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Adobe hits Reader users with 23-patch 'whammy'

Adobe patched 23 security vulnerabilities in its Reader PDF viewer on Tuesday, most of them critical, including one that has been exploited by hackers for at least a month or possibly much longer.

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Mozilla quashes 12 Firefox bugs

Mozilla on Tuesday patched 12 vulnerabilities in Firefox, including a second patch for a "binary planting" problem in Windows that researchers publicized last year.

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Microsoft to boost Office 2003, 2007 security

Microsoft said on Tuesday that it would backport an Office 2010 security feature to the older and more widely used Office 2003 and Office 2007 early next year.

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Adobe confirms critical Flash zero-day bug

For the second time in the last four weeks, Adobe has told users that hackers are exploiting an unpatched bug in Flash Player, again by embedding malicious code inside a Microsoft Office document.

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Microsoft beefs up Outlook-to-Hotmail security

Microsoft on Thursday boosted the security of a tool that lets Outlook users send and receive messages through the company's Web-based Hotmail service.

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Study finds big gap about app security between execs and IT staffers

Corporate leaders' optimism is unwarranted, say security pros on the frontline

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Twitter app downloads could put users at risk

Twitter announced that it is putting its MoPub acquisition to use by enabling Twitter marketers to promote and distribute mobile apps. There is a potential opportunity there, though, for attackers to...

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Attack of the clones: detect fake antimalware with these tips

Security researchers have been stressing the dramatic rise in mobile malware for a few years now--which naturally leads to more users downloading and using some sort of mobile antimalware app. But now...

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App Security- the great unspoken

There is no shortage of conversation around enterprise security. In light of some recent, high-profile hacking incidents, everyone’s talking about the importance of securing networks, data and devices...

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Do you know the “Three Cs” of web app security?

We live in an application world. From shopping to communicating with friends, reading the news, following our favourite sports teams to listening to music – we do it through apps. With so many...

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App security suffering as survey finds that most developers still aren't...

A new study of mobile-development habits suggests that, despite the mobile hype, secure development has a long way to go as less than half of developers have actually built mobile apps – and half of...

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With network perimeters porous, virtualise app components to regain control

Microsegmentation controls interactions between network, app components in ways firewalls can't

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Adobe hits Reader users with 23-patch 'whammy'

Adobe patched 23 security vulnerabilities in its Reader PDF viewer on Tuesday, most of them critical, including one that has been exploited by hackers for at least a month or possibly much longer.

View Article


Mozilla quashes 12 Firefox bugs

Mozilla on Tuesday patched 12 vulnerabilities in Firefox, including a second patch for a "binary planting" problem in Windows that researchers publicized last year.

View Article

Microsoft to boost Office 2003, 2007 security

Microsoft said on Tuesday that it would backport an Office 2010 security feature to the older and more widely used Office 2003 and Office 2007 early next year.

View Article


Adobe confirms critical Flash zero-day bug

For the second time in the last four weeks, Adobe has told users that hackers are exploiting an unpatched bug in Flash Player, again by embedding malicious code inside a Microsoft Office document.

View Article

Microsoft beefs up Outlook-to-Hotmail security

Microsoft on Thursday boosted the security of a tool that lets Outlook users send and receive messages through the company's Web-based Hotmail service.

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Study finds big gap about app security between execs and IT staffers

Corporate leaders' optimism is unwarranted, say security pros on the frontline

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Twitter app downloads could put users at risk

Twitter announced that it is putting its MoPub acquisition to use by enabling Twitter marketers to promote and distribute mobile apps. There is a potential opportunity there, though, for attackers to...

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Attack of the clones: detect fake antimalware with these tips

Security researchers have been stressing the dramatic rise in mobile malware for a few years now--which naturally leads to more users downloading and using some sort of mobile antimalware app. But now...

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