Security Software

Oracle plugs severe security holes that put systems at hijack risk

The company patched vulnerabilities affecting Java, its databases, enterprise applications and middleware

D-Link to padlock router backdoor by Halloween

The backdoor lets attackers change a router configuration without authenticating

Hackers exploit vBulletin vulnerability to inject rogue administrator accounts

Users should delete the 'install' directories from their vBulletin deployments and upgrade to the latest version of the software

Cisco patches vulnerabilities in some security appliances, switches and routers

If left unpatched, the vulnerabilities could enable denial-of-service, command execution or authentication bypass attacks

Tenth Anniversary Patch Tuesday brings crucial Microsoft Explorer fix

Microsoft issued four critical security bulletins and four additional important bulletins covering IE, Windows and Microsoft Office

Hosting provider LeaseWeb falls victim to DNS hijacking

The company believes attackers obtained domain administrator credentials and used them to change the domain's DNS records at the registrar

Report: NSA has little success cracking Tor

The agency has attacked other software, including Firefox, in order to compromise the anonymity tool, according to documents

Web hosting firms at risk from critical vulnerability in WHMCS billing and support system

WHMCS developers released security updates to close publicly disclosed SQL injection vulnerability

Hackers steal information on 2.9 million Adobe customers

Source code for some Adobe products also was stolen

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