Heads up: Patch your Adobe Reader now

(See important update below for information on patching this vulnerability). Heads up for Windows users: There’s a critical, remotely exploitable vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat/Reader version 8. According to an advisory from Core Security, Adobe Reader suffers from a stack buffer overflow when parsing specially crafted (invalid) PDF files.  The flaw could be [...]

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Google and T-Mobile push patch for Android security flaw

During the weekend, Google and T-Mobile pushed a patch fixing last week’s disclosed security flaw affecting Google’s Android. The flaw and the PoC were communicated to Google on October 20th, with the vulnerability itself made possible due to Android’s use of outdated third-party software packages.“Users of the G1 Android phone on Friday have begun [...]

MS08-067 worms squirming in the wild

MS08-067 worms squirming in the wild Posted by Ryan Naraine @ 10:42 am Categories: Patch Watch, Zero-day attacks, Microsoft, Browsers, Rootkits, Spam and Phishing, Spyware and Adware, Exploit code, Data theft, Arbitrary Code Execution, Malware Tags: Denial Of Service, Worm, Attack, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Security, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine First [...]

Will e-voting machines tilt the election?

Unless you have been living under a rock for the past 24 months, you should be well aware that tomorrow millions of Americans will be going to the polls to select their representative, one-third of their senators, and the next president. In general, Americans have become wary of the election process ever since the [...]

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