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Hackers claim zero-day flaw in Firefox

October 1, 2006 Mozilla is investigating hacker claims that the Web browser has a serious flaw in the way it handles JavaScript. Photos: Hackers outline possible Firefox crack TAGS: Mischa Spiegelmock, Andrew Wbeelsoi, flaw, hacker, JavaScript, Firefox, presentation, Mozilla Corp., vulnerability, Web browser, security, video

Cisco warns of more router vulnerabilities

February 14, 2007 Intrusion prevention capabilities in IOS can be circumvented by hackers, putting companies at risk of attack. TAGS: Cisco IOS, Cisco Systems Inc., intrusion prevention, vulnerability, hacker, router, malicious code, denial of service, networking, operating system

Google plugs account hijack holes

January 16, 2007 If left unpatched, the vulnerability could let hackers modify third-party documents and view e-mail subjects, search history. TAGS: XSS, vulnerability, Google Inc., hacker, cookie, security, e-mail

Hacker backpedals on Firefox zero-day claim

October 3, 2006 Researcher who claimed to have found a serious bug now says he was never able to use it to hijack computers. TAGS: Mischa Spiegelmock, Andrew Wbeelsoi, hacker, Firefox, Mozilla Corp., crash, vulnerability, flaw, claim, presentation, bug, Web browser, security, video

Intel: Driver flaws no major threat, yet

June 14, 2006 Vulnerabilities in kernel-level Windows device drivers are scarce and tough to exploit, so there is no reason for alarm, company says. TAGS: vulnerability, device driver, flaw, information security, threat, attacker, hacker, Intel, security, PC, operating system, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

OpenOffice patches three security holes

July 5, 2006 Flaws in open-source productivity suite could let in intruders. But don't worry, company says--we fix faster than Microsoft. TAGS: OpenOffice.org, OpenOffice, StarOffice, buffer-overflow, hacker, Java applet, vulnerability, patch management, macro, open source, Java, security, Microsoft Corp.

Winner mocks OS X hacking contest

March 7, 2006 Hacker gains operating control of a Mac Mini using an unpublished vulnerability, says machine is "easy pickings." TAGS: Apple Mac OS X, vulnerability, hacking, Apple Macintosh, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple Computer, Apple Mac OS, hacker, patch management, security, server, operating system

Open-source intrusion detector found to be flawed

February 21, 2007 Sourcefire says hackers could potentially execute malicious code on a system running earlier versions of Snort. TAGS: Snort, Sourcefire Inc., Internet Security Systems Inc., hacker, malicious code, open source, vulnerability

Bug hunters face online-apps dilemma

April 13, 2007 Security holes in online applications may go unreported because well-intended hackers don't want to risk going to jail. TAGS: Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Computer Fraud, Web application, dilemma, hacker, chief technology officer, law, security company, Web 2.0, professor, security, vulnerability, bug, PC

Tool turns unsuspecting surfers into hacking help

March 21, 2007 With Jikto, JavaScript on a Web site can turn PCs into a bug-hunting tool, thus doing a hacker's dirty work. TAGS: Web security, JavaScript, Web surfer, attacker, hacking, SQL injection, hacker, creator, XSS, flaw, Web application, SQL, bot, vulnerability, researcher, security

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