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Cyber-security predictions for 2013

Cyber-security predictions for 2013

Brian Jackson

Published: November 13th, 2012 Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+
iOS 5.1 hack in three simple steps

iOS 5.1 hack in three simple steps

Editor's note: The exploit described in this story and featured in the YouTube video has since been revealed as a fake. There is no security risk as described below. ITBusiness.ca regrets the error.The

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: March 8th, 2012 ITBusiness Staff
IPv6 eyed by torrent users to avoid network throttling

IPv6 eyed by torrent users to avoid network throttling

Experts are reporting a rise in the number of attacks that take advantage of known vulnerabilities of IPv6, a next-generation addressing scheme that is being adopted across the Internet. IPv6 replaces the Internet's

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: August 26th, 2011 Carolyn Duffy Marsan
Microsoft offers workaround to zero-day exploit

Microsoft offers workaround to zero-day exploit

Microsoft today confirmed an unpatched vulnerability in Windows just hours after a hacking toolkit published an exploit for the bug. A patch is under construction, but Microsoft does not plan to issue an

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: January 5th, 2011 Gregg Keizer
Outlook security flaw allows hackers to disguise file types

Outlook security flaw allows hackers to disguise file types

Microsoft today patched five vulnerabilities in Windows and Office, including a bug hackers have been exploiting for almost a month.As expected, yesterday's patch slate was short: Just four security updates that included fixes

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: July 14th, 2010 Gregg Keizer
YouTube hacked, Justin Bieber’s account targeted

YouTube hacked, Justin Bieber’s account targeted

Malicious hackers attacked Google's YouTube on Sunday, exploiting a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on the ultra-popular video sharing site, hitting primarily sections where users post comments."Comments were temporarily hidden by default within an

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: July 7th, 2010 Amy Helen Johnson, Juan Carlos Perez and Sharon Gaudin
McAfee ‘extremely sorry’ for update that wreaked havoc

McAfee ‘extremely sorry’ for update that wreaked havoc

McAfee Inc. apologized late Thursday for crippling thousands of customers' computers with a flawed update the day before. "I want to apologize on behalf of McAfee and say that we're extremely sorry for

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 26th, 2010 Gregg Keizer
Attacks likely against Windows, PowerPoint, researchers warn

Attacks likely against Windows, PowerPoint, researchers warn

Some of the bugs Microsoft patched today will be exploited by hackers almost immediately, security researchers predicted.Microsoft's massive update -- a record-tying 13 separate security bulletins that patched 26 vulnerabilities -- gives attackers

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: February 11th, 2010 Gregg Keizer
Adobe responds to attacks with faster patching

Adobe responds to attacks with faster patching

Hackers like Adobe Systems, and now the company knows it all too well. Adobe's software has increasingly come under attack in recent years as hackers have come to realize that it can be

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 7th, 2009 Robert McMillan
9 in 10 Windows users vulnerable to Flash zero-day attacks

9 in 10 Windows users vulnerable to Flash zero-day attacks

More than nine out of every 10 Windows users are at risk from the Flash zero-day vulnerability that Adobe won't patch until Thursday, a Danish security company said today.According to Secunia, 92 per

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: July 29th, 2009 Gregg Keizer
Microsoft to release emergency ActiveX patch today

Microsoft to release emergency ActiveX patch today

The emergency patches Microsoft plans to rush out this week will fix a flaw that runs through several critical components of Windows and an unknown number of third-party applications, according to a pair

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: July 28th, 2009 Gregg Keizer
Adobe Reader, Flash flaw exploited by hackers with e-mail and Web attacks

Adobe Reader, Flash flaw exploited by hackers with e-mail and Web attacks

Adobe Systems Inc. late Wednesday admitted its Flash and Reader software have a critical vulnerability and promised it would patch both next week. One security researcher, however, said Adobe's own bug-tracking database shows

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: July 24th, 2009 Gregg Keizer
Microsoft slammed for leaving IE bug unpatched for more than a year

Microsoft slammed for leaving IE bug unpatched for more than a year

Microsoft on Thursday confirmed it has known about a bug behind widespread Internet Explorer (IE) attacks for more than a year, but defended its security process against critics.According to Mike Reavey, director of

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: July 13th, 2009 Gregg Keizer
Critical IE bug could trigger Conficker scale attack

Critical IE bug could trigger Conficker scale attack

The critical bug that Microsoft confirmed Monday but has yet to patch is a prime candidate for another Conficker-scale attack, a security researcher said."It's better than [the vulnerability used by] Conficker," Roger Thompson,

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: July 9th, 2009 Gregg Keizer
Windows XP, older IE users at risk from Microsoft ActiveX Control flaw

Windows XP, older IE users at risk from Microsoft ActiveX Control flaw

If you're still using Windows XP and haven't moved up to the latest version of Internet Explorer, your system could be in danger of being hacked owing to an as yet unpatched Microsoft

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: July 9th, 2009 Nestor Arellano