Microsoft has already issued a patch and a scanning tool that ensures systems are patched. Both the patch and new scanning tool are necessary, according to Microsoft. If users download the new patch but have the old scanning tool, that tool will...
Let's look at protecting ourselves by closing the vulnerabilities we know exist, and protecting ourselves from the attacks that we know exist," he said. The comments came during a media round-table session at the Gartner Symposium and IT Expo...
Companies also are doing more security audits and penetration testing. Stateful inspection of inbound vulnerabilities is not Check Point's or NetScreen's main focus," he said. Some companies are using products from start-ups such as SurfControl and...
Microsoft said in a statement: "We have not been made aware of any active attacks against the reported vulnerabilities or customer impact at this time, but we are aggressively investigating the public reports.
SIP vulnerabilities The increasing adoption of session initiation protocol (SIP) for VoIP is expected to open up a whole new front in the security war. Examples of hacks for SIP include registration hijacking, which allows a hacker to intercept...
Organisations are right to be worried: three-quarters of them had a virus infection within the past 12 months despite the widespread use of URL filtering and antivirus signature scanning. XSS is one of the top 10 web application vulnerabilities...
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