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Continuous news on hardware and software vulnerabilities from proof of concept to zero day, the dangerous to the novel. Follow the patching topic to narrow your news to emerging fixes.

Blackboard e-learning platform exposes student data

Blackboard e-learning platform exposes student data

Zero-day vulnerabiilties expose millions of student exams, tests and data.
Darren Pauli Sep 19 2011 11:33AM Security
Millions of student exams, tests and data exposed

Millions of student exams, tests and data exposed

Exclusive: Zero-day holes found in the Blackboard learning platform.
Darren Pauli Sep 16 2011 8:35AM Security
Zero day industrial control system exploits published

Zero day industrial control system exploits published

Power, water and waste SCADA systems affected.
Darren Pauli Sep 15 2011 6:37PM Security
Microsoft patches five holes, nukes six certificates

Microsoft patches five holes, nukes six certificates

Light updates hard on DigiNotar.
Dan Raywood Sep 15 2011 7:46AM Security
OpenSSH released, plays in sandbox

OpenSSH released, plays in sandbox

Pre-auth attacks are dead.
Darren Pauli Sep 8 2011 4:51PM Security
Kaspersky website vulnerable to XSS

Kaspersky website vulnerable to XSS

Reddit post outs flaw.
SC Australia Staff Sep 1 2011 7:36PM Security
Researchers bypass Google redirect notice

Researchers bypass Google redirect notice

Burmese hacker group post proof of concept.
SC Australia Staff Aug 29 2011 1:27PM Security
Skype XSS hole is harmless

Skype XSS hole is harmless

Exploit resembled another Skype attack.
Darren Pauli Aug 23 2011 10:04AM Security
Manual vulnerability discovery gets smarter, faster

Manual vulnerability discovery gets smarter, faster

Automated vulnerability research falls short.
Darren Pauli Aug 22 2011 2:56PM Security
Mobile charging stations steal data from devices

Mobile charging stations steal data from devices

USB mode silently comes to life.
Darren Pauli Aug 22 2011 1:51PM Hardware
Jailbroken idevices pwned by charging stations

Jailbroken idevices pwned by charging stations

USB mode silently comes to life.
Darren Pauli Aug 19 2011 4:04PM Security
Analysis: Perimeter exploit exposure

Analysis: Perimeter exploit exposure

Vulnerability and patch management is key.
Marcus Carey, researcher, Rapid7 Aug 18 2011 1:00PM Security
Botnets go search crazy

Botnets go search crazy

Hundreds of searches found to use paging parameter queries.
Dan Raywood Aug 17 2011 12:23PM Security
Microsoft Patch Tuesday fixes 22 vulnerabilities

Microsoft Patch Tuesday fixes 22 vulnerabilities

Two critical bulletins, nine important and two moderate.
Greg Masters Aug 10 2011 3:31PM Security
Siemens PLC vulnerabilities: it just gets worse

Siemens PLC vulnerabilities: it just gets worse

Comment: Vendors need to lead the charge.
Eric Byres Aug 10 2011 3:16PM Security
Decade-old 'Ping of Death' hole re-emerges

Decade-old 'Ping of Death' hole re-emerges

Fixes released for 22 Microsoft holes.
Darren Pauli Aug 10 2011 2:17PM Financial Services
Microsoft prepping 13 patches for 22 flaws

Microsoft prepping 13 patches for 22 flaws

The software giant's monthly security update will include fixes for bugs in all versions of Internet Explorer.
Dan Kaplan Aug 5 2011 1:00PM Security
Microsoft offers $186k for memory hole fix

Microsoft offers $186k for memory hole fix

Prefers 'defensive tech' over vulnerability bounty-hunting.
Darren Pauli Aug 5 2011 7:32AM Security
Microsoft will pay $186k to fix memory holes

Microsoft will pay $186k to fix memory holes

Prefers 'defensive tech' over vulnerability bounty-hunting.
Darren Pauli Aug 4 2011 4:15AM Security
Video details Android browser intercept flaw

Video details Android browser intercept flaw

Users must wait for Frozen Yoghurt fix.
Darren Pauli Aug 4 2011 2:26AM Security

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