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• Secunia: We don't know how vendors will react to our repackaging their updates

  By Lucian Constantin | 29 February, 2012 06:34

  Security firm Secunia expects a reaction from vendors as it plans to repackage security updates for hundreds of applications into its own proprietary installer and deliver them through the new version of Personal Software Inspector (PSI).

• Free tool silently updates most Windows software

  By Gregg Keizer | 28 February, 2012 07:33

  Danish security company Secunia today released a beta version of its PSI 3.0 utility that automatically downloads updates for Windows programs and plug-ins created by thousands of third-party vendors.

• Linux vendors rush to patch privilege escalation flaw after root exploits emerge

  By Lucian Constantin | 25 January, 2012 05:23

  Linux vendors are rushing to patch a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel that can be exploited by local attackers to gain root access on the system.

• Secunia sets six-month deadline for vulnerability disclosures

  By Lucian Constantin | 19 January, 2012 01:29

  Vulnerability research firm Secunia announced that, effective from the beginning of the year, software vendors will have a six-month deadline to fix vulnerabilities reported through its Vulnerability Coordination Reward Programme (SVCRP).

• Secunia offers to coordinate vulnerability disclosure on behalf of researchers

  By Lucian Constantin | 02 November, 2011 22:15

  Danish vulnerability management company Secunia aims to make the task of reporting software vulnerabilities easier for security researchers by offering to coordinate disclosure with vendors on their behalf.

• Secunia's patching tool integrated with Microsoft's WSUS

  By Jeremy Kirk | 31 August, 2011 23:07

  Secunia, a Danish security company that makes two tools that ensure applications have up-to-date patches, released a product on Wednesday that can deploy non-Microsoft patches using that company's widely used patching tool.

• Researcher: Threats from zero-day exploits overhyped

  By Jeremy Kirk | 30 June, 2011 23:22

  Computers lacking patches for long-known vulnerabilities potentially face more of a hacking risk than from zero-day exploits, or attacks targeting vulnerabilities that haven't been publicly disclosed, according to new research from Secunia.

• Patch software with free Secunia PSI

  By Liane Cassavoy | 28 January, 2011 05:40

  One of the biggest security threats out there doesn't come from malicious hackers or online identity thieves. It actually comes from you, the innocent PC user and your out-of-date software. But you can put an end to that threat with the free Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI), which identifies and helps patch the problematic programs you may be running.

• Microsoft warns of new Windows vulnerability

  By Tony Bradley | 05 January, 2011 08:13

  Happy New Year! Microsoft's first Patch Tuesday for 2011 is scheduled a week from today on the 11th of January, but there's no time like the present to kick things off for the year.

• Security program automatically tracks down missing patches

  By Jeremy Kirk | 03 September, 2010 21:13

  Secunia has updated its Personal Software Inspector (PSI) with the ability to silently download and apply patches from multiple vendors soon after their release. PSI 2.0 is now available in an open beta test,

• Microsoft probes new Windows kernel bug

  By Gregg Keizer | 07 August, 2010 22:51

  Microsoft on Friday said it is investigating an unpatched vulnerability in Windows after an Israeli researcher revealed a bug in the operating system's kernel driver.

• Adobe confirms PDF zero-day, plans rush patch

  By Gregg Keizer | 06 August, 2010 04:46

  Adobe today said it would issue an emergency patch the week of Aug. 16 to fix a critical flaw in its Reader and Acrobat software.

• Third-party software bugs skyrocket in 2010

  By Gregg Keizer | 13 July, 2010 06:39

  A surge in third-party software vulnerabilities accounted for the bulk of a ballooning bug count in the first half of 2010, said Danish security firm Secunia today.

• Almost all Windows users vulnerable to Flash zero-day attacks

  By Gregg Keizer | 28 July, 2009 08:21

  More than 9 out of every 10 Windows users are vulnerable to the Flash zero-day vulnerability that Adobe won't patch until Thursday, a Danish security company said today.

• Adobe admits users vulnerable after downloading Reader

  By Gregg Keizer | 22 July, 2009 08:28

  Adobe has acknowledged that some users are vulnerable to attack after downloading an outdated version of Reader from its Web site, and said it is now reevaluating how it updates the popular PDF reader.