Google researcher outs zero-day exploit in Windows XP
On June 5th, Google researcher Tavis Ormandy notified Microsoft of a very serious bug in the Windows Help and Support Center of Windows XP. The …
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Adobe to issue patch for Flash exploit tomorrow, Acrobat and Reader later
Just a heads up for all of you who have been anxiously waiting in your fallout shelters for Adobe to patch that nasty zero-day exploit. Adobe …
Security breach allows hackers to obtain info on 114,000 AT&T iPad owners
Um, wow. Gawker revealed today that a group of hackers from Goatse Security (no joke) were recently able to breach AT&T’s servers and obtain confidential …
Adobe details zero-day exploit, affects Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix, and Solaris
Yesterday, Adobe announced that a zero-day exploit exists in Flash 10.0.45.2 and earlier, as well as Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x. The company website explains: …
Hackers urge all EVO 4G owners to root device citing security flaws
Remember how jubilant we all were the first time the EVO 4G was successfully rooted? Well we’re not smiling anymore. According to Matt Mastracci, one of …
Google ditches Windows in favor of OS X and Linux
Citing a renewed focus on security thanks in part to a recent series of cyber attacks originating in China, The Financial Times is reporting that …
AT&T: 40% of iPhones are sold to enterprise
Security concerns be damned, the iPhone is selling like hotcakes when it come to business users, said AT&T business solutions CEO Ron Spears. While attending …
iPhone security lapse allows for data read access
A major security flaw has been uncovered in the Apple iPhone 3GS this week after two security experts discovered it was possible to bypass the …
Google adds encrypted search option with SSL
Yesterday, Google announced a new feature for its world dominating popular search engine, SSL. By simply directing your web browser to https://www.google.com you can take …
