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The Web is a pretty nasty place, according to reverse engineer and privacy advocate Mike Perry -- and he should know. Microsoft on Tuesday pushed out four patches to correct eight vulnerabilities in its operating systems and related components. The rate and complexity at which exploits are being "weaponised" is rapidly increasing. Domains in Hong Kong, China and the Philippines have been named as the most potentially dangerous on the web.
Apple has released a new version of its popular QuickTime application to close three holes, one of which is a particularly dangerous flaw that was being actively exploited to install malicious code on victims' machines. As the malware threat landscape continues to evolve, hackers are constantly changing techniques to counteract detection technologies vendors develop. Spam significantly increased in the second quarter of 2008, security vendor Sophos reported today. A DNS design flaw, which could have allowed remote attackers to silently hijack web sessions, prompted Tuesday's release of an unprecedented multivendor patch. Cyber-crooks are using new technologies and reinventing forms of social engineering to ensnare consumers and businesses, security experts warn. Polish researchers have developed a range of steganographic techniques which would enable a hacker to hide information in VoIP traffic. Microsoft is planning two new security features for the upcoming beta version of Internet Explorer 8.. The number of new malicious websites rose by 58 per cent in June to its highest level since April 2007, security experts warned today. Researchers at Panda Labs have discovered a free toolkit that allows users to turn any executable file into a worm. When news broke this week that Apple QuickTime contains a new and extremely dangerous flaw, it served as a perfect lead-in to today's unveiling of the latest SANS Top 20, which lists client-side vulnerabilities among the biggest threats facing end-users. June 30 marks an important date for any company that takes online credit card payments. Kaspersky Lab announced Monday it has created a free utility to restore files that may have been deleted by a new ransomware variant. British businesses are finding that protecting their organisations from hackers, social networking threats and browser vulnerabilities is an increasing struggle, according to research There's vulnerability assessment and penetration testing, but what about vulnerability analysis? Before you tell me that I'm just playing with words, stop for a sec and consider: it's one thing to assess what vulnerabilities may be in a system. McAfee and Yahoo have joined forces to cleanse search results and identify websites that may be malicious in nature. IT security vendors' sole purpose is to generate revenue -- not offer complete security -- and they will only create solutions to stop dangerous threats when they are incentivised to do so, the principal security strategist for IBM Internet Security Systems said Wednesday at Interop in Las Vegas.