October 2011 Patch Tuesday fixes 23 vulnerabilities

October 2011 Patch Tuesday fixes 23 vulnerabilities


October 2011 Patch Tuesday fixes 23 vulnerabilities

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 11:12 AM PDT

In today's Patch Tuesday, Microsoft delivers 8 security bulletins (two rated "critical," six "important") that address 23 vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer, .NET Framework & Silverlight, Mic...

German states say "federal trojan" used within legal boundaries

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 10:36 AM PDT

The reaction following CCC's claims that a government-made "lawful interception" Trojan has abilities that exceed those allowed by the nation's legislature was rather swift - Joachim Herrmann, the Int...

Enhanced automated malware analysis by RSA

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 08:38 AM PDT

RSA announced new capabilities for RSA NetWitness Spectrum, an analytical workbench for the identification, analysis and prioritization of malware-based threats to enterprise networks. The new cap...

Fake virus warning from company IT department brings real malware

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 07:22 AM PDT

Emails purportedly coming from a company's IT department has been spotted targeting users of various big companies and trying to make them download malware for the last few days. The email contains...

A call for a new approach to security

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 06:21 AM PDT

RSA executives advised security professionals that the new fact of life for IT organizations is a state of persistent, dynamic, intelligent threats in which it is no longer a matter of if an organizat...

Don't worry about zero-days, says Microsoft

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 04:58 AM PDT

Microsoft released its Security Intelligence Report volume 11 (SIRv11), which found that less than 1 percent of exploits in the first half of 2011 were against zero-day vulnerabilities. In contrast, 9...

F-Secure launches Internet Security 2012

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 04:04 AM PDT

F-Secure launched Internet Security 2012, an improved version of its online safety offering. It is easy to use and the new Launch pad provides convenient access to all parts of the solution. All On...

"I saw a real bad blog about you" Twitter phishing scam

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 03:27 AM PDT

Twitter has been warning users not to fall for the latest phishing scam that takes the form of a DM from someone you know warning you to check out a "real bad blog about you". The link takes the po...

SANS offers discount for London 2011 training event

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 02:57 AM PDT

Even with the tough economic conditions last year, over 400 students attended SANS London 2010 and that figure is likely to increase for 2011 as SANS unveils its largest ever education program. SAN...

Unified identity federation for cloud applications

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 02:30 AM PDT

SafeNet announced that its SafeWord 2008 strong authentication management platform, along with SafeNet Authentication Manager (SAM), now provides a seamless and extensible strong authentication and SS...

Best practices for reporting malware

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 02:11 AM PDT

Nonprofit anti-malware organization StopBadware released of its new Best Practices for Reporting Badware URLs, which prescribe specific steps for reporting different types of badware URLs to the entit...

Consolidated security appliances for application service and SaaS providers

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 01:48 AM PDT

Fortinet announced three new consolidated security appliances for the mid-range market segment that includes medium size businesses, enterprise customers, application service providers and software-as...

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