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Web application security

• September 18, 2012 18 Sep'12

  Microsoft investigates IE zero-day flaw

  Microsoft says it is investigating reports of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8, and 9

• September 17, 2012 17 Sep'12

  Android devices vulnerable to security breaches

  More than 50% of devices running Google's Android OS have unpatched vulnerabilities, opening them up to malicious apps and other attacks

• July 10, 2012 10 Jul'12

  Microsoft repairs dangerous XML Core Services zero-day flaw

  The Microsoft XML Core Services vulnerability is being actively targeted by cybercriminals. In addition, Microsoft issued a critical update to Internet Explorer 9.

• March 19, 2012 19 Mar'12

  Study: Shnakule, four other malnets caused most 2011 attacks

  Huge global malnets, such as Shnakule, were responsible for most attacks in 2011, and Blue Coat predicts they will trigger 66% of all attacks in 2012.

• February 24, 2012 24 Feb'12

  Windows security case study: Controlling Windows 7 user privileges

  After migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7, Oxford University Press used Avecto’s Privilege Guard to control Windows 7 user privileges.

• February 03, 2012 03 Feb'12

  Microsoft spurs Browsium to rewrite tool for running IE6 on Windows 7

  Microsoft has spurred Browsium to rewrite its tool for running IE6 on Windows 7, limiting the security threat posed by continued use of IE6.

• December 29, 2011 29 Dec'11

  Emerging 2012 security trends demand information security policy changes

  2012 security trends involving cookies, fines, devices and threats will demand more skills -- and a little finesse -- from security professionals.

• March 07, 2011 07 Mar'11

  Malvertising, pop-up ad virus problems demand more user protection

  A recent pop-up ad infection on the London Stock Exchange's website highlights the growing scourge of malicious advertising, or malvertising.

• March 10, 2008 10 Mar'08

  Web 2.0 presents no new security challenges, is just marketing hype: Secure Computing

  Secure Computing's Scott Montgomery says Web 2.0 security is marketing hype, application flaws come from overworked programmers and Australia is doing better at cyber-security than the USA and Europe.