Advisories and Reports

Below is the list of Advisories and Reports.


  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Mar 15, 2010
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 20 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Mar 09 2010Fortinet Protects Against Internet Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs Protects Against a Vulnerability in Internet Explorer.
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  • Microsoft Security Bulletin for March 09, 2010
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team protects against vulnerabilities on Microsoft Products
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  • Mar 01 2010Fortinet Protects Against VBScript Could Allow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs Protects Against a Vulnerability in VBScript.v
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Mar 01, 2010
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 12 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Threatscape Report - February 2010 Edition
    Fortinet Reviews Worldwide Threat Activity For The Period Ending February 2010
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  • Feb 16 2010Adobe Security Bulletin for February 16, 2010
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs protects against vulnerabilities on Adobe Products
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Feb 15, 2010
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 27 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Feb 11 2010Adobe Security Bulletin for February 11, 2010
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team protects against vulnerabilities on Adobe Products
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  • Microsoft Security Bulletin for February 09, 2010
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team protects against vulnerabilities on Microsoft Products
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  • Feb 08 2010Fortinet Protects Against Oracle Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs Protects Against a Vulnerability in Oracle.
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  • Feb 04 2010Fortinet Protects Against Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerability (980088)
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs Protects Against a Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer.
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Feb 01, 2010
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 19 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Jan 28 2010Analyzing Sasfis Botnet Communications
    A closer look at the Sasfis botnet and its operations.
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  • Threatscape Report - January 2010 Edition
    Fortinet Reviews Worldwide Threat Activity For The Period Ending January 2010
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  • Microsoft Security Bulletin for January 21, 2010
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs protects against vulnerabilities on Microsoft Products
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  • Jan 21 2010Fortinet Discovers Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerability (MS10-002)
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs has discovered a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
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  • Jan 19 2010Adobe Security Bulletin for January 19, 2010
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs protects against vulnerabilities on Adobe Products
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  • Jan 18 2010Vulnerability in Internet Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution (979352)
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs protects against a remote code execution vulnerability in Internet Explorer.
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Jan 18, 2010
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 22 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Jan 12 2010Adobe Security Bulletin for January 12, 2010
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs protects against vulnerabilities on Adobe Products
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  • Microsoft Security Bulletin for January 2010
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs protects against vulnerabilities on Microsoft Products
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Jan 04, 2010
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 7 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Threatscape Report - December 2009 Edition
    Fortinet Reviews Worldwide Threat Activity For The Period Ending December 2009
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Dec 21, 2009
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 16 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Dec 18 2009Adobe Security Bulletin for December 18, 2009
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team protects against vulnerabilities on Adobe Products.
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  • Dec 16 2009Fortinet Discovers Multiple Cisco WebEx WRF Player Vulnerabilities
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs Discovers Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities in Cisco WebEx WRF Player.
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  • Dec 15 2009Adobe Reader / Acrobat Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (APSA09-07)
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs investigates a vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat / Adobe Reader that leads to remote code execution.
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  • Dec 08 2009Adobe Security Bulletin for December 08, 2009
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team protects against vulnerabilities on Adobe Products
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  • Dec 08 2009Fortinet Discovers Vulnerability in Indeo Codec
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs Discovers Memory Corruption Vulnerability in Indeo Codec.
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  • Dec 08 2009Fortinet Discovers Microsoft Office Project Vulnerability (MS09-074)
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs Discovers Memory Corruption Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Project.
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  • Dec 08 2009Fortinet Discovers Adobe Flash Player Vulnerabilities (APSB09-19)
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs discovers multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player.
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  • Microsoft Security Bulletin for December 2009
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team protects against vulnerabilities on Microsoft Products
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Dec 07, 2009
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 21 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Dec 07 2009Pushdo and Cutwail: Enhancing Command and Control
    In-depth research on the updated Pushdo/Cutwail botnet.
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  • Threatscape Report - November 2009 Edition
    Fortinet Reviews Worldwide Threat Activity For The Period Ending November 2009
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  • Nov 25 2009Vulnerability in Internet Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team protects against remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer.
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Nov 23, 2009
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 13 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Microsoft Security Bulletin for November 2009
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team protects against vulnerabilities on Microsoft Products
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Nov 09, 2009
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 11 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Nov 04 2009Adobe Shockwave Player Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (APSB09-16)
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs investigates multiple vulnerabilities in Adobe Shockwave Player.
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  • Threatscape Report - October 2009 Edition
    Fortinet Reviews Worldwide Threat Activity For The Period Ending October 2009
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Oct 26, 2009
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 21 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Oct 16 2009Smashing Adobe's Heap Memory Management Systems for Profit.
    In-depth research on the recent PDF zero-day exploit
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  • Oct 14 2009Adobe Security Bulletin for October 2009
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team protects against vulnerabilities on Adobe Products
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  • Oct 14 2009Zeus: God of DIY Botnets
    The latest version of the toolkit typically sells for about $700 USD to trusted buyers, with the bot source code possibly available for a much larger sum.
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  • Oct 13 2009Multiple Vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat / Reader
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team Discovers Multiple Vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader / Acrobat.
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  • Microsoft Security Bulletin for October 2009
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team protects against vulnerabilities on Microsoft Products
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Oct 12, 2009
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 4 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Oct 08 2009Adobe Reader Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (APSB09-15)
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team investigates a vulnerability in Adobe Reader.
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  • Sep 30 2009Waledac Botnet - Deployment & Communication Analysis
    The design of botnets has evolved considerably over the past several years, with the likes of Slammer and other high profile worms (Storm) moving to peer to peer.
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Sep 28, 2009
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 17 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Threatscape Report - September 2009 Edition
    Fortinet Reviews Worldwide Threat Activity For The Period Ending September 2009
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Sep 14, 2009
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 25 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Sep 09 2009Microsoft Server Message Block Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (SMB2)
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team investigates a vulnerability in Microsoft's Server Message Block implementation (SMB2).
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  • Microsoft Security Bulletin for September 2009
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team protects against vulnerabilities on Microsoft Products
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  • Sep 02 2009Microsoft IIS FTP Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team investigates a vulnerability in Microsoft IIS FTP Service.
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Aug 31, 2009
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 19 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Threatscape Report - August 2009 Edition
    Fortinet Reviews Worldwide Threat Activity For The Period Ending August 2009
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Aug 17, 2009
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 23 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date. In addition, coverage on the vulnerabilities resolved in August 2009 Microsoft Security update is included in recent IPS Definition Package.
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  • Microsoft Security Bulletin for August 2009
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team protects against vulnerabilities on Microsoft Products
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  • Aug 11 2009Microsoft Office Web Components Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team Discovers Memory Corruption Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Web Components.
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Aug 03, 2009
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 32 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Jul 28 2009Microsoft Active Template Library and Windows Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (973882)
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team continues to investigate on ATL vulnerabilities and protects against Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerabilities
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  • Jul 23 2009Adobe Reader / Acrobat and Flash Remote Code Execution
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team investigates a vulnerability in multiple Adobe products through SWF.
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  • Threatscape Report - July 2009 Edition
    Fortinet Reviews Worldwide Threat Activity For The Period Ending July 2009
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Jul 19, 2009
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 21 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date. In addition, coverage on the vulnerabilities resolved in July 2009 Microsoft Security update is included in recent IPS Definition Package.
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  • Microsoft Security Bulletin for July 2009
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team protects against vulnerabilities on Microsoft Products
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  • Jul 07 2009Microsoft Video ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team investigates a vulnerability in a Microsoft Video ActiveX control (MPEG2TuneRequest).
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  • Threatscape Report - June 2009 Edition
    Fortinet Reviews Worldwide Threat Activity For The Period Ending June 2009
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Jun 30, 2009
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 23 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Jun 15, 2009
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 32 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date. In addition, coverage on the vulnerabilities resolved in June 2009 Microsoft Security update is included in recent IPS Definition Package.
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  • Jun 10 2009Memory Corruption Vulnerability in Adobe Reader / Acrobat
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team Discovers Memory Corruption Vulnerability in Adobe Reader / Acrobat.
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  • Microsoft Security Bulletin for June 2009
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team protects against vulnerabilities on Microsoft Products
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  • Jun 09 2009Memory Corruption Vulnerability in Apple Safari
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team Discovers Vulnerability in Apple Safari.
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  • Jun 09 2009Memory Corruption Vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team Discovers Memory Corruption Vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
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  • Jun 09 2009Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team Discovers Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel.
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  • May 29 2009Microsoft DirectShow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team investigates a vulnerability in Microsoft DirectX (DirectShow) through a specially crafted QuickTime media file.
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  • Threatscape Report - May 2009 Edition
    Fortinet Reviews Worldwide Threat Activity For The Period Ending May 2009
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  • May 19 2009Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team investigates an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS).
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - May 19, 2009
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 45 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date. In addition, coverage on the vulnerabilities resolved in May 2009 Microsoft Security update is included in recent IPS Definition Package.
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  • Microsoft Security Bulletin for May 2009
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team protects against vulnerabilities on Microsoft Products
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - May 04, 2009
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 18 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Threatscape Report - April 2009 Edition
    Fortinet Reviews Worldwide Threat Activity For The Period Ending April 2009
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  • Apr 21 2009Multiple Vulnerabilities In HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team Discovers 3 Vulnerabilities in HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring.
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Apr 20, 2009
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 14 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date. In addition, coverage on the vulnerabilities resolved in April 2009 Microsoft Security update is included in recent IPS Definition Package.
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  • Apr 14 2009Microsoft Office Excel Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team Discovers Memory Corruption Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel.
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  • Apr 14 2009Microsoft WordPad and Office Text Converter Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team Discovers Memory Corruption Vulnerability in Microsoft WordPad and Office Text Converter.
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  • Microsoft Security Bulletin for April 2009
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team protects against vulnerabilities on Microsoft Products
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  • Apr 08 2009EMC RepliStor Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team has discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in EMC RepliStor.
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  • Apr 03 2009Microsoft PowerPoint Invalid Object Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (969136)
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team protects against an invalid object error in Microsoft PowerPoint.
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Mar 30, 2009
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 9 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date. In addition, coverage on the vulnerabilities resolved in March 2009 Microsoft Security update is included in recent IPS Definition Package.
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  • Threatscape Report - March 2009 Edition
    Fortinet Reviews Worldwide Threat Activity For The Period Ending March 2009
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Mar 16, 2009
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 6 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date. In addition, coverage on the vulnerabilities resolved in March 2009 Microsoft Security update is included in recent IPS Definition Package.
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  • Mar 12 2009Apple iTunes DAAP Message Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
    A DoS vulnerability exists in Apple iTunes through a maliciously crafted DAAP message
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  • Microsoft Security Bulletin for March 2009
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team protects against vulnerabilities on Microsoft Products
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Mar 02, 2009
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 10 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Feb 27 2009Adobe Reader / Acrobat Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team protects against a memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Reader / Acrobat.
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  • Threatscape Report - February 2009 Edition
    Fortinet Reviews Worldwide Threat Activity For The Period Ending February 2009
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  • Feb 26 2009Microsoft Excel Invalid Object Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team protects against an invalid object error in Microsoft Excel.
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  • Feb 18 2009Fortinet Investigates a New SMS Mobile Worm: Yxes.A
    The FortGuard Global Security Research Team has investigated the case of a new mobile worm resorting to a breakthrough propagation strategy.
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Feb 16, 2009
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 12 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Feb 10 2009Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Visio
    Three memory corruption vulnerabilities lie in Microsoft Office Visio 2003, which allow a remote attacker to compromise a system through a malicious document
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  • Microsoft Security Bulletin for February 2009
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team protects against vulnerabilities on Microsoft Products
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  • Feb 05 2009Fortinet discovers multiple vulnerabilities in RealNetworks' RealPlayer
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team protects against vulnerabilities in RealNetworks' RealPlayer
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  • Threatscape Report - January 2009 Edition
    Fortinet Reviews Worldwide Threat Activity For The Period Ending January 2009
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Jan 19, 2009
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 12 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Microsoft Security Bulletin for January 2009
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team protects against vulnerabilities on Microsoft Products
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  • Jan 13 2009Fortinet discovers multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Secure Backup
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team protects against a memory corruption vulnerability in Oracle Secure Backup.
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  • Jan 09 2009MS08-067 RPC Vulnerability and Conficker
    Fortinet Issues Report on Microsoft Windows Server Service RPC Vulnerability (MS08-067) and the Conficker Worm
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  • Threatscape Report - December 2008 Edition
    Fortinet Reviews Worldwide Threat Activity For The Period Ending December 2008
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  • Jan 05 2009Twitter 'Direct Messages' pushes to adware site
    Fortinet Global Security Research Team investigates malicious Twitter direct messages, pushes to adware site
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Jan 05, 2009
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 1 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Dec 30 2008Fortinet protects against the 'CurseSMS' Mobile Attack
    The FortiGuard Global Security Research Team released a new version of its FortiCleanUp tool to effectively block and disable the remote SMS/MMS Denial of Service attack publicly known as
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  • Dec 24 2008Microsoft SQL Server Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team protects against a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server.
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  • Dec 16 2008Microsoft Internet Explorer Invalid Pointer Reference Vulnerability
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team protects against invalid pointer reference vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer.
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  • Microsoft Security Bulletin for December 2008
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team protects against vulnerabilities on Microsoft Products
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Dec 14, 2008
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 8 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Threatscape Report - November 2008 Edition
    Fortinet Reviews Worldwide Threat Activity For The Period Ending November 2008
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Nov 28, 2008
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 5 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Nov 16, 2008
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 10 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Microsoft Security Bulletin for November 2008
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team protects against vulnerabilities on Microsoft Products
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  • Oct 28 2008Facebook Worm drives by Google Reader and Picasa (updated)
    The Fortinet Global Security Research Team discovers malicious Google Reader accounts involved in an attack targeting Facebook users.
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  • Threatscape Report - October 2008 Edition
    Fortinet Reviews Worldwide Threat Activity For The Period Ending October 2008
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Oct 24, 2008
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 10 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date. In addition, coverage on the vulnerabilities resolved in October 2008 Microsoft Security update is included in recent IPS Definition Package.
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  • Oct 23 2008Microsoft Windows Server Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS08-067)
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team protects against vulnerabilities on Microsoft Windows Server
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  • Oct 22 2008Wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team Discovers Vulnerability Affecting Wireshark.
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  • Oct 21 2008EMC NetWorker Denial of Service Vulnerability
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team Discovers Vulnerability Affecting Multiple EMC Products.
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  • Microsoft Security Bulletin for October 2008
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team protects against vulnerabilities on Microsoft Products
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  • Oct 10 2008CA ARCserve Backup Remote Command Injection Vulnerability
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team Discovers Vulnerability in CA ARCserve Backup.
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Sep 26, 2008
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 12 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Sep 25 2008Mozilla Products Graphic Rendering Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team Discovers Vulnerability in various Mozilla products.
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  • Sep 25 2008The State of Malware - September 2008 Edition
    Fortinet Reviews Malicious Code Activity For The Period Ending September 2008
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  • Sep 12 2008Microsoft Windows GDI+ Memory Corruption Vulnerability
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team Discovers Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows GDI+.
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Sep 12, 2008
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 18 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date. In addition, coverage on the vulnerabilities resolved in Septempber 2008 Microsoft Security update is included in recent IPS Definition Package.
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  • Microsoft Security Bulletin for September 2008
    The Microsoft security bulletin for this month contains four critical severity updates affecting the Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft SQL Server, Internet Explorer, .NET Framework and Visual Studio.
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  • Sep 08 2008War Of The Rogues
    Rogue security applications have been around for some time, but recently we have seen a marked increase in activity.
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  • Aug 28 2008The State of Malware - August 2008 Edition
    Fortinet Reviews Malicious Code Activity For The Period Ending August 2008
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Aug 20, 2008
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 14 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date. In addition, coverage on the vulnerabilities resolved in Aug 2008 Microsoft Security update is included in recent IPS Definition Package.
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  • Aug 12 2008Microsoft Windows Messenger Illegal Remote Access Vulnerability
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team Discovers Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Messenger.
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  • Microsoft Security Bulletin for August 2008
    The Microsoft security bulletin for this month contains six critical and five important severity updates affecting the Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Windows Mail and Windows Messenger
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - Aug 5, 2008
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 13 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Jul 30 2008The State of Malware - July 2008 Edition
    Fortinet Reviews Malicious Code Activity For The Period Ending July 2008
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  • Jul 29 2008RealNetworks RealPlayer Illegal Resource Reference Vulnerability
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team has discovered an illegal resource reference vulnerability in RealNetworks' RealPlayer through an ActiveX control.
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  • Jul 22 2008Google Hacking Attracts Zlob Malware
    When there is porn, there is Zlob.
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  • Jul 18 2008Multiple vulnerabilities in EMC Dantz Retrospect Backup Client/Server
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team has discovered multiple vulnerabilities in EMC's Dantz Retrospect backup Client & Server.
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - July 16, 2008
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed five active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date. In addition, coverage on the vulnerabilities resolved in July 2008 Microsoft Security update is included in recent IPS Definition Package
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  • Microsoft Security Bulletin for July 2008
    The Microsoft security bulletin for this month contains four important severity updates affecting the Microsoft Windows and Microsoft SQL Server.
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  • Jun 27 2008The State of Malware - June 2008 Edition
    Fortinet Reviews Malicious Code Activity For The Period Ending June 2008
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - June 27, 2008
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 6 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Jun 19 2008Xunlei Thunder ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team Discovers a Vulnerability in Xunlei Thunder.
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - June 13, 2008
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 35 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date. In addition, the IPS Definition Package 2.513 has coverage for the vulnerabilities reported in the June 2008 Microsoft Security Bulletin.
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  • Microsoft Security Bulletin for June 2008
    The Microsoft security bulletin for this month contains three critical, three important and one moderate severity updates affecting the Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer.
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  • Jun 05 2008Akamai Download Manager Arbitrary File Download
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team discovers a parameter injection vulnerability in Akamai Download Manager.
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  • May 30 2008Danmec/Asprox SQL Injection Attack
    Fortinet provides protection against an SQL injection attack by the Danmec/Asprox Trojan.
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - May 29, 2008
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 9 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • May 28 2008The State of Malware - May 2008 Edition
    Fortinet Reviews Malicious Code Activity For The Period Ending May 2008
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  • May 26 2008Buffer overflow vulnerability discovered in HP OpenView Network Node Manager
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team has discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in HP's OpenView Network Node Manager through the Process Manager service.
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  • May 14 2008Object Handler Validation Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Publisher
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team discovers an object handler validation vulnerability in Microsoft Office Publisher that allows remote code execution.
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - May 14, 2008
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 20 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Microsoft Security Bulletin for May 2008
    The Microsoft security bulletin for this month contains three critical and one moderate severity updates affecting the Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft Antigen, Microsoft Windows Defender, Microsoft Forefront Security.
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  • May 06 2008Multiple Javascript Vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat Professional / Reader
    Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team has discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the javascript API for Adobe Acrobat Professional / Adobe Reader that can lead to remote code execution a
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - April 30, 2008
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 23 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Apr 29 2008The State of Malware - April 2008 Edition
    Fortinet Reviews Malicious Code Activity For The Period Ending April 2008
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - April 16, 2008
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed three active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Microsoft Security Bulletin for April 2008
    The Microsoft security bulletin for this month contains five critical and three important severity updates affecting the Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer.
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - April 02, 2008
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 13 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Mar 28 2008Spam 2.0 Moves to Facebook
    Fortinet Global Security Research Team warns about hijacked Facebook accounts posting deceptive messages on Wall.
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  • Mar 26 2008The State of Malware - March 2008 Edition
    Fortinet Reviews Malicious Code Activity For The Period Ending March 2008
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  • Mar 19 2008Multiple .FLA Parsing Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash CS3 Professional
    Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Multiple .FLA Parsing Vulnerabilities
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  • New Vulnerability Coverage - March 19, 2008
    The FortiGuard Global Threat Research Team has released new security content to cover multiple vulnerabilities. The FortiGuard Team has observed 16 active exploitations of these vulnerabilities to date.
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  • Mar 14 2008Invalid Style Record Data Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel
    Fortinet Global Security Research Team Discovers Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel
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  • Microsoft Security Bulletin for March 2008
    The Microsoft security bulletin for this month contains four critical severity updates affecting the Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office Web Components.
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  • Feb 27 2008The State of Malware - February 2008 Edition
    Fortinet Reviews Malicious Code Activity For The Period Ending February 2008
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  • Feb 13 2008Invalid Memory Reference Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Publisher
    Fortinet Global Security Research Team Discovers Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Publisher
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  • Microsoft Security Bulletin for February 2008
    The Microsoft security bulletin for this month contains six critical and five important severity updates affecting the Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Active Directory, ADAM, IIS, Visual Basic, Works and Works Suite.
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  • Feb 08 2008Silent Print Vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat/Reader
    Fortinet Global Security Research Team Discovers Silent Print Vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Professional and Adobe Reader
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  • Jan 30 2008The State of Malware Today - January 2008
    Fortinet Reviews Malicious Code Activity During January 2008
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  • Jan 21 2008New SymbianOS Worm Spreading In-The-Wild
    The FortiGuardGlobal Security Research Team discovered a new SymbianOS Worm actively spreading on various mobile phone networks.
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  • Microsoft Security Bulletin for January 2008
    The Microsoft security bulletin for this month contains one critical and one important severity updates affecting the Microsoft Windows.
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  • Jan 07 2008Storm Worm Botnet Sending Barclays Phishing E-Mails
    Fortinet Global Security Research Team discovers phishing activity emanating from the
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  • Jan 03 2008The State of Malware Today - December 2007
    Fortinet Reviews Malicious Code Activity During December 2007
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  • Jan 03 2008Canadian Pharmacy
    Fortinet Global Security Research Team takes an in-depth look at a large, global pharmacy scam operation which has been constructed to be highly robust while attempting to draw in cash from unsuspecti
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  • Jan 02 2008Facebook Widget Installing Spyware
    Fortinet Global Security Research Team discovered a malicious Facebook Widget actively spreading on the social networking site.
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  • Dec 06 2007Prevalence Report: Vulnerability in Apple QuickTime Player RTSP Actively Exploited
    Fortinet Global Security Research Team Provides Protection Against a Vulnerability in Apple QuickTime Player RTSP Handling.
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  • Nov 29 2007The State of Malware Today - November 2007
    Fortinet Reviews Malicious Code Activity During November 2007
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  • Nov 15 2007November 2007, Cumulative Patch Virus Threat
    Fortinet Global Security Research Team Provides Protection Against Swen Email Virus
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  • Nov 14 2007Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System Server
    Fortinet Global Security Research Team Discovers a Vulnerability Affecting CA Host Based Intrusion Prevention System Server.
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  • Nov 14 2007Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Windows Shell URI Handling
    Fortinet Global Security Research Team Delivers Protection Against A Vulnerability in Windows URI Handling.
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  • Nov 08 2007eBay Phish Using AOL Open Redirect
    Fortinet Global Security Research Team Discovers Phish Using AOLSearch Redirection
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  • Oct 30 2007The State of Malware Today - October 2007
    October, by the numbers; Mass mailers and exploits wield plenty of tricks, yield no treats
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  • Oct 11 2007Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in CA BrightStor ARCServe BackUp
    Fortinet Global Security Research Team Discovers A Vulnerability Affecting CA BrightStor ARCServe BackUp.
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  • Sep 27 2007The State of Malware Today - September 2007
    September, by the numbers; CashOn cheques further into the Korean market
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  • Aug 31 2007The State of Malware Today - August 2007
    August, by the numbers; Korea in the spotlight - Dloader.K!tr and CashOn; Web Traffic: Rush Hour; and, Confusion 2.0, or how to counter-educate users
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  • Jul 30 2007The State of Malware Today - July 2007
    July, by the numbers; Good old traditions: the summer postcard; And the target is: your web browser
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  • Jul 27 2007Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Baidu Soba Search Bar
    A Vulnerability Affecting Baidu Soba Search Bar.
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  • Jul 18 2007Thailand in the Eye of the Storm
    Tibs in Thailand
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  • Jun 28 2007The State of Malware Today - June 2007
    June, by the numbers; W32/Dialer.PZ!tr Part 2: Packing for a Cruel Summer; Diminishing Email Worm; Instant Messages or Instant Threats?
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  • Jun 12 2007Multiple Vulnerabilities Affecting Microsoft Speech Control.

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  • May 31 2007The State of Malware Today - May 2007
    May, by the numbers; Over-sea-ing Operations With W32/Dialer.PZ!tr
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  • May 09 2007Arbitrary File Rewrite Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
    An Arbitrary File Rewrite Vulnerability Affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer
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  • May 03 2007The State of Malware Today - April 2007
    April, by the numbers; Up the skirt, under the radar; Cheap Polymorphism and high stakes
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  • Apr 19 2007Malware Exploiting RPC Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows DNS Server
    Malware Exploiting Microsoft RPC Vulnerability on Windows DNS Server
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  • Apr 18 2007MS.Windows.RPC.DNS.Service.Buffer.Overflow (CVE-2007-1748)
    a prevalence report of MS.Windows.RPC.DNS.Service.Buffer.Overflow (CVE-2007-1748)
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  • Apr 17 2007Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Akamai Download Manager
    A Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability exists in Akamai Download ManagerFortinet Security Research Team (FSRT) Discovers A Vulnerability Affecting Akamai Download Manager.
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  • Mar 30 2007The State of Malware Today - March 2007
    March, by the numbers; Phisher Worm 2.0
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  • Mar 14 2007Malicious Code Appears on Blogger.com

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  • Mar 14 2007Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities Affecting McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and ProtectionPilot
    Fortinet Security Research Team (FSRT) Discovers Multiple Vulnerabilities Affecting McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and ProtectionPilot.
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  • Mar 06 2007Dirty Money on the Wires: The Business Models of Cyber Criminals
    Dirty Money on the Wires: The Business Models of Cyber Criminals VB 2006
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  • Mar 02 2007FortiClient 3.0 Receives 'Advanced' Certification for On-Demand Detection from AV-Comparatives.org

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  • Feb 27 2007The State of Malware Today - February 2007
    February, by the numbers; Spam: Fighting a Losing Battle? Maybe not...
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  • Feb 27 2007Fortinet ranked #1 in Malware-Test antivirus test
    Malware Test second round of Antivirus test
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  • Feb 22 2007Anniversary - 4 Easy Steps to Multimedia Social Engineering Attack
    multimedia Social Engineering attack W32/VB.FT!tr.bdr
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  • Feb 01 2007The State of Malware Today - January 2007
    January, by the numbers; (virus) Writers in the Storm; The Missing Link
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  • Jan 09 2007Improper Memory Access Vulnerability in Microsoft Excel
    Fortinet Security Research Team (FSRT) has discovered an Improper Memory Access Vulnerability in Microsoft Excel.
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  • Dec 29 2006The State of Malware Today - December 2006
    This month, the Fortinet Research team uncovers new threats and dissects cybercrooks’ intentions, delivering insights on the freshest scams around.
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  • Dec 19 20062006 Malware Threats and Trends
    The Fortinet Response Team reports the 2006 Malware Threats and Trends
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  • Nov 30 2006The State of Malware Today - November 2006
    This month, the Fortinet Research team uncovers new threats and dissects cybercrooks’ intentions, delivering insights on the freshest scams around.
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  • Nov 01 2006The State of Malware Today - October 2006
    This month, the Fortinet Research team uncovers new threats and dissects cybercrooks’ intentions, delivering insights on the freshest scams around.
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  • Oct 20 2006Stration Threat
    The Fortinet Response Team has discovered another variant of the mass-mailer Stration; unexpectedly, overpassing Grew.A and Netsky.P.
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  • Oct 12 2006MySpace Social Engineering Threat
    The Fortinet Response Team has discovered another social engineering and phishing threat that is related to MySpace, the popular social networking website.
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  • Oct 10 2006Multiple Vulnerabilities in Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Office and Microsoft Server Service
    Fortinet Security Research Team (FSRT) has discovered multiple Microsoft vulnerabilities
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  • Oct 06 2006Volksbanken Phishing Threat
    A massive phishing threat targeted to clients of Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken, a bank based in Germany, has been detected by FortiGate security systems.
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  • Sep 30 2006The State of Malware Today - September 2006
    This month, the Fortinet Research team uncovers new threats and dissects cybercrooks’ intentions, delivering insights on the freshest scams around.
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  • Sep 19 2006Code Execution Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer VML
    Fortinet advises that its FortiGate security appliances, FortiMail secure messaging appliances and FortiClient Host Security software protect against JS/MS06.XMLNS!exploit.
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  • Sep 01 2006The State of Malware Today - August 2006
    This month, the Fortinet Research team uncovers new threats and dissects cybercrooks’ intentions, delivering insights on the freshest scams around.
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  • Aug 08 2006Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Microsoft Powerpoint
    Fortinet Security Research Team (FSRT) has discovered a Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Microsoft Powerpoint.
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  • Jul 28 2006Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in FortiReporter
    Fortinet advises that a recently discovered vulnerability has been found in the FortiReporter product . The Fortinet Engineering team has reviewed it and provided a fix for it.
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  • Jul 28 2006The State of Malware Today - July 2006
    This month, the Fortinet Research team uncovers new threats and dissects cybercrooks’ intentions, delivering insights on the freshest scams around.
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  • Jul 11 2006Improper Memory Access Vulnerability in Multiple Microsoft Office Products
    Fortinet Security Research Team (FSRT) has discovered a critical vulnerability affecting multiple Microsoft Office products.
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  • Jul 05 2006Denial of Service Vulnerability in Macromedia Flash Player
    The Fortinet Security Research Team has discovered a Denial of Service vulnerability in Macromedia Flash Player.
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  • Jul 05 2006Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Macromedia Flash Player
    The Fortinet Security Research Team has discovered multiple improper memory access vulnerabilities in Macromedia Flash Player.
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  • Jul 01 2006The State of Malware Today - June 2006
    This month, the Fortinet Research team uncovers new threats and dissects cybercrooks’ intentions, delivering insights on the freshest scams around.
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  • Jun 13 2006Multiple Improper Memory Access Vulnerabilities in Microsoft PowerPoint
    Vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint Could Allow Remote Code Execution (916768)
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  • May 31 2006The State of Malware Today - May 2006
    This month, the Fortinet Research team uncovers new threats and dissects
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  • May 30 2006A Vulnerability in FortiMail SMTP Sendmail Email
    Fortinet advises that a recently discovered SMTP Sendmail email vulnerability was found and published by CERT.
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  • May 29 2006Text File Extension Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
    Fortinet Security Research Team has discovered a denial service vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer.
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  • May 29 2006Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in WinAmp
    Fortinet Security Research Team found a buffer overflow vunerability of winamp, and this vulnerability affects the newest version of winamp v5.21.
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  • May 10 2006Bypass Vulnerability in FortiGate FTP Antivirus scanning application
    Fortinet advises that a recently discovered FTP Anti-Virus Scanning application bypass vulnerability was found to exist under certain conditions.
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  • Apr 28 2006The State of Malware Today - April 2006
    This month's highlights: April by the numbers, The old sk00ler of the month: W32/Polipos, MSN Phishes, MySpace.com “social viruses”, Infection “Swiss Army Knife” Style
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  • Mar 31 2006CreateTextRange Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
    Fortinet advises that its FortiGate security appliances, FortiMail secure messaging appliances and FortiClient Host Security software protect against JS/CreateTextRange.A!exploit and JS/CreateTextRang
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  • Mar 31 2006The State of Malware Today - March 2006
    This month's highlights: Netsky, Social Engineering, News from a Valentine's couple, BetterInternet, Phishing, Ransomware is back: the Cryzip
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  • Mar 15 2006Overcross.A Microsoft Intermediate Languate Threat
    Fortinet advises that its FortiGate security appliances, FortiMail secure messaging appliances and FortiClient Host Security software protect against MSIL/Overcross.A Microsoft Intermediate Language t
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  • Mar 14 2006Improper Memory Access Vulnerability in Microsoft Excel Column Index
    Fortinet Security Research Team (FSRT) has discovered a Improper Memory Access Vulnerability in the Microsoft Excel software.
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  • Mar 14 2006Stack Overflow Vulnerability in Microsoft Excel Formula Size
    Fortinet Security Research Team (FSRT) has discovered a Improper Stack Overflow Vulnerability in the Microsoft Excel software.
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  • Mar 01 2006The State of Malware Today - February 2006
    This month's highlights: Virus activity, On Adware: a BetterInternet - twice a week, February's paradox: Phishing, The future is now
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  • Feb 24 2006Bypass Vulnerability in FortiGate URL Filtering Application
    Fortinet advises that a recently discovered URL Filtering application bypass vulnerability was found and published on some public websites.
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  • Feb 24 2006Application Bypass Vulnerability in FortiGate FTP Antivirus Scanning
    Fortinet advises that a recently discovered FTP Anti-Virus Scanning application bypass vulnerability was found and published on some public websites.
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  • Feb 22 2006Fortinet's FortiClient Achieves ICSA Certification for Desktop Anti-Spyware
    Only Security Vendor to Hold an Unprecedented Eight ICSA Certifications
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  • Jan 31 2006The State of Malware Today - January 2006
    This month's highlights: Virus activity, He Grew against the grain, Feebs but ingenuous
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  • Jan 26 2006Grew.A Email And Network Worm Threat
    W32/Grew.A!wm is a mass-mailing worm that attempts to spread through network shares and lower security settings. Fortinet rates it as a level 4 threat. It accounted for approximately 15% of malware ac
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  • Jan 18 2006Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in BitComet URI
    Fortinet Security Research Team (FSRT) has discovered a URI buffer overflow Vulnerability in the BitComet P2P Client software. It indicates a possible exploit of buffer overflow vulnerability in BitCo
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  • Jan 12 2006Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Apple QuickTime Player Color Map Entry Size
    Fortinet Security Research Team (FSRT) has discovered a Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in the Apple QuickTime Player. Apple QuickTime has buffer overflow vulnerability in parsing the specially crafted
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  • Jan 12 2006Integer Overflow Vulnerability in Apple QuickTime Player ImageWidth
    Fortinet Security Research Team (FSRT) has discovered a Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in the Apple QuickTime Player. Apple QuickTime has buffer overflow vulnerability in parsing the specially crafted
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  • Jan 12 2006Improper Memory Access Vulnerability in Apple QuickTime Player
    Fortinet Security Research Team (FSRT) has discovered a Improper Memory Access Vulnerability in the Apple QuickTime Player. Apple QuickTime has Improper Memory Access vulnerability in parsing the spec
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  • Jan 12 2006Denial of Service Vulnerability in Apple QuickTime Player ImageWidth
    Fortinet Security Research Team (FSRT) has discovered a Denial of Service Vulnerability in the Apple QuickTime Player. Apple QuickTime has Denial of Service vulnerability in parsing the specially craf
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  • Jan 12 2006Improper Memory Access Vulnerability in Apple QuickTime Player StripOffsets
    Fortinet Security Research Team (FSRT) has discovered a Vulnerability in the Apple QuickTime Player. Apple QuickTime has a vulnerability in parsing the specially crafted TIFF image files.
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  • Jan 12 2006Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Apple QuickTime Player StripByteCounts
    Apple QuickTime has buffer overflow vulnerability in parsing the specially crafted TIFF image files. This is due to application failure to sanitize the parameters StripByteCounts and StripOffsets valu
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  • Jan 05 2006The State of Malware Today - The Year 2005
    This year's highlights: Innovations in 2005, Botnets go mainstream, Sober: the clever misfit, Future trends, Protecting yourself
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  • Dec 29 2005The State of Malware Today - December 2005
    This month's highlights: Mitglieder Overrated, Sober vs Netsky, Dasher, IM Worms, Phishing, WMF Zero-day exploit
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  • Dec 28 2005Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows WMF Handling
    Fortinet advises that its FortiGate security appliances, FortiMail antispam appliances and FortiClient Host Security software protect against the
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  • Dec 08 2005IKE ISAKMP Vulnerabilities in FortiGate, FortiMail and FortiClient
    Fortinet advises that its FortiGate security appliances, FortiManager systems, and FortiClient Host Security software products are vulnerable against the recent IKE ISAKMP (VU#226364) vulnerabilities.
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  • Nov 29 2005The State of Malware Today - November 2005
    This month's highlights: Return of Sober, IM Threats Growth, MyTob vs. Sober, Sony's DRM, AVAR 2005.
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  • Nov 22 2005Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
    Fortinet advises that its FortiGate security appliances protect against the latest Microsoft Internet Explorer
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  • Nov 14 2005Sober.AC Email Worm Threat
    On Monday November 14, 2005 Fortinet received the first samples of Sober, a Mass-mailer that sends itself to addresses harvested from the infected system.
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  • Nov 10 2005BrepiBot.D Sony DRM Trojan Threat
    W32/BrepiBot.D!tr is a Trojan that attempts to make use of the security flaws introduced in Sony's customer's systems by way of its DRM technology by installing a bot, which tries to connect to a list
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  • Nov 09 2005Code Execution Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Graphics Rendering Engine
    Fortinet advises that its FortiGate security appliances protect against the latest Microsoft Windows Vulnerability MS05-053, a vulnerability in the Graphics Rendering Engine that could allow code exec
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  • Nov 01 2005Mitglieder.FY, Mitglieder.FZ and Mitglieder.GA Trojan Threats
    W32/Mitglieder.FZ!tr is a Downloader type Trojan that is manually sent by hackers and/or mail proxies established by other viruses and Trojans, which attempts to connect to various Web sites to retrie
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  • Oct 31 2005The State of Malware Today - October 2005
    This month's highlights: MyTob.NA and MyTob.MY, Return of the Tob, Sober.R, Botnets and Spyware.
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  • Oct 17 2005MyTob.NA, MyTob.MZ and MyTob.MY Email Worm Threats
    W32/MyTob.NA-mm (aka Doombot.b) is a mass-mailing virus that spreads via SMTP, and resides within a .ZIP file attachment inside emails received from a spoofed sender address.
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  • Oct 14 2005MyTob.MY Email Worm Threats
    W32/MyTob.MY-mm is a mass-mailing worm, similar to the previous MyTob variants, and spreads to other systems using its own SMTP engine.
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  • Sep 28 2005The State of Malware Today - September 2005
    This month's highlights: Bagle/Mitglieder, Rise of Spyware, Hurricane related phishing and more.
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  • Sep 19 2005Bagle.CJ Email Worm Threats
    A new Trojan, W32/Bagle.CJ-mm is received via an email with .exe or .zip file attachments that contain a malicious executable file, which injects itself into Windows Explorer processes and stays resid
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  • Aug 29 2005The State of Malware Today - August 2005
    This month's highlights: Zotob/MS05-039 flaw, Msdds exploit, Web controlled botnets, and more.
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  • Aug 17 2005Malwares Exploiting a Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer Msdds.dll
    Fortinet advises that its FortiGate security appliances, FortiMail antispam appliances and FortiClient Host Security software protect against possible malwares exploiting Microsoft Internet Explorer's
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  • Jul 29 2005The State of Malware Today - July 2005
    This month's highlights: Some sun for virus authors, Phishing on eBay, forged Windows security updates, and more.
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  • Jul 04 2005The State of Malware Today - June 2005
    This month's highlights: 150+ variants of MyTob, Trojan activity up 100, Exploiting news stories, Rootkits, and more.
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  • Jul 02 2005Ebay Phishing threat
    Fortinet received the first sample of this new Phishing scam in Israel and detected 46,902 samples thus far, including 12,000 samples of this new Phishing attempt within two hours of releasing the det
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  • Jun 01 2005The State of Malware Today - May 2005
    This month's highlights: Decrease in number of new mass-mailers and Trojans detected, but percentage of new Bots detected increases - again Resurgence of MyTob variants. Appearance of the first 'poli
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  • May 02 2005Sober.P Email Worm Threat
    On Monday 2 May (PDT) Fortinet received the first samples of Sober.P, a Mass-mailer that sends itself to addresses harvested from the infected system.
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  • Apr 14 2005Zotob Worm Threat
    Fortinet advises that its FortiGate security appliances, FortiMail antispam appliances and FortiClient Host Security software protect against all known variants of the W32/Zotob worm. This network wor
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  • Apr 12 2005Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in MSN Messenger
    A remote code execution vulnerability exists in MSN Messenger that could allow an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability to take complete control of the affected system.
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  • Mar 17 2005A Vulnerability in Windows 2000 GDI32.DLL GetEnhMetaFilePaletteEntries()
    A denial of service vulnerability affects Microsoft Windows GDI library 'gdi32.dll'. This issue is due to a failure of the application to securely copy data from malformed EMF image files.
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  • Feb 05 2005Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Foxmail MAIL-FROM
    Multiple remote buffer overflow vulnerabilities reportedly affect the command response functionality of GlobalScape CuteFTP. These issues are due to a failure of the application to properly validate t
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  • Jan 01 2005The State of Malware Today - The Year 2004
    Fortinet reviews virus events of 2004, and looks forward to the expected evolution of Internet security threats in 2005
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  • Dec 14 2004ICMP DOS Vulnerability in RICOH Aficio 450/455 PCL 5e Printer
    Ricoh 450/455 printers are susceptible to a remote denial of service vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure of the device to properly handle exceptional ICMP packets.
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  • Nov 24 2004Multiple Command Response Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in GlobalScape CuteFTP Professional
    Multiple remote buffer overflow vulnerabilities reportedly affect the command response functionality of GlobalScape CuteFTP. These issues are due to a failure of the application to properly validate t
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