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Adobe Flash Player update repairs two vulnerabilities, introduces
"Priority ...
SearchSecurity.com
The software giant repaired two Flash Player vulnerabilities that could be
used by attackers to execute malicious code or cause a denial-of-service
condition. One of the errors could be used by attackers to obtain sensitive
information via unspecified ...
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Hackers Vie for More than $1 Million to Take Down Browsers
Wired News (blog)
The annual Pwn2Own contest at the CanSecWest security conference is in its
sixth year and aims to improve the security of the internet by challenging
researchers to find zero-day vulnerabilities and develop exploits to attack
them, while disclosing the ...
<http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/pwn2own/>
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Google patches 14 vulnerabilities in Chrome ahead of CanSecWest
FierceCIO
Google patched 14 vulnerabilities in the 17.0.963.65 update of its Chrome
browser over the weekend, handing out a record $47500 to researchers. This
comes mere days before the start of 12th annual CanSecWest security
conference on Wednesday, ...
<http://www.fiercecio.com/techwatch/story/google-patches-14-vulnerabilities-chrome-ahead-cansecwest/2012-03-06>
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Adobe adding 'priority ratings' to security alerts
ZDNet (blog)
By Ryan Naraine | March 6, 2012, 2:00pm PST Summary: The new priority
ratings will be based on "historical attack patterns" for the relevant
product, the type of vulnerability, the platform(s) affected, and any
potential mitigations that may be in ...
<http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/adobe-adding-priority-ratings-to-security-alerts/10533>
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Second Adobe Flash Fix in a Month Released
Redmondmag.com
According to Adobe, if unpatched, "these vulnerabilities could cause a
crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected
system," the company said in a security bulletin. The first vulnerability
the fix addresses is a "memory ...
<http://redmondmag.com/articles/2012/03/06/adobe-flash-fix-released.aspx>
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Adobe lobs out Flash update to plug 3D security hole
Register
By John Leyden • Get more from this author Adobe has released an
out-of-schedule upgrade for its Flash Player software that tackles two
serious vulnerabilities. The cross-platform update is suitable for users of
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Solaris.
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/06/adobe_flash_security_update/>
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Google Patches 14 'High-risk' Bugs in Chrome, Awards Record Bug Bounty
PC Magazine
Ten of the bugs were tagged "use-after-free" memory corruption
vulnerabilities, which would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code if
the user clicked on a malicious URL. Most of the bugs were detected with
Google's own memory error detector, ...
<http://securitywatch.pcmag.com/security/295020-google-patches-14-high-risk-bugs-in-chrome-awards-record-bug-bounty>
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As Congress Debates Critical Infrastructure Security, Danger Grows
InformationWeek
"These companies are being run for the bottom line, and there's simply no
budget for anything that's not being mandated by DC" In the meantime,
growing interest in control system vulnerabilities by the security research
community has been lowering the ...
<http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/232602091>
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Google pays bounty for bug fixes
Australian Macworld
Google yesterday patched 14 vulnerabilities in Chrome and handed out a
record US$47500 in rewards to researchers, including US$30000 for
"sustained, extraordinary" contributions to its bug-reporting program.
The record checks were cut just two days ...
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