Wednesday | 17 March, 2010
Stories about: X-Force
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IBM: Vulnerabilities fell in 2009, but other risks abound 26/02/2010 08:08:00
The number of software vulnerabilities fell overall in 2009, but the number of bugs in document readers and multimedia applications increased by 50 percent, according to IBM's annual X-Force Trend and Risk Report. - +
CIO and CSO should take a follow the money approach to security: IBM X-Force 27/08/2009 10:15:00
CIOs and CSOs could do well to consider the monetisation cost and overall profitability of security risks when considering how to safe guard their organisations, according to the findings of a new report from IBM’s Internet Security Systems X-Force research and development team. - +
Microsoft rushes patches to fix 'big deal' programming flaw 29/07/2009 08:33:00
As promised, Microsoft today patched six vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (IE) and Visual Studio with the first "out-of-cycle" update since it plugged a hole last October that the Conficker worm later used to run rampant. - +
Newest IE bug could be next Conficker, says researcher 09/07/2009 08:14:00
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. - +
Apple gets bruised in vulnerability report 05/08/2008 18:42:56
Apple has taken the place of Microsoft for disclosing more vulnerabilities than any other vendor, according to an IBM security report. - +
Phishing botnet expands by hacking legit sites 15/05/2008 08:10:59
A botnet is now using a SQL-injection attack tool designed to hack legitimate Web sites, a move meant to add more hijacked PCs to its collection, according to a security researcher. - +
IBM researcher: Hackers camouflage 100 per cent of Web attacks 13/02/2008 08:15:59
Hackers now mask virtually every Web browser exploit as part of their normal procedure to evade detection by security software, said IBM's X-Force research team Tuesday. - +
Half of 2006 vulnerabilities still unpatched 12/02/2008 16:59:19
More than 3600 vulnerabilities discovered last year remain un-patched, according to a study. - +
Networking's greatest debates in Security 29/10/2007 08:05:00
A look at the all time greatest controversies in the history of the networking industry. - +
Microsoft patches nine bugs in Windows, IE, Word 10/10/2007 08:21:09
Microsoft this week released six security bulletins that patched nine vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Microsoft Word, Outlook Express and SharePoint. But for the second time in two months, it yanked an update at the last minute. - +
Bug bounty program answers critics 10/08/2007 08:14:40
The man who launched both of the security industry's major bug bounty programs Thursday defended the idea of paying for vulnerabilities, but also said he has responded to critics by putting a tighter lid on bug details to make sure they don't fall into the wrong hands.
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