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Google patches 14 vulnerabilities in Chrome ahead of CanSecWest
Google patched 14 vulnerabilities in the 17.0.963.65 update of its Chrome browser over the weekend, handing out a record $47,500 to researchers. This comes mere days before the start of 12th annual
Big Patch Tuesday from Microsoft to kick off 2012
Microsoft ( NASDAQ: MSFT ) will be addressing eight separate vulnerabilities in its first Patch Tuesday for the new year. According to the January 2012 Advance Notification released by the company, a
Microsoft: Old vulnerabilities cause most Windows infections
Despite the headlines that zero-day exploits make, they are far less dangerous in real-world terms than mundane unpatched security vulnerabilities, says Microsoft ( NASDAQ: MSFT ). The company took
Recent high-profile hackings were preventable, says CWE/SANS list of widespread vulnerabilities
A new report backed by the United States Department of Homeland Security was released yesterday, and it looks like many of the high-profile hackings over the past year were preventable. The 2011
Many browsers run insecure plug-ins
Security management company Qualys has found that a large number of web browsers run out-of-date plug-ins that open the door to security exploits. This was the conclusion based on 420,000 scans done
Security researcher accuses Siemens of downplaying SCADA bugs
Dillon Beresford, an analyst for security auditing firm NSS Labs, isn't thrilled with Siemens ( NYSE: SI ), expressing his frustration on a mailing list for SCADA (supervisory control and data
OpenBSD Founder: Contractor tried to write back doors
Theo de Raadt, the founder and leader of the OpenBSD project personally believes that the now-defunct Network Security Technology (NetSec) company did attempt to write backdoors in the BSD code base.
Could 2010 be remembered as the year of insecurity?
As Thanksgiving weekend draws near, one cannot help but reflect on a year that will soon come to a close. As I consider the news stories that I've covered for FierceCIO:TechWatch in 2010, it is
Apple releases massive Mac OS X security update
Apple yesterday released a mega update for Mac OS X operating system that addresses 134 separate vulnerabilities all at once. This is the fifth such patch since the Snow Leopard debuted in August
