Adobe has released a patch for a critical flaw in its Flash Player, which is believed to have been actively exploited by hackers. The patch addresses a flaw prevalent in the Windows and Mac OS versions of Adobe Flash Player 12.0.0.43 and earlier, and Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.335 and earlier Continue Reading
Mozilla has addressed a total of 13 security vulnerabilities with the release of Firefox 27. The list includes four critical, four high, four moderate and one low-impact flaws. The critical vulnerabilities, which can be exploited to execute arbitrary code without user interaction, are a use-after-free during image processing, an issue Continue Reading
Oracle has issued its first patch update of 2014 on Tuesday and it just so happens that it has been one of its biggest ever that includes a slew of security patches, many of which address vulnerabilities in Java. The Critical Patch Update will address 144 flaws in hundreds of Continue Reading
Microsoft disclosed four security bulletins describing a total of six vulnerabilities and released product updates to address these vulnerabilities. January Patch Tuesday repairs a privilege escalation bug in the ND Proxy Driver that manages Microsoft’s Telephony API. Microsoft had released a mitigation that would have rendered the API unusable. The Continue Reading
Malicious ads served through Yahoo’s ad network delivered malware to thousands of site visitors, according to researchers at Fox-IT, but Yahoo subsequently blocked the attack. Fox-IT’s post said that visitors who saw the ads in their browsers were redirected to a “Magnitude” exploit kit. “This exploit kit exploits vulnerabilities in Continue Reading
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