A hacker group has released code designed to exploit a widespread Windows flaw, paving the way for a major worm attack which researchers warn could strike any time soon. Marc Maiffret, chief hacking officer for network protection firm eEye Digital...
Ingevaldson said: "The open-source guys and the big commercial vendors are dealing with the same problem. Although Microsoft Windows vulnerabilities get most of the headlines, researchers have identified vulnerabilities in two commonly used open...
Program files designed to exploit two major vulnerabilities in Microsoft software are being used to attack computers, but security experts worry that worse - an MSBlast-type worm -could be ahead. The software flaws targeted by the exploit code are...
The exploit, which the French Security Incident Response Team drew attention to last week, is designed to take complete control of PCs with certain versions of the Outlook Express email program installed on them when users visit newsgroups...
The others cover vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. All of Microsoft's fixes address vulnerabilities in software related to its Windows operating system. A hacker could exploit the Workstation Service flaw by creating a specially crafted...
Core Security published an alert on its website stating it had found eight vulnerabilities related to some open source image processing libraries in Google's Android SDK, which the group claims are outdated.