Secunia
Encyclopedia
Secunia is a Danish computer security
service provider best known for tracking vulnerabilities
in a large variety of software
and operating system
s.
Numbers of "unpatched" vulnerabilities in popular applications are frequently quoted in software comparisons.
Secunia has gained publicity and a notable reputation with the discovery of major zero day attack vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer
and other widely used programs.
Computer security
Computer security is a branch of computer technology known as information security as applied to computers and networks. The objective of computer security includes protection of information and property from theft, corruption, or natural disaster, while allowing the information and property to...
service provider best known for tracking vulnerabilities
Vulnerability (computing)
In computer security, a vulnerability is a weakness which allows an attacker to reduce a system's information assurance.Vulnerability is the intersection of three elements: a system susceptibility or flaw, attacker access to the flaw, and attacker capability to exploit the flaw...
in a large variety of software
Computer software
Computer software, or just software, is a collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions for telling a computer what to do and how to do it....
and operating system
Operating system
An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...
s.
Numbers of "unpatched" vulnerabilities in popular applications are frequently quoted in software comparisons.
Secunia has gained publicity and a notable reputation with the discovery of major zero day attack vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer
Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year...
and other widely used programs.
Secunia Personal Software Inspector
The Secunia PSI program allows users to view any out of date programs installed on a user's computer. It also allows the user to quickly and easily upgrade to new and secure versions of applications installed on a computer.External links
- Secunia website
- Secunia PSI website
- Lists of advisories by product Lists of known unpatched vulnerabilities