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Continuous news on hardware and software patches and work-arounds as they emerge. Follow the vulnerabilities topic page to see what's broken.

Businesses urged to test updates after McAfee glitch

Businesses urged to test updates after McAfee glitch

Glitched update leaves machines exposed.
Darren Pauli Aug 27 2012 12:00PM Security
Adobe releases second Flash patch in a week

Adobe releases second Flash patch in a week

Critical fix covers six vulnerabilities.
SC Staff Aug 23 2012 6:33AM Security
McAfee update chaos sparks user fury

McAfee update chaos sparks user fury

Enterprises offered hotfix, consumers asked to reinstall.
Darren Pauli Aug 21 2012 2:33PM Security
Adobe leaves Reader bugs unpatched

Adobe leaves Reader bugs unpatched

Vulnerabilities detailed in Windows, Mac and Linux.
Darren Pauli Aug 20 2012 11:00AM Security
Adobe misses serious bugs in Reader

Adobe misses serious bugs in Reader

Vulnerabilities detailed in Windows, Mac and Linux
Darren Pauli Aug 16 2012 2:14PM Security
Microsoft, Adobe issue security updates for more than 50 bugs

Microsoft, Adobe issue security updates for more than 50 bugs

Active exploits to boot.
Dan Kaplan Aug 15 2012 5:32PM Security
Call of Duty botnet launches 10Gbps DDoS

Call of Duty botnet launches 10Gbps DDoS

Unpatched servers used in attack.
Darren Pauli Aug 14 2012 2:01PM Security
Microsoft to shutter a 'hacker's playground' of bugs

Microsoft to shutter a 'hacker's playground' of bugs

Patch Tuesday to offer nine patches for 10 vulnerabilities.
Dan Kaplan Aug 10 2012 2:29PM Security
Patched Windows bug wreaks havoc

Patched Windows bug wreaks havoc

Vulnerability used to target political, industrial and defense organisations.
Fahmida Y. Rashid Aug 8 2012 10:44AM Security
Confirmed: AAPT hacked

Confirmed: AAPT hacked

Anonymous' victim ISP revealed.
James Hutchinson , Juha Saarinen Jul 26 2012 2:32PM Security
Anonymous to release 40GB cache from hacked ISP

Anonymous to release 40GB cache from hacked ISP

Victim said to be among Australia's largest telcos.
Darren Pauli Jul 25 2012 12:51PM Security
Microsoft pushes nine fixes for 16 flaws

Microsoft pushes nine fixes for 16 flaws

Gaping Core XML Services hole fixed.
Fahmida Y. Rashid Jul 11 2012 10:14AM Security
XML zero day fix arrives next week

XML zero day fix arrives next week

Microsoft pushes nine patches.
Dan Kaplan Jul 6 2012 10:09AM Security
Firefox snapshot bug a 'red herring'

Firefox snapshot bug a 'red herring'

Clean your cache.
Darren Pauli Jul 2 2012 11:42AM Security
Firefox snapshot bug a 'red herring'

Firefox snapshot bug a 'red herring'

Clean your cache.
Darren Pauli Jun 29 2012 2:51PM Security
Microsoft opens Chinese systems for anti-virus checks

Microsoft opens Chinese systems for anti-virus checks

Payments provider to send millions warning notices.
Darren Pauli Jun 20 2012 1:11PM Security
Payments provider forces Chinese to patch, run firewalls

Payments provider forces Chinese to patch, run firewalls

Millions of security slack users sent warning notices.
Darren Pauli Jun 20 2012 4:49AM Security
Apple speeds up Java updates

Apple speeds up Java updates

After taking flak for taking six weeks to patch Java, has Apple changed its tune?
Dan Kaplan Jun 14 2012 9:09AM Security
Microsoft patches second RDP hole, IE bugs

Microsoft patches second RDP hole, IE bugs

Baker's dozen of flaws found in Internet Explorer.
Dan Kaplan Jun 13 2012 9:34AM Security
Flame signed with Microsoft certs

Flame signed with Microsoft certs

Redmond kills cert store, issues patch.
Darren Pauli Jun 4 2012 3:20PM Security

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