http://www.scmagazineus.com Latest articles from SC Magazine US News A new point of entry has been discovered in Adobe Flash that allows attackers to infect any website which permits visitors to upload content, a researcher claims. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_gunU6v2nv8P0ctGgxlAv0zqeNc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_gunU6v2nv8P0ctGgxlAv0zqeNc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_gunU6v2nv8P0ctGgxlAv0zqeNc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_gunU6v2nv8P0ctGgxlAv0zqeNc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SCMagazineNews/~4/S6vKRbsX0hs" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SCMagazineNews/~3/S6vKRbsX0hs/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:04:48 GMT http://www.scmagazineus.com/researcher-finds-frighteningly-bad-adobe-flash-flaw/article/157734/ Microsoft is investigating a researcher's claim that the software giant's newest operating system contains a vulnerability that could be exploited to crash systems. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UeWOCBzTGv-pV4K_NzDu4pcEujw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UeWOCBzTGv-pV4K_NzDu4pcEujw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UeWOCBzTGv-pV4K_NzDu4pcEujw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UeWOCBzTGv-pV4K_NzDu4pcEujw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SCMagazineNews/~4/bLGi97KkJKw" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SCMagazineNews/~3/bLGi97KkJKw/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:19:49 GMT http://www.scmagazineus.com/microsoft-looking-into-new-smb-vulnerability-report/article/157732/ Web application vulnerabilities remains the primary avenue of attack for cybercriminals, according to a new report. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_BO768D42J19MjyWqToRLrzpfC4/0/da"><img 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13:15:56 GMT http://www.scmagazineus.com/attack-tool-can-hijack-data-off-unlocked-iphones/article/157587/ Microsoft on Tuesday delivered six security patches, but considers one -- which addresses a "critical" Windows kernel bug -- of paramount concern. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7b2CjB4BGd-unOj-1zhD8JcoQWY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7b2CjB4BGd-unOj-1zhD8JcoQWY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7b2CjB4BGd-unOj-1zhD8JcoQWY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7b2CjB4BGd-unOj-1zhD8JcoQWY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SCMagazineNews/~4/N6oX_HeCz1g" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SCMagazineNews/~3/N6oX_HeCz1g/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:44:58 GMT http://www.scmagazineus.com/microsoft-fixes-15-flaws-with-six-patches/article/157541/ On the eve of Microsoft's Patch Tuesday, Apple released a monster security update for its Mac OS X platform. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ow3_00fIigpp6JZtnBP4P4AhLF0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ow3_00fIigpp6JZtnBP4P4AhLF0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ow3_00fIigpp6JZtnBP4P4AhLF0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ow3_00fIigpp6JZtnBP4P4AhLF0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SCMagazineNews/~4/vrKOMv3CfyM" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SCMagazineNews/~3/vrKOMv3CfyM/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:08:48 GMT http://www.scmagazineus.com/apple-distributes-whopper-of-security-update/article/157531/ Georgia Tech researchers are hoping to develop a remote repair method that would enable cellular service providers to clean malicious code off an infected mobile device without requiring the device be brought into a service center. <p><a 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