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Apple patches Pwn2Own flaw used to hack Safari
By secgeeks - Posted on March 31st, 2010
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According to Apple's advisory accompanying the patch, the actual vulnerability was not in the Safari browser but in the way ATS (Apple Type Services) handles certain fonts.
WordPress blogs hacked, redirecting to malware
By secgeeks - Posted on March 29th, 2010
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The attacks occurred mostly on WordPress blogs hosted by Network Solutions but it appears that there are multiple security weaknesses in play.
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