RealNetworks has pulled down a patch that aimed to fix flaws in its popular media player software after the developer who discovered the problems said the fix doesn't work. RealNetworks posted a patch last week but NGSSoftware engineer Mark...
The extent of the attacks is unknown, but the security community has seen numerous cases of personal computers infected when the user merely visits a Web site. This time, however, the flaws affect every user of Internet Explorer, because Microsoft...
Before the patch, widgets would download and install without warning. While the patch mitigates the risk, security issues remain with widgets, according to Jonathan Zdziarski, a software engineer and author of the Full Disclosure posting.
Johnston put together a wish list for Nokia and other device makers. The list of new devices is growing, giving users more and more choices. Peter Johnston, regional vice president of IT Asia Pacific for WPP, a multinational public relations and...
Overall, a nice tactical move by Apple that will make their platforms and systems much more attractive," Gartenberg added. The software, which will be included in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, is available for download now on Apple's website.
F-Secure notes the vulnerabilities involving the drivers are "pretty awful" and that the patch can be troublesome to download and install because of its size, 129MB. Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at F-Secure, said: "You have to manually...