Monday, April 14th, 2008 Security service provider Secunia has discovered a vulnerability in the ClamAV open source virus scanner. Attackers can foist code on the appliction using manipulated EXE files.According a Secunia advisory, a boundary error in the cli_scanpe() function in libclamav/pe.c can cause a heap-based buffer overflow. Manipulated PE executables (Windows .exe files) ...
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Monday, April 14th, 2008 Microsoft Outlook categorizes mail attachments into three risk types which are high, medium and low. Outlook uses the default Microsoft configuration to determine if a file poses a high, medium or low risk when the user tries to open the attachment. The file extension .exe for instance poses a high ...
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008 Apple is quietly adding several key anti-hacker security features into its flagship QuickTime media player as part of a deliberate plan to reduce the effectiveness of malicious exploits.The XPMs (exploit prevention mechanisms) have been fitted into the WIndows and Mac OS X versions of QuickTime 7.4.5, a new update that ...
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Saturday, April 12th, 2008 Threats against browsers are getting more sophisticated and branching out into such exotic areas as gaming, experts told attendees at the recent RSA Conference 2008.New attacks from games and virtual-world Web sites can deliver bot-like control of browsers to attackers, said Ed Skoudis, a security consultant with Intelguardians, speaking at ...
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Saturday, April 12th, 2008 User Account Control (UAC) is a new security feature in Windows Vista that requires all users to log on and run in standard user privileges mode instead of as administrator with full administrative rights, thus prevent unauthorized or accidental changes that could destabilize the computers or allows virus and malware ...
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