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Apple Takes Novel Approach to Killing Flashback Trojan on Mac OS X 10.7 and 10.6

Apple has released a new version of Java for Mac OS X 10.7 and 10.6 to tackle the Flashback Trojan believed to have infected more than 600,000 Macs. Read more

Apr 16, 2012

Apple Flashback Malware Removal Includes Innovative Approach to Reducing Risk for Macs

Apple is dealing with the harsh reality that Mac OS X has become a target for malware attacks. Read more

Apr 14, 2012

Security is bought with liberty

Security and Liberty are opposite ends of the same see-saw. Read more

Apr 13, 2012

http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/apple-flashback-malware-72716

Despite getting slammed by some corners of the security industry over Flashback, Apple gets praise for its “innovative” Java update Read more

Apr 13, 2012

Microsoft, Adobe and Google release fixes on Patch Tuesday

Microsoft released six bulletins to address 11 vulnerabilities, including four critical fixes, on its April Patch Tuesday. Read more

Apr 11, 2012

Critical Patch Tuesday bulletin addresses Microsoft Office attack seen in the wild

Critical Patch Tuesday bulletin addresses Microsoft Office attack seen in the wild Read more

Apr 11, 2012

Microsoft Seals up Windows Zero-Day Flaw in April Patch Tuesday

Kill Bit for every MS boy and girl Read more

Apr 11, 2012

Microsoft and Adobe to release critical patches today

Microsoft is to release six patches for 11 vulnerabilities as part of its April security update, scheduled for today. Read more

Apr 10, 2012

Death, taxes, and Microsoft's Patch Tuesday

IT administrators in the US better have their taxes done already because Microsoft is sending plenty of work on Tuesday with six security bulletins, four of which are rated critical and could lead to remote exploitation by hackers. Read more

Apr 9, 2012

Apple patches Java flaw

Apple has released a fix for a vulnerability in Java software running on Mac OS X machines. Read more

Apr 4, 2012

Apple Plugs Java Hole After Flashback Trojan Intrusion

6 weeks after Microsoft machines are patched... Read more

Apr 4, 2012

Adobe Patches Two Critical Flash Player Vulnerabilities

Adobe has released a patch that fixes two critical vulnerabilities in its Flash Player web browser plug-in. Read more

Mar 30, 2012

Adobe auto-update eases Flash update chore - on Windows only

Back doors plugged without lifting a finger Read more

Mar 29, 2012

Adobe Announces Automatic, Silent Updates for Flash

Adobe has announced that its Flash Player will update itself silently and automatically from the new release. Read more

Mar 29, 2012

Microsoft releases six security bulletins in March's Patch Tuesday

Details emerge on Microsoft's most critical patch of the year Read more

Mar 14, 2012

Experts Sound Worm Alarm for Critical Windows Bug

Microsoft patches Remote Desktop Protocol flaw, urges customers to apply update or workaround ASAP Read more

Mar 13, 2012

Microsoft Issues Urgent Patch for 'Wormable' RDP Vulnerability

Microsoft Issues Urgent Patch for 'Wormable' RDP Vulnerability Read more

Mar 13, 2012

Party Hearty: Microsoft Gives Administrators a Break for St. Patrick's Day

Microsoft is giving IT administrators a break so they can party hearty on St. Patrick’s Day, with only one critical bulletin out of the six set to ship on Patch Tuesday. Read more

Mar 12, 2012

Symantec Criticizes Google for Stripping Security Certificate Checks from Chrome

Google becomes single point of failure for browser security, warns vendor Read more

Feb 20, 2012

Oracle Plugs 14 Holes in Java

Oracle this week issued a critical patch update (CPU) that fixes 14 vulnerabilities in its Java SE product. Read more

Feb 16, 2012

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday Highlights Flaws in Internet Explorer

Critical fixes for the latest versions Read more

Feb 15, 2012

Microsoft and Oracle Mark Valentines with Patching Spree

Four of the Microsoft-updates are critical Read more

Feb 15, 2012

Microsoft, Oracle and Adobe Join Bumper Valentine Patch Day

Software vulnerabilities have no respect for occasion Read more

Feb 15, 2012

Critical IE Update Dominates Valentine's Patch Tuesday

Explorer patch the only one giving sysadmins the fear Read more

Feb 15, 2012

Microsoft, Oracle, Adobe Send Patches for Valentine's Day

The Valentine's Day 2012 edition of Patch Tuesday is upon us, and Microsoft has come forward with details on the nine bulletins it previewed last week. Read more

Feb 14, 2012

IE Update Top Priority for Patch Tuesday

Microsoft is to release nine bulletins addressing a total of 21 vulnerabilities in its monthly Patch Tuesday security update on 14 February, according to the company’s advance notification. Read more

Feb 13, 2012

From Redmond with Love: Microsoft Ships 21 Patches on Valentine's Day

On Valentine’s Day, Microsoft is sending IT administrators a big bouquet of 21 security patches. Read more

Feb 13, 2012

Microsoft's Valentine's Gift: Nine Bulletins with Four Critical Centres

Microsoft will release nine bulletins to address 21 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer and .NET/Silverlight on its next Patch Tuesday. Read more

Feb 10, 2012

Microsoft Announces Its February Patch Tuesday

A Valentine's Day full of fixes Read more

Feb 10, 2012

Valentine's Patch Tuesday to Fix 21 Flaws

Microsoft won't be spreading the love this Valentine's Day as nine security bulletins are set to be released Read more

Feb 10, 2012

Microsoft to Send Users 4 Critical Patches on Valentine's Day

Sealed with an XSS Read more

Feb 10, 2012

Microsoft Readies Valentine's Day Security Updates

Patch Tuesday will fix vulnerabilities that could result in remote code execution Read more

Feb 10, 2012

Microsoft Ruining Valentine's Day with Nine Bulletins

Microsoft revealed today that there are nine new security bulletins slated for next Tuesday Read more

Feb 9, 2012

Marlinspike Asks Browser Vendors to Back SSL-Validator

'Convergence' open source dev needs vendors to balance the load Read more

Feb 8, 2012

Hackers May Be Able to "Outwit" Online Banking Security Devices

Investigators probe malware threat to 2-factor authentication Read more

Feb 6, 2012

Oracle Halts Denial of Service Threat with Patches

Oracle has issued patches to close down a vulnerability that could cause a denial of service in some products Read more

Feb 3, 2012

Half of Fortune 500 Firms Infected with DNS Changer

Machines will be cut off from the Web next month, say experts Read more

Feb 2, 2012

Security B-Sides London Conference to Return in April

The second Security B-Sides London conference will take place on 25 April at the Barbican. Read more

Feb 1, 2012

CSO Interchange: Cloud Concerns Are Largely Propaganda

Last week’s CSO Interchange roundtable centered on “Barriers to Cloud Adoption” Read more

Jan 31, 2012

Oracle Issues 78 Vulnerability Patches

Combined with Microsoft and Adobe patches, Oracle has made IT departments' lives a little harder this month. Read more

Jan 17, 2012

Oracle Will Release a Raft of Patches Tomorrow

Enterprise vendor Oracle is gearing up to release a critical update tomorrow. Read more

Jan 16, 2012

Adobe Plugs Six Critical Holes in Reader

Also gives IT admins more control over PDF docs; oft-exploited JavaScript Read more

Jan 12, 2012

Microsoft and Adobe Release First Major Patch Bundles of 2012

Microsoft released seven bulletins last night to fix one critical issue on its first Patch Tuesday of 2012. Read more

Jan 11, 2012

Tuesday Fix for Media Player and Security Bypass

Seven bulletins issued in Microsoft's first Patch Tuesday of 2012 Read more

Jan 11, 2012

Microsoft Fix Media Player and Security Bypass Issues on Patch Tuesday

Seven bulletins issued in Microsoft's first Patch Tuesday of 2012 Read more

Jan 11, 2012

Microsoft Slays the BEAST, and Six Other Patch Tuesday Updates

Microsoft has released seven security bulletins for the first Patch Tuesday of 2012 -- including a late patch for the BEAST attacks Read more

Jan 10, 2012

Microsoft Issues Seven Security Patches, BEAST fix included

Microsoft on Tuesday released seven security fixes, including one cited as “critical," to correct eight vulnerabilities. Read more

Jan 10, 2012

Microsoft Rings in the New Year with a Larger Than Usual Patch Tuesday

On Tuesday, Microsoft is releasing seven new security bulletins, a large number for a traditionally light month for security patches Read more

Jan 9, 2012

Microsoft and Adobe Plan Busy January Patch Days

IT departments will have a busy month of patching to kick off 2012. Read more

Jan 9, 2012

Invisible DoS Attack Devised by White Hat Hacker

Apache, Nginx and IIS vulnerable to prolonged web server response reads Read more

Jan 6, 2012

Microsoft to Start 2012 with Seven Bulletins on Patch Tuesday

Microsoft has announced that it will release seven bulletins addressing eight vulnerabilities on its first patch Tuesday of 2012 Read more

Jan 6, 2012

Microsoft Readies 7 Fixes for Upcoming Patch Tuesday

Microsoft has revealed it will close seven security loopholes with its upcoming Patch Tuesday update Read more

Jan 6, 2012

BEAST SSL Fix in Supersized Patch Tuesday

Microsoft's 2012 kick-off features 7 security bulletins Read more

Jan 6, 2012

Microsoft Gears up for a Fat January Patch Tuesday

Includes a security feature bypass Read more

Jan 6, 2012

Researcher Devises Hard-to-Detect Denial-of-Service Attack Against HTTP Servers

Qualys software engineer devises a new type of slow HTTP DoS attack and releases tool to test it Read more

Jan 5, 2012

Qualys Partners with MetricStream to Build Vulnerability Detection and Remediation Framework

Qualys has announced a partnership with MetricStream to create a framework that enables customers to identify, report and remediate vulnerabilities. Read more

Jan 4, 2012

MetricStream and Qualys Partnership Brings Actionable Security and Risk Intelligence to IT-GRC

Qualys and MetricStream today announced the integration of MetricStream IT-GRC Solution with QualysGuard® Vulnerability Management (VM) Read more

Jan 4, 2012

Microsoft Publishes Workaround for ASP.NET Vulnerability

Microsoft published an advisory to provide a workaround to help protect ASP.NET customers from a publicly disclosed vulnerability that affects various web platforms. Read more

Jan 3, 2012

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