May 31
Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Trillian, a popular all-in-one instant messaging suite that handles AOL IM, Yahoo, MSN and even Internet relay chat (IRC) communications, has issued an update that corrects at least three very serious security flaws in the program. The vulnerabilities, found in both the Pro and Basic (free) versions of Trillian, earned a “highly critical” rating from vulnerability watcher Secunia. Trillian users should update to version 3.1.10.0, which patches these flaws.
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May 30
Friday, May 30th, 2008
Time shift dances the light fantastic
Boffins at the National Institute of Standards and Technology are trialling advanced optical techniques aimed at reducing the price of quantum cryptography systems.…
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May 29
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Apple on Wednesday released an update to fix at least 40 different security holes in computers powered by its Mac OS X operating system and other software, including a just-in-time update to fix a dangerous vulnerability in the Adobe Flash Player that is being rather heavily exploited at the moment in Microsoft Windows versions of the player. The Flash update brings the Mac version of the Flash Player up to the latest 9.0.124.0 version, which protects users against a proliferating number of sites using vulnerabilities in older Flash versions to install malicious software on exposed computers. While the attackers are so far delivering viral payloads designed exclusively for Microsoft Windows systems, the researcher who discovered the method by which the flaw is being attacked warned that the vulnerability could be similarly exploited on any operating system for which Flash is available, including Mac OS X. At least seven of […]
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May 29
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Every other week, when I host a Security Fix Live chat with our readers, I almost always hear gripes from Symantec users complaining about how various Norton software titles are causing their PCs to operate sluggishly. Well, the folks at Symantec want you to know they are working to improve speed and efficiency in next year’s consumer products. The complaints about Norton products that I’ve heard from readers have been fairly consistent: problems installing/uninstalling the software, and system slowness after installing the software. In a chat on Jan. 25, a reader from Toronto wrote: “I use Norton Anti-virus but am convinced it is causing my computer to operate very slowly. Is there an alternative program that is less resource intensive?” The following month, a chatter from New York complained: “Hi Brian, I’ve had really bad experiences running Symantec/Norton and McAfee products. They tend to take over and reduce my […]
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May 29
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
At least 20,000 pawns recruited
Updated Security researchers from Symantec have clarified an earlier report of attack code in the wild that targets a previously unknown vulnerability in the latest version of Adobe Flash. They now say current versions of Adobe’s stand-alone Flash application are vulnerable, but that updated browser plug-ins are not.…
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