Tag Archives: Vulnerabilities
Apple released OS X Lion v10.7.3 and Security Updates
Apple released OS X Lion v10.7.3 and the Security Update 2012-001 to address some vulnerabilities in various components. All the fixes are important, but these can have a direct negative effect on your personal privacy and security because they can be … Continue reading
Critical vulnerabilities in Firefox, Thunderbird and Seamonkey
Mozilla has announced that a critical vulnerability is affecting versions earlier than 9 of Firefox (except v3.6) and Thunderbird and versions earlier than 2.6 of SeaMonkey communication suite. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute malicious code on a machine using … Continue reading
Adobe and Microsoft released security updates
Adobe finally released its software which now removed completely the DigiNotar certificates from their Approved Trust List (AATL). Despite the fact that Adobe released a few day ago detailed instructions how to manually remove the certificate, we strongly suggest to all readers … Continue reading
Apple patches vulnerabilities in iWork
Apple released an update for iWork 9.0 through 9.0.5 which fixes three vulnerabilities which could potentially be used to perform malicious actions. The new version, 9.1, fixes a buffer overflow which could lead to unexpected program termination and also arbitrary code … Continue reading
Microsoft delivers 2 Updates for 3 Vulnerabilities
On the May 2011 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released 2 security bulletins with according updates to close 3 security holes – just as announced last week. One of them is a critical and only affects the WINS server of Windows Server … Continue reading
Many Updates on Patch Tuesday
Just as announced Friday last week, Microsoft released 17 security bulletins and according updates, fixing overall more than 60 security vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Office and the Developer tools. According to the exploitability index of the security bulletin summary, … Continue reading
Improve your Security #4: Update your Software often
Every week or even day we see new vulnerabilities popping up in all software packages which we use daily: In the operating system (Windows, Mac, Linux), PDF Readers, Web browsers, Mail clients, Office suites, and so on. It is critical … Continue reading
Many Updates: Flash Player, Mac OS X, Firefox
Today is a busy day for those who want to keep their computers secure: Many updates are available, from Adobes Flash Player over Apples Mac OS X operating system to the Firefox webbrowser. There is a security vulnerability in Flash … Continue reading
Critical Java Update and a new Windows Vulnerability
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been found within the current Java runtime environments, both for client computers and for servers. These allow attackers to infect computers for example with a Trojan just by luring victims into visiting manipulated websites. Oracle now … Continue reading
Safer browsing – Chrome Update available
Google released the web browser Chrome 8.0.552.237 last night to fix 16 security vulnerabilities in the software. Of the vulnerabilities, one is rated as being “critical”, while 13 get the rating “high” and two the rating “medium”. The Update gets … Continue reading