Tag Archive for: zeroday

Are you tired of weak or fake zero-day exploits? 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]

Watch our latest 60 Second Security video! An entertaining but insightful look at the week’s security woes – in just one minute…
Naked Security – Sophos

Microsoft knew about ‘new’ Internet Explorer zero-day for 7 months but won’t patch

HP’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) publicly disclosed a zero-day flaw in Internet Explorer 8 after 180 days passed and Microsoft chose not to issue a patch. According to the ZDI advisory, the “use after free” flaw could be exploited if an attacker tricked a victim into visiting a tainted website, such as by clicking a link in an email or instant message, or by opening an emailed attachment.
Ms. Smith’s blog

Microsoft warns Internet Explorer 6 – 11 vulnerable to zero-day spotted in the wild

“Microsoft is aware of limited, targeted attacks that attempt to exploit a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 8, Internet Explorer 9, Internet Explorer 10, and Internet Explorer 11,” states a security advisory for CVE-2014-1776 that Microsoft released late on Saturday.
Ms. Smith’s blog

Word zero-day, Snapchat blasted, MS-DOS released – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]

What should you do about the latest Word zero-day? What does Mr Rockefeller think of SnapChat? And is that MS-DOS I see before me? Watch 60 Sec Security for 29 March 2014, and find out!
Naked Security – Sophos