Wednesday, May 28th, 2014
One of the official webpages for the widely used TrueCrypt encryption program says that development has abruptly ended and warns users of the decade-old tool that it isn't safe to use.
"WARNING: Using TrueCrypt is not secure as it may contain unfixed security issues," text in red at the top of ...
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2014
Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Flash Player 13.0.0.182 and earlier versions for Windows, Adobe Flash Player 13.0.0.201 and earlier versions for Macintosh and Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.350 and earlier versions for Linux. These updates address vulnerabilities that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected ...
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
Dubbed Operation Windigo, the attack has been ongoing for more than two and a half years and has compromised as many as 25,000 servers at one time, anti-virus vendor ESET said Tuesday. Systems infected with the backdoor Trojan are used in stealing credentials, redirecting Web traffic to malicious content and ...
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2014
A source code mistake in the GnuTLS library an open-source software building block used in a large number of different Linux distributions to handle secure Internet connections could prove a serious threat to the privacy of Linux users, as developers rush to patch the vulnerability.
Nikos Mavrogiannopolous, the developer of GnuTLS, ...
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Thursday, February 20th, 2014
Adobe has released security updates to address a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player 12.0.0.44 or earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh and Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.336 or earlier versions for Linux. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to take control of an affected system.
US-CERT recommends that users and administrators review ...
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