Microsoft fixes 22 vulnerabilities

Microsoft fixes 22 vulnerabilities


Microsoft fixes 22 vulnerabilities

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:00 AM PDT

In today's Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released 4 bulletins addressing vulnerabilities affecting Windows and Office. Amol Sarwate, Vulnerability Labs Manager for Qualys, comments: "Many companies will...

Travelers left 11,000 mobile devices at U.S. airports

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 07:43 AM PDT

Travelers left behind more than 11,000 laptops, tablet PCs, smartphones and USB sticks in airports in the United States during the past year. Credant was able to gather survey results from a cross-...

SquirrelMail multiple vulnerabilities

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 07:07 AM PDT

Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in SquirrelMail, according to Secunia. These vulnerabilities can be exploited by malicious users to conduct script insertion attacks and by malicious people...

Scammers lure users with fake Google+ invites

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 06:47 AM PDT

Google recently opened for business a social network named Google+, and to avoid making mistakes that plagued the rollout of its predecessor Google Buzz, the company has decided to roll it out gradual...

Why Dropbox's security changes are going to improve cloud computing

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 06:45 AM PDT

On July 1, Dropbox announced a revision to its terms of service, privacy policy and security overview document. While the intention of the update was to make Dropbox's terms and conditions more trans...

Spammers switch to compromised accounts, shift away from botnets

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 05:45 AM PDT

Spammers today favor compromised accounts for sending spam, gradually shifting distribution away from botnets, according to Commtouch. The changed tactic has emerged as spam levels dropped dramaticall...

Anonymous releases 90,000 military emails and passwords

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 03:48 AM PDT

Anonymous persists with its AntiSec campaign and the latest target to fall has been Booz Allen Hamilton, one of the biggest U.S. military contractors. According to the group's press release, they m...

140,000 children could be identity fraud victims

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 03:03 AM PDT

For most people, the thought of their children being victims of identity fraud is even more chilling than being a victim themselves. While children are less at risk for identity fraud than adults, ...

Critical vulnerability in Sun Java

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 01:18 AM PDT

ACROS Security has discovered a vulnerability in Sun Java, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system, according to Secunia. The vulnerability is caused due to the a...

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