Facebook Password Reset Confirmation Email is most likely malware
If you noticed an email in your inbox stating “Facebook Password Reset Confirmation”… Do not open it unless you specifically asked for a password reset.
This is the latest exploit going around on the web trying to infect your machine with a virus.
As usual, it targets [...]
Adobe warns about another Acrobat vulnerability
Adobe has released another warning related to their Acrobat range of products.
The company said that these new vulnerabilities are critical in nature and they are working on issuing fixes for them.
Adobe said that the following products are affected:
Adobe Reader 9.1.3, Acrobat 9.1.3, Adobe Reader 8.1.6, and [...]
AVG warns of attacks on Facebook social network
AVG has warned that Facebook social network is being used by scammers to target users with spywares.
Fake profile pages are being made with similar data but links to harmful content.
A company blog post stated: “We’re seeing rather a lot of these, all from different profiles, [...]
Upgrade your WordPress if you want to prevent hack attempts
WordPress is in news for a security problem. Developers of this popular open source blogging platform fixed the issue last month but still a lot of blogs are being targeted with this old hack.
If you are running a blog using an outdated edition, we suggest [...]
Microsoft to release patch for bug in IIS FTP Service
Microsoft has finally revealed that they are working on a patch update for the recently revealed bug in the FTP Service in Microsoft Internet Information Services.
This bug is present in IIS 5, IIS 5.1 and IIS 6.
The company said in a security advisory:
The [...]
Apple has now issued the fix for iPhone SMS vulnerability
Apple has confirmed that they have released the patch for the much talked about iPhone SMS vulnerability.
This security bug was serious enough to enable hackers to gain control of an iPhone by just sending a malicious text message.
Apple said that the update has been issued in [...]
Clampi latest Trojan to gain momentum in Windows world
Conficker news might be dying out there but a new Trojan is now making headlines.
Clampi targets Windows machines and is designed to steal credentials from infected systems.
Security experts believe that it has already started attacking innocent victims.
Incidentally, it is not a new threat. It is known [...]
Microsoft releases a security patch for Internet Explorer
Microsoft as expected has released an emergency patch for their Internet Explorer web browser.
The patch has been released outside their regular schedule. The company usually releases their patch updates on the second Tuesday of the month.
Microsoft had stated that this update was critical and they could not [...]
Microsoft to release emergency patch for Internet Explorer
Microsoft has revealed that they would be issuing critical updates for their Internet Explorer web browser.
This patch is expected to be released later today and arrives before the next scheduled patch Tuesday release from the company.
Microsoft has been forced to release this untimely update after security experts [...]
Adobe provides insecure version of Acrobat Reader by default!
Secunia has reported that Adobe has been offering an insecure outdated version of Acrobat Reader from their website.
When the user installs the Acrobat Reader from Adobe.com, the version installed is an old one which has several vulnerabilities.
Adobe has issued a couple of updates for this version. [...]
