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Critical vulnerability found in VLC Media Player Security company Secunia has found a flaw in the VLC Media Player that could allow an attacker to gain control of someone's PC.The problem, which Secunia ranks as "highly critical," affects version 0.8.6h on Win Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Apple fixes critical QuickTime bug Apple has released a security fix for its QuickTime media player software, fixing a critical bug that had been worrying security experts for nearly a month.The update, released Wednesday, fixes a vulnerability i Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft patches critical bugs in Windows graphics system Microsoft issued a critical patch for two vulnerabilities in the core graphics subsystem of Windows, one of eight fixes released Tuesday as part of its monthly security updates.Microsoft released a total of five Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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VLC Gets a New Look on Windows and Linux Heise Online: "After two years in development, VLC, the universal media player, has moved from the 0.8.x versions to version 0.9.2. The release, named "Grishenko", is available for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and other operating systems" Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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Critical VMware bug lets attackers zap 'real' Windows A critical vulnerability in VMware's virtualization software for Windows lets attackers escape the "guest" operating system and modify or add files to the underlying "host" operating system, the company has acknowledged. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Researcher reveals critical Java bugs in Nokia phones A pair of critical vulnerabilities in Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java technology for mobile devices could be used by hackers to surreptitiously make calls, record conversations, and access information on Nokia Series 40 cell phones, a Polish researcher said Monday. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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New attack proves critical Windows bug 'highly exploitable' Security researchers Tuesday said they'd discredited Microsoft's claim that the year's first critical Windows vulnerability would be "difficult and unlikely" to be exploited by attackers.On Tuesday, Immunity upd Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Windows XP SP3 omits critical security update Microsoft Tuesday confirmed that Windows XP SP3 (Service Pack 3) omits a critical security update issued by the company in November 2006.The company acknowledged the omission while attempting to clarify the impa Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Mozilla patches critical Firefox flaws Mozilla issued 10 patches on Friday for its Firefox browser, including three for critical vulnerabilities. The latest version of Firefox is now 2.0.0.12.One of the critical vulnerabilities, MFSA 2008-06, is a pr Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft patched critical Windows bug in XP SP3 early The appearance and disappearance of a Windows XP installation snafu indicates that Microsoft patched a critical vulnerability in XP's still-unfinished Service Pack 3 (SP3) weeks before it fixed any other version of Windows. The glitch, which sent some PCs into an endl Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Firefox 3 vulnerability found Five hours after Mozilla officially released Firefox 3.0, researchers found a vulnerability in the new browser.Tipping Point has verified the bug and reported it to Mozilla, Tipping Point said on Wednesday. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Get 'em while they're hot: critical security fixes from Microsoft, Apple But still no relief from Carpet bombing menace Microsoft and Apple released a batch of critical security fixes within 24 hours of each other, patching a variety of components including the Internet Explorer browser, Bluetooth services and the QuickTime media player.… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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Adobe Joins Content Fray With Media Player 1.0 And Adobe TV - InformationWeek eFluxMediaAdobe Joins Content Fray With Media Player 1.0 And Adobe TVInformationWeek - 7 hours agoAdobe believes it has an edge over rivals Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, and iTunes by not constraining users by platform or proprietary software.Adobe shoots an AI Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Attack code released for critical Windows flaw In what may be the first step toward a major security problem, security researchers have released attack code that will crash Windows machines that are susceptible to a recently patched bug in the operating system. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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RIM fixes critical BlackBerry Enterprise Server bug Research in Motion patched a critical bug in its BES (BlackBerry Enterprise Server) Friday to stymie hackers hoping to break into company networks by tricking users of the popular smartphone into opening rigged PDFs. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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New version of OpenOffice.org fixes critical bug OpenOffice.org has issued a patch for a security vulnerability affecting several versions of its open-source office suite.The latest version, 2.4.1, is available for download on the organization's Web site. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Samba Dinged by 'Highly Critical' Flaw Zero Day: "Researchers at Secunia have flagged a 'highly critical' vulnerability in Samba, the widely deployed open-source software for networked file sharing and printing..." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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High-priority patch fixes critical vulns in RealPlayer Available in Windows, Mac and Linux RealNetworks has issued an update that patches four security holes in its RealPlayer jukebox program, including a critical flaw that vulnerability tracker Secunia published today.… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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Elisa - Open Media Center, Multimedia Player For openSUSE Linux SUSE & openSUSE: "Elisa is an open source cross-platform media center connecting the Internet to an all-in-one media player. While primary development and deployment platform is GNU/Linux and Unix operating systems, elisa also currently support Microsoft Windows." Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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Samsung YP-P2 personal media player iPod Touch beater? Review Believe it or not, 'yepp peetoo' is Samsung's preferred pronunciation of the name of their new media player. Thankfully a coterie of Yepp Girls were on hand at the launch of the peetoo a month or so back and they had such lovely thighs, sorry, smiles, that we instantly f Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |