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  • Minor flaws patched in Sophos AV

    Security vulnerabilities found and fixed. Two separate flaws have been reported in Sophos ‘s anti-virus engine, affecting most of its product range and allowing security bypass and possible cross-site scripting. The more serious flaw, which involves passing possibly dangerous content into the product’s log file via a specially crafted filename, is labelled ‘Moderately Critical’ by…

  • String of vulnerabilities found in ServerProtect

    Several minor holes patched in Trend Micro corporate product. A series of security issues have been reported in Trend Micro ‘s ServerProtect server-level product, which could allow system compromise from within the local network but are not thought to expose servers to remote attack. Seven separate vulnerabilities, mostly boundary errors which could possibly be exploited…

  • 14 flaws fixed in bumper Patch Tuesday

    Critical remote execution and hijack holes closed. Microsoft ‘s monthly ‘Patch Tuesday’ security bulletin includes nine separate bulletins this month, covering a total of 14 vulnerabilities in the Windows operating system and other Microsoft software, including three flaws in the Internet Explorer browser and one in the Excel spreadsheet software. Other vulnerabilities marked at the…

  • 7 flaws fixed in July Patch Tuesday release

    Critical patches issued for Excel, Active Directory and .NET. Microsoft has released a total of seven patches in its monthly ‘Patch Tuesday’ security update, with three of the vulnerable products covered marked as ‘critical’. The most significant problems are in Excel spreadsheet software, which has three separate vulnerabilities fixed this month, each allowing remote code…

  • 4 critical flaws patched this Patch Tuesday

    Microsoft’s June Security Bulletin covers range of vulnerabilities. Microsoft ‘s latest ‘Patch Tuesday’ security bulletin, released yesterday, includes fixes for six vulnerabilities, four of which are rated ‘critical’. In the June release two of the fixes plug holes in Vista and earlier versions of the operating system, a third patch fixes a vulnerability in Internet…

  • Latest flaws affect AV giants

    Symantec, McAfee and CA all patch vulnerabilities. Three of the biggest names in the security sector, McAfee , Symantec and CA , have all revealed details of flaws in their software which have been discovered and patched in recent months. The most severe vulnerability was suffered by a wide range of McAfee products, including its…

  • ZOO archive issues hit security vendors

    Errors handling rare format patched by four AV and anti-spam products. A researcher has revealed details of flawed implementation of a somewhat archaic archive format, .zoo, which has required patching in several anti-virus products and a popular anti-spam appliance, and also affects some archiving software. Products from Avira , Alwil and Panda were all patched…

  • 7 critical flaws patched on Patch Tuesday

    May Security Bulletin covers wide range of vulnerabilities. Microsoft ‘s latest ‘Patch Tuesday’ security bulletin included fixes for seven vulnerabilities, all rated ‘Critical’ and allowing remote access to affected systems, which affect most of the company’s major products. The May release, unveiled yesterday, includes fixes for long-standing bugs in Excel spreadsheet software, word processor Word…