Even for seasoned IT professionals, the constantly shifting field can be befuddling. In case you missed it earlier, I highlight some of the most interesting hacks of 2008 for your attention.
This week’s security events include news of Microsoft confirming serious SQL Server bug, Check Point acquiring Nokia’s Security Appliance business, and a peek into the shady underworld of harvesting banking credentials using keyloggers.
This week’s security events include news of a security vulnerability found in MS SQL Server 2000, scammers exploiting older versions of Asterisk VoIP systems to make unauthorized calls, a project at Google that allows native code to be run in a browser, and news of new vulnerabilities discovered in the wake of Microsoft’s largest Patch Tuesday release this week.
This week’s security events include news of a security update for the popular Trillian instant messenger, the release for version 5.2.7 of PHP which greatly improves stability and security, a vulnerability in WireShark 1.0.4 that could result in a DoS attack, and the closure of a long-running court case against a teacher over Internet porn pop-ups.
This week’s security events include news thatSun has released a new patch for StarOffice 8, an iPhone flaw that allows websites dialling arbitrary numbers upon clicking of a malicious link, news of a computer virus bringing the networks of three London hospitals to a standstill, and Yoggie opening up its miniature hardware firewall.
Microsoft released a patch this week for a critical vulnerability. The catch: this vulnerability has been known since 2000, and it’s a bug in a service active on almost every MS Windows system in the world. How safe do you feel?
This week’s security events include news that there will be just two updates for Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday this month, of the appearance of an exploit for Adobe Reader spotted in- the-wild, Adobe releasing an update to resolve a ColdFusion vulnerability, and news that security researchers will demonstrate WPA packet injection for the first time.
How secure are key locks? Is a single locked door considered reasonable and appropriate security? Based on current research, the answer to the first question is increasingly negative. The answer to the second has always been in question.
This week’s security events include news of yet another new version of Opera to resolve discovered critical vulnerabilities in the Web browser, VMware releasing a patch for ESX Server, news of SonicWall fixing vulnerabilities in its router operating system, and a warning that a looming “Digital Dark Age” may doom some data.
This week’s security events include news of the release of OpenOffice 2.4.2 to address critical vulnerabilities in its 2.4.x branch, a finding that corporate security policies are ineffective, exploits for a just-patched Microsoft vulnerability already out in the wild, and release of programming tools for cracking Mifare Classic.