Fixes for a number of critical problems in its Flash Player version 10.1.85.3 and earlier ones have been released by software house Adobe. Reportedly, the Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Solaris and Android versions of Flash Player which got the issues could be crashed or controlled by an affected PC. It is predicted that Adobe is introducing [...]
An incentive system for security researchers has been provided by Advertising broker Google in order to look for vulnerabilities in its software. The same system with its Chrome browser was hired, and the company has found a “sustained increase in the number of high quality reports from researchers”. Google is supplying up to $3,133.70 as [...]
The giant software maker Microsoft has announced its new plans to debut two security bulletins for its May 11 Patch Tuesday update, plugging critical holes in Windows and Office. As claimed by Microsoft, both of the updates released to repair two critical vulnerabilities, one of which affects Windows and the other in Microsoft Office. These [...]
The tech giant Microsoft has newly released two important patches for its March patch Tuesday release which plugged eight vulnerabilities in Windows and Office, and warned users about another zero-day attack in Internet Explorer. Microsoft patched vulnerability in Windows Movie Maker which had affected Windows XP and Vista; in particular, they could be exploited by [...]
The two keywords used for Microsoft Windows shops to remember what to come this Patch Tuesday include “six” and “restart”. “Six” means the number of critical bulletins to be released by Microsoft on February 9 which affects all the currently supported Windows versions on both the desktop and the server as well. And a system [...]
It is such good news for users of Flash Player as Adobe has recently released fix for 7 vulnerabilities in its software. It has also been reported that six among seven vulnerabilities are considered critical which can let hackers to hijack PCs. Another important information is that Adobe will no more provide Flash security updates [...]
Apple has recently announced to release two major update versions named as Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 1 and Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 6. In these two update versions, Apple claimed to add some security fixes for the cross-platform technology. Including also the Leopard update, the two new updates of [...]
