Friday, February 20th, 2009
A critical vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 and earlier versions. This vulnerability would cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. There are reports that this issue is being exploited.
Adobe is planning to release ...
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Friday, February 20th, 2009
The criminals behind the widespread Conficker worm have released a new version of the malware that could signal a major shift in the way the worm operates.
The new variant, dubbed Conficker B++, was spotted three days ago by SRI International researchers, who published details of the new code on Thursday. ...
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
For those of you new to Fast-Track, Fast-Track is a python based open-source project aimed at helping Penetration Testers in an effort to identify, exploit, and further penetrate a network. Fast-Track was originally conceived when David Kennedy was on a penetration test and found that there was generally a lack ...
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
Microsoft warned last week that it would be easy for cybercriminals to build new attacks using bugs it patched in the Internet Explorer browser; now that prediction has come true.
On Tuesday, security vendor Trend Micro said that it had spotted the first attack taking advantage of one of two flaws ...
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
Sun today released VirtualBox 2.1.4, the second maintenance release of VitualBox 2.1 which improves stability and performance. See the ChangeLog for a list of changes since VirtualBox 2.1.2.
VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely ...
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