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Adobe fixes critical Shockwave Flash Player flaw

A bug in Shockwave Player can lead to the bad guys taking complete control of your PC. Happily, Adobe has issued a fix. Read more »

Posted: Jun 26, 2009

Symantec moves further into managed services

Symantec has announced endpoint protection management and monitoring services. Read more »

Posted: Jun 25, 2009

11 Firefox flaws patched

Mozilla has patched 11 flaws for its Firefox browser, six of them rated critical and offering attackers a way to access system files. Read more »

Posted: Jun 15, 2009

RIM patches BorkBerry flaw

BlackBerry Attachment Service has a flaw that uses malicious PDF files to access to system files. A fix has landed. Read more »

Posted: May 29, 2009

McAfee buying Solidcore Systems for its whitelist technology

McAfee is bulking up its ability to protect automatic teller machines and embedded systems. Read more »

Posted: May 18, 2009

Trend Micro to acquire Third Brigade for virtualization, cloud security

Trend Micro will scoop up Third Brigade to improve its datacenter security strategy. Read more »

Posted: Apr 30, 2009

HP patches critical OpenView flaws

The remote network software contains flaws that could be exploited to gain access to critical files. Read more »

Posted: Mar 25, 2009

Mozilla repairs two Firefox flaws

Vulnerabilities causing browser instability and memory corruption errors could be exploited by attackers to access sensitive information. Read more »

Posted: Mar 9, 2009

Adobe fixes two Flash flaws

Flaws in Adobe Flash Player could be used by an attacker to gain access to system files and take control of a computer. Adobe recommends updating to the latest version. Read more »

Posted: Feb 26, 2009

Kaspersky website was hacked more than once

The Kaspersky website was accessed by a number of unknown parties after details of its vulnerabilities were posted to hackersblog.org. Read more »

Posted: Feb 16, 2009

Antivirus vendor Kaspersky's website hacked

Antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab's website has been compromised and hackers seem to have had access to 2,500 email addresses for several days. Read more »

Posted: Feb 10, 2009

Cisco fixes WLAN security flaws

Cisco has warned about, and repaired, sever security problems in some of its Wireless LAN equipment. Read more »

Posted: Feb 6, 2009

Spam in 2009: The aftermath of McColo

Spam levels have been climbing slowly since the shutdown of McColo, and will continue to do so in 2009. Read more »

Posted: Jan 19, 2009

Maintaining security with an ailing budget

Budgets are being slashed company wide, but with careful management you can minimise how this affects your security operations. Read more »

Posted: Jan 15, 2009

AVG acquires HIPS vendor Sana Security

AVG Technologies will incorporate Sana Security's behavioural software into its existing products. Read more »

Posted: Jan 14, 2009

RIM fixes critical BlackBerry PDF flaws

RIM's latest update fixes a vulnerability that allows malicious PDFs attachments corrupt system memory and compromise data. Read more »

Posted: Jan 14, 2009

Microsoft updates critical SMB server flaw

Microsoft's latest update addresses two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities and a denial-of-service flaw in the Server Message Block. Read more »

Posted: Jan 14, 2009

Oracle patches 41 bugs

Oracle's latest mega-patch tackles vulnerabilities in Oracle Secure Backup, Database and Application Server. Read more »

Posted: Jan 13, 2009

Microsoft RPC worm spreads

A worm exploiting the Microsoft RPC vulnerability is causing trouble for those companies slow to deploy a patch. Read more »

Posted: Jan 12, 2009

Microsoft to issue critical Windows patch

The first of Microsoft's patches for the year fixes a remote code execution bug in Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Read more »

Posted: Jan 9, 2009

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