc. The patch … Continue reading

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Adobe patches 14 vulnerabilities in Acrobat and Reader

PDF files have been an easy target for scammers and cyber criminals to infect people. And so has been Adobe. It has been an easy target of attackers, be it reader or flash player. Adobe has released updates to put … Continue reading

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Social engineering : An unpatched human bug!

Social engineering is widely used in the art of exploitation i.e “hacking” today. Its one of the most fabulous or you can say a fatal way of attacking. It can be defined or described as a non-technical kind of intrusion … Continue reading

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Critical vulnerabilities addressed in Firefox 6

Firefox 6 has been released by Mozilla as the next version of the open source browser. Also Mozilla has released a number of critical vulnerabilities that can be exploited to compromise systems. Several memory-related vulnerabilities affecting WebGL, JavaScript, Ogg reader and the … Continue reading

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Zero-day vulnerability found in WordPress image utility

TimThumb is a simple, flexible, PHP script that resizes images. It is widely used in many themes for the blogging platform WordPress. According to a news published at The Register, Hackers are actively exploiting a flaw in the image-resizing utility. Mark Maunder, … Continue reading

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Vulnerabilities in Oracle and Safari fixed

Major vulnerabilities have been fixed in Oracle and Apple’s web browser Safari. Taking Oracle first, a number of 78 vulnerabilities have been patched. Some of the vulnerabilities found can be mitigated by blocking the network protocols required for their exploitation. … Continue reading

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