Java bug revealed as Apple delays fix for Mac OS X
Apple has been criticized for being slow with updates related to Java on Mac OS X platform.
As a result, a security researcher has made public the attack code that exploits the flaw.
Sun Microsystems has already updated the Java releases for other platforms.
Landon [...]
Adobe Reader has another critical flaw
Adobe Acrobat continues to remain in news for all the wrong reasons.
Another critical flaw has been discovered in the technology that is widely used around the world.
US-CERT has reported that the Adobe Reader application suffers from a serious flaw that is still not patched.
This latest flaw is related [...]
Microsoft releases a mega patch Tuesday edition (April 2009)
Microsoft has issued their latest edition of Patch Tuesday.
The company releases their patches on the second Tuesday of the month.
Microsoft has released eight security updates which fix 23 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer and other applications.
Security experts have said that this latest patch release [...]
University of Utah: Latest victim of Conficker
University of Utah has confirmed that Conficker has spread on their network and they are working on fixing the problem.
The virus is said to have infected around 700 machines on the university campus.
University health sciences spokesman Chris Nelson stated that no personal information has been compromised by [...]
SpywareProtect2009 malware being downloaded by Conficker
Conficker is finally active and showing what it was designed to do.
Security experts have revealed that the computers infected with the Conficker worm are being delivered malware which includes the scareware product SpywareProtect2009.
Products like SpywareProtect2009 are called scareware as they try to scare users into believing that their system [...]
Conficker comes back to life with an update
Conficker worm is back in news as security experts have said that it has started updating itself with some new mysterious data.
The update system has delivered encrypted software to compromised machines.
No information is yet available on what sort of data is being supplied to the machines infected [...]
India has around 25,000 PCs infected with Conficker
Security companies claim that the Indian market has around 25,000 personal computers which are infected with the Conficker worm.
The latest variant of the Conficker worm was supposed to become active on April 1.
This malware affects vulnerability in the Windows operating system that Microsoft has already patched. [...]
Neeris worm updated to make use of Conficker related flaw
Microsoft has warned that an old worm named Neeris has been updated to exploit the same vulnerability which is being targeted by the various variants of Conficker.
Neeris worm was first discovered in 2005.
Microsoft Malware Protection Center blog had this information: “It is interesting to note [...]
Microsoft PowerPoint suffers from a zero-day vulnerability
US based software giant Microsoft has reported that their PowerPoint application suffers from a zero-day vulnerability.
Microsoft has now warned users that they should not open unknown or unexpected PowerPoint e-mail attachments.
The company claims that the attack using this method is currently limited.
The following products are affected:
Microsoft [...]
Nmap updated to detect Conficker
A new version of Nmap has been released which is capable of detecting Conficker on a network.
This new edition features a parameter which can be used to scan a network for the worm…
The command to be used is:
nmap -PN -T4 -p139,445 -n -v –script=smb-check-vulns –script-args safe=1 [targetnetworks]
This new updated [...]
