/// Tag Archives: zero day
How can you protect your business against “zero-day” threats?
September 20, 2011
Zero-day threats are attacks that use an unknown exploit/attack for which no patch or antivirus definition file exists as yet, and they are a major...
Anatomy of the RSA attack
April 21, 2011
Following up on my recent posting about the Epsilon breach, we see that the investigation of that incident is still ongoing; no further official information...
CESG security product certification plans are welcomed
April 06, 2011
I welcome the impending Commercial Product Assurance (CPA) Foundation and Augmented certification scheme from the CESG – the Communications-Electronics Security Group – since it will...
Stuxnet was an interesting wakeup call
March 25, 2011
Critical infrastructure protection has grabbed a lot headlines lately, but talk about weaponized exploits targeting these areas has been mostly academic. Until now. Stuxnet surfaced...
Adobe Flash Zero Day Now Puts Android Smartphones At Risk
September 15, 2010
Adobe has revealed a critical zero day flaw in Adobe Flash – the second in less than a week. The vulnerability extends even to Adobe...
Is Mozilla Firefox 3.6 The Answer To IE 6 To Protect Against Aurora?
January 29, 2010
As reports break that three U.S. oil companies, ExxonMobil, Marathon Oil and ConocoPhilips, have been targeted by a new sophisticated type of cyber attack that...
IE Vulnerability Linked To Attacks On Google, Others
January 19, 2010
The governments of France and Germany have urged users to stop using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser until the company fixes the security vulnerability that has...
German Government Advice On Web Security Not Optimal
January 19, 2010
Weekend reports that the German government has advised Internet users not to use Internet Explorer may not be the optimum solution to the problem of...
Critical Zero-Day Exploits Hit Internet Explorer And Adobe Reader
January 18, 2010
My company has discovered separate, critical zero-day exploits in two of the most heavily used applications in the world: Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Adobe Reader. According...
Adobe Reader: The New Frontier For Cyberattacks
January 08, 2010
Next Tuesday, Jan. 12, is Microsoft Patch Tuesday. Beyond the usual patches from Microsoft, we will also get a critical update for a piece of...
Zero-Day Malware Drops Payloads Signed With A Forged Microsoft Certificate
December 16, 2009
Security Websites are buzzing with news that a new zero-day exploit against Adobe Reader and Acrobat is circulating today, causing computers to become infected with...
Ignoring The Hyperbole And Staying Ahead Of The Cyber-Criminal
December 02, 2009
There has been a lot of talk this year about the increasing sophistication of cybercrime threat – even going so far as to claim that...
A Bad Day For Browsers, Severe Flaws… Again
November 27, 2009
Microsoft recently posted an advisory on the recently discovered zero day flaw in Internet Explorer 6 and 7. It would appear that the workarounds are...
