Jan 25

Tor Project servers hacked

The Tor project developers have advised users to update their Tor anonymity software to version 0.2.1.22 or 0.2.2.7-alpha as soon as possible.

Jan 17

Warning over using Internet Explorer from German Government as exploit goes public

On Friday, in a response to the security hole in several versions of Internet Explorer (IE), the German Federal Office for Information Security (Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik, BSI) recommended that Internet Explorer users should switch to an alternative browser until a patch fo

Jan 7

Flaw could allow attacker to decrypt protected USB drives

Several flash drive manufacturers recently issued warnings about a flaw which could allow an attacker to access encrypted data on a supposedly secure USB drive.

Dec 7

Critical vulnerability in Adobe Illustrator

An exploit which utilises a previously unknown vulnerability when processing crafted encapsulated postscript (.eps) files has been published for the Windows version of Adobe Illustrator.

Oct 5

Vulnerabilities in Samba file and printer server plugged

The development team behind open source file and print server Samba have released versions 3.0.37, 3.2.15, 3.3.8 and 3.4.2.

Sep 18

Lost and Found: Password shaking, macro viruses and comment spam

Too short for news, too good to lose; lost+found is a round up of useful security information. Today, Password shaking, macro viruses and comment spam

Sep 3

Microsoft warns of vulnerability in Internet Information Services

Microsoft has issued a security advisory which warns of a critical bug in the FTP server service in Internet Information Services (IIS).

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