The continued exploit of many vulnerable applications that have been fixed by vendors for over a year highlight the need to keep software updated with the latest versions and patches.
A new report released by security firm M86 Security reveals a trend toward more sophisticated forms of malware in taking advantage of vulnerabilities in common software [...]
Common Vulnerabilities in Many Common Applications Still Exploited by Hackers
September 3rd, 2010 · No Comments
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Mozilla Firefox Releases Fixes for Several Major Security Holes
September 1st, 2010 · No Comments
Mozilla implements new initiatives to ensure the security of its browser to fix the main security holes, and this brings Firefox’s latest version to 3.6.7.
The Mozilla foundation, the organization behind the Firefox browser, announced recently that it has released a patch to fix many major security holes found in its software, as well as the [...]
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Beware of Vulnerabilities in Windows and Office
April 8th, 2010 · No Comments
Microsoft recently released a number of security bulletins and patches addressing vulnerabilities in Windows and Office that are of high risk to users. It’s widely believed that many will be exploited by hackers within the next 30 days. One of them could potentially allow hackers or malware authors to easily compromise systems by tricking users [...]
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Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall Software
February 26th, 2010 · No Comments
The network security company Palo Alto Networks™ has accomplished the 1,000th enterprise customer milestone, thus, meaning the company has won leading Fortune 1000 organizations such as Qualcomm and DTE Energy. Palo Alto Networks has vastly extended their technology and market leadership through their new next-generation firewall software and their customer acquisition.
As stated by Palo Alto [...]
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Vulnerabilities
February 9th, 2010 · No Comments
The web is indeed becoming a dangerous place. These days, your PC could become infected with malware or vulnerable to a hacker attack just by innocently browsing a website or opening an email. Last July 14th, Microsoft released six bulletins with fixes for at least nine known security vulnerabilities that put users at risk in [...]
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Web Application Security a Growing Threat for Businesses
February 2nd, 2010 · No Comments
A new report by security vendor Cenzic shares research indicating that security flaws found in Web applications continue to grow and should be a major concern for many businesses as more and more depend on the Web for their business. According to the report, almost 80 percent of more than 3,000 software security flaws publicly [...]
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