News (53)

  • Survey: Microsoft bears some blame for worms

    One-third of business users blame Microsoft for the recent worm outbreak, despite the company's security efforts, according to a poll.

  • Plug-in flaw leaves RealPlayer users open to attack

    RealNetworks has issued a patch for a security flaw in one of its plug-ins that could let an attacker gain control of computers running any of several versions of the company's popular media player software.

  • Security experts find open-source flaws

    Although Microsoft Windows vulnerabilities get most of the headlines, researchers this week identified vulnerabilities in two commonly used open-source software products.

  • Mozilla gives bug hunter US$2,500

    The Mozilla Foundation has given US$2,500 to a security researcher for discovering vulnerabilities in its free Web browser.

  • Sasser author gets suspended sentence

    A German judge on Friday handed down a suspended sentence of one year and nine months to the teenager who admitted he created last year's Sasser computer worm.

  • Sophos zips up 'theoretical' flaw in AV software

    Sophos updated its antivirus engine on Wednesday to plug a security hole that allowed virus writers to manipulate compressed files and avoid detection by the antivirus software's scans.

  • 2004: the year of phishing

    Yet again denial-of-service attacks, spam, viruses - driven in part by an apparent war between virus writers - and cybercrime have hit the headlines over the course of the past 12 months.

  • Symantec corrects 'misleading' Norton AV statements

    Symantec has 'corrected' a misleading statement issued by its press office concerning the seriousness of a vulnerability in its Norton AntiVirus 2005 application.

  • Mozilla puts bounty on bugs

    A string of high-profile flaws in browser software prompted the Mozilla Foundation to announce on Monday that it would offer US$500 for every serious bug found by security researchers.

  • Does anybody like Norton AntiVirus?

    Has anybody had a good experience with Symantec's Norton Antivirus?

  • ActiveX flaw exposes Flash users to hacks

    An exploit has been discovered in Macromedia's Flash player that could let hackers execute malicious code on a user's computer.

  • Virus writers get slapper happy

    Internet vandals have continued to modify the recent Slapper worm and have sent at least four new variants of the hostile Linux program into the electronic wilds.

  • Spying worms likely to proliferate

    Security experts have warned that vulnerability assessment worms, which assess computers for security flaws and relay the information back to the author, are likely to become more of a threat.

  • Trillian IM flaw exposed

    Researchers have reported a vulnerability in the Trillian instant messaging (IM) application, adding to the rapid development of IM-related security threats.

  • Phishing scams may provide platform for JPEG virus attack

    The first volley in a concerted JPEG virus attack may involve a phishing scam, according to computer security specialists, Computer Associates.

1234Next >

Create an e-mail alert for "flaw"
ZDNet Australia Alerts is an e-mail alert service which provides personalised news, features and reviews to readers’ inbox on an hourly, daily and weekly basis.
Alert:
flaw


Frequency: *

Filter Tags

  1. Popularity: 2 anti virus
  2. Popularity: 5 anti-virus
  3. Popularity: 5 antivirus
  4. Popularity: 2 attack
  5. Popularity: 2 av
  6. Popularity: 2 bagle
  7. Popularity: 2 business
  8. Popularity: 3 cabir
  9. Popularity: 5 code red
  10. Popularity: 2 e-mail
  11. Popularity: 5 european union
  12. Popularity: 3 firefox
  13. Popularity: 3 firewall
  14. Popularity: 2 gang
  15. Popularity: 6 hacker
  16. Popularity: 2 hackers
  17. Popularity: 2 hacking
  18. Popularity: 3 ie
  19. Popularity: 2 internet
  20. Popularity: 2 jpeg
  21. Popularity: 2 kotadia
  22. Popularity: 2 milisic
  23. Popularity: 3 mozilla
  24. Popularity: 2 munir
  25. Popularity: 2 mydoom
  26. Popularity: 2 nimda
  27. Popularity: 3 norton
  28. Popularity: 4 patch
  29. Popularity: 2 phishing
  30. Popularity: 2 privacy
  31. Popularity: 2 robert lemos
  32. Popularity: 15 security
  33. Popularity: 2 sircam
  34. Popularity: 2 slammer
  35. Popularity: 4 sophos
  36. Popularity: 2 sp2
  37. Popularity: 2 spyware
  38. Popularity: 6 symantec
  39. Popularity: 3 symbian
  40. Popularity: 2 t&b
  41. Popularity: 2 threat
  42. Popularity: 5 trojan
  43. Popularity: 24 virus
  44. Popularity: 4 viruses
  45. Popularity: 2 vulnerabilities
  46. Popularity: 6 vulnerability
  47. Popularity: 2 windows
  48. Popularity: 19 worm
  49. Popularity: 3 worms
  50. Popularity: 3 xp

Latest Videos

Sponsored content

Power Centre - Content from our premier sponsors

Blogs

  • David Braue NBN needs workers on board
    Without consensus on labour issues, the eventual winner of the NBN may end up as little more than a lame duck and a cashed-up symbol of the conflict between the desire for progress and the lack of mechanisms to deliver it.
  • Array D'Ascenzo: Read p23 of security review
    Following yesterday's admission by the Australian Taxation Office that its courier had lost a CD containing the details of 3,000 self-managed super funds, it wants to review how it handles information. My suggestion: go back to the review completed in April.
  • Array Opening the floodgates on missing drives
    News headlines about portable storage devices going missing are as common as muck, but the problem could be even more widespread than you suspect.
  • More blogs »

Back to top

Featured