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Noise Filter: Researcher's Claim of IIS Flaw Sparks Debate

January 6, 2010 – On Christmas Day, security researcher Soroush Dalili delivered a rather unfortunate present to users of Microsoft Internet Information Services, when he issued a research note that alerted users of what he called a highly critical new zero day flaw in IIS, though Microsoft has disputed the impact of the issue.

Linux Bug Leads to Claranet Attack

February 15, 2008 — UK Internet service provider Claranet has been hacked as the result of a major security vulnerability in the Linux kernel revealed earlier this week.

ModernBill Security Flaw Spotted

August 31, 2006 — Automated billing software provider ModernBill’s payment gateway is missing a peer certificate verification, according to vulnerability intelligence provider Secunia.

Opera Software Vulnerability Found

July 28, 2006 — A vulnerability has been discovered in Opera Software, which can be exploited to display the SSL certificate from a trusted site on an non-trusted site. The weakness was discovered by Secunia Research.

Flaw Found in Sun Java Web, App Server

December 15, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — A vulnerability has been found in the Sun Java System Web Server and Application Server, according to an advisory posted Tuesday by security researcher Secunia (secunia.com).

Helm Flaw Quickly Repaired

November 5, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — WebHost Automation (webhostautomation.com), developer of the Helm Web hosting control panel, said on Friday that the vulnerabilities in the Helm control panel reported on Wednesday by security organization Secunia (secunia.com), have already been fixed.

Vulnerabilities Found in JRun Server

September 24, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — According to a advisory from security researcher Secunia (secunia.com) vulnerabilities in Macromedia’s JRun Web application server could allow a remote attacker to compromise a machine running the software.