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Apple QuickTime exploit in the wild
December 3, 2007
An active exploit has been seen by Symantec for a vulnerability that affects the latest versions of Apple QuickTime.
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Secunia: CA backup product 'inherently insecure'
January 16, 2008
In annual report on security flaws, vulnerability-testing company strongly criticizes CA's ARCserve Backup product, as well as Symantec Mail Security.
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Cybercrooks add QuickTime, WinZip flaws to arsenal
May 10, 2007
Security holes in media player and compression software had not previously been used in cyberattacks, according to Symantec.
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'High' risk in Symantec antivirus software flaw
December 21, 2005
Bug affects most of company's products, including enterprise and home user software, on Windows and Macintosh platforms.
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Symantec: Mozilla browsers more vulnerable than IE
September 19, 2005
But the security specialist also finds that Microsoft's browser is the only one widely exploited by hackers today.
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Symantec details flaws in its antivirus software
March 30, 2005
Security specialist reveals vulnerabilities in its products that could let hackers attack PCs running the software.
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Zero-day Word flaw used in attack
May 19, 2006
Symantec warns of unpatched hole in Microsoft Word that was used in a bid to compromise Japanese government PCs.
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Flaws threaten Net, VoIP
January 14, 2004
Microsoft releases patches for three bugs, while many companies' products may be affected by vulnerabilities in a messaging standard.
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Study: Windows has fewest security holes
March 23, 2007
But it beats Red Hat and Mac OS X on number of critical flaws, according to latest threat report from Symantec.
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Another Word zero-day bug used in attacks
January 25, 2007
A fourth yet-to-be-patched security vulnerability in Microsoft Word is actively being exploited in cyberattacks, the company has warned.
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Apple plugs 'critical' holes in OS X
September 23, 2005
Ten new patches for the Macintosh operating system address myriad flaws that open systems to remote attacks, experts say.
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Symantec flaw leaves opening for viruses
February 9, 2005
Flaw in scanner in antivirus and antispam products could give viruses free rein; patch is issued.
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Symantec builds double-clad security service
November 5, 2004
Plans to integrate two existing alert services in bid to tap compliance market.
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New worm targets Linux systems
November 8, 2005
"Lupper" takes advantage of vulnerabilities in Web server software to propagate and install a backdoor.
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Veritas issues patch for NetBackup flaw
October 13, 2005
Vulnerability in question could let malicious attackers gain remote access to information stored on backup servers.
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Trojan horse threatens latest Windows XP
December 29, 2004
Phel program attempts to use an HTML file to infect computers running Windows XP Service Pack 2.
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Word flaw hit with zero-day attack
September 5, 2006
"Extremely critical flaw" in Microsoft Word 2000, which has no released patch, could lead to remote execution of code.
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Exploits released for new Windows flaws
December 23, 2004
It also releases sample exploit code for the two unpatched flaws--which means that a virus could be on the way.
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Danger level rises for Perl app flaws
November 30, 2005
A type of security hole in applications written in the popular open-source scripting language may be much more serious than thought.
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Attack code out for 'critical' Windows flaw
January 17, 2007
Code that exploits a recently found flaw in the way Windows handles Vector Markup Language documents has been published.
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