Apple Inc. has patched a vulnerability in its QuickTime media player that could give a hacker control over a computer.
The problem concerns a buffer overflow that can occur when QuickTime processes a RTSP URL (Real Time Streaming Protocol Uniform Resource Locator), which directs the player to a streaming file and allows a user to play and pause it. A hacker could create a malicious RTSP URL embedded in a Web page that would could open a door for other harmful code to run on a machine, Apple said. The patch comes more than three weeks after researchers who are part of the Month of Apple Bugs (MOAB) project published exploit code. Infosworld has more on this topic.

Finish data security company F-Secure told reporters today that a computer virus called "Storm Worm" was sent to hundreds of thousands of email addresses globally. Knowing how many e-mail users do not blind-copy (BCC) their friends when sending mass e-mails, the numbers could be much higher. According to F-Secure, "Storm Worm" is spreading very quickly. Read on at DailyTech
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Adobe Systems has issued updates to fix security flaws in its Reader and Acrobat software that could allow an attacker to remotely commandeer a computer. The vulnerabilities affect Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Standard, Professional and Elements versions 7.0.8 and earlier, as well as Adobe Acrobat 3D, Adobe said in its advisory. Secunia rated the Reader flaw as "highly critical." Read on at ZdNet

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The second flaw warning in the Month of Apple Bugs project is for a remote code execution issue affecting the cross-platform VLC media player distributed by VideoLAN.

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A vulnerability in Media Player 9 and 10 can be used by attackers to grab control of a PC, security researchers warned. A malicious .asx-formatted playlist, if opened by an unsuspecting user, could completely compromise the machine.

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Mozilla's Firefox 2 and Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 are vulnerable to a flaw that could allow attackers to steal passwords.

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Maintenance Pack 1 for Kaspersky Internet Security (KIS) 6.0 includes not only fixes for the main errors identified during the first six months since the product?s official release, but also a number of new features and improvements, which will be described in this overview.

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NOD32 v2.7 Release Candidate 1 (v2.70.12) has been released on November 8. Screenshots under Windows XP Pro x64 and Windows Vista 64bit

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Detailed exploit code for a Windows XP security vulnerability has been published on the Internet, offering a roadmap for hackers to disable the firewall embedded in the operating system.

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A team of security gurus today released an unofficial security fix for a serious flaw in Microsoft's default Web browser and e-mail software. The action comes as computer security organizations in the United States and elsewhere are issue alarms that the Internet Explorer flaw is currently being exploited by online criminals to install spyware on vulnerable computers.

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