Errata Security Public Relations Errata Security is comprised of the security industry's leading experts in the fields of security architecture, security research, and exploit development. Our members are often quoted or referred to in the press. This page provides a chronicle of Errata Security's media presence. Errata Security in the Press 6.27.2008 "Taming Internet Explorer Browser Plug-Ins" Brian Krebs of the WashingtonPost.com blog Security Fix featured an article announcing the release of AxBan 1.5 to ban vulnerable ActiveX Controls. Read the full story here. 6.25.2008 "Researchers Defend Study on Patch Distribution Insecurities" Errata Security CEO Rob Graham is quoted in an article on the blog SecGuru about a team of researchers, David Brumley and Pongsin Poosankam of Carnegie Mellon University, Dawn Song of UC Berkeley, and Jiang Zheng of the University of Pittsburgh, who discovered a vulnerability in patch distribution systems. "Generating fully functional exploits by reverse engineering a patch takes a lot of steps, this paper automates only one of them, and only in certain cases," Graham said. Read the full story here. 6.25.2008 "Why Don't AV Vendors Make It Easy?" Alan Shimel at the blog Still Secure, After All These Years talks about an Errata Security blog post on AV software on Windows Mobile. Read the full story here. 5.28.2008 iPhone’s Field Test program used to hack cell towers network. iPhone World News has more coverage on the smartphone tool from Errata Security. Read the full story here. 5.28.2008 AxBan mentioned in Adobe Flash vulnerability article. AxBan is a tool that will automate the process of setting the killbit relevant to Adobe Flash Player. Read the full story here. 5.27.2008 iPhone Field Test app allows mobile network sniffing. Heise Security UK reports on the upcoming speech by David Maynor at SummerCon. Read the full story here. 5.27.2008 Errata CTO to present at SummerCon. Errata Security CTO David Maynor discusses the Field Test app in smartphones and talks about releasing source code for a tool that exploits this at SummerCon 2008. Read the full story here. 5.27.2008 Errata to release tool that gathers information about the cellular network. Errata calls its hack “cellular spelunking,” and it relies on a reverse engineered smartphone application. Read the full story here. 5.07.2008 Dark Reading features ActiveX 'killbit' tool AxBan. Researchers at Errata Security are offering a free tool for users that protects them from the wave of malicious ActiveX controls plaguing Internet Explorer browsers. Read the full story here. 4.09.2008 Errata CEO comments on cybersecurity actions. Errata Security CEO, Rob Graham, discusses technology hurdles in developing a cybersecurity early warning system. Read the full story here. 4.08.2008 Errata auditing tool LookingGlass is mentioned in ZDNet article. LookingGlass and Errata Security CTO, David Maynor, are mentioned in this article on improvements to the security of QuickTime. Read the full story here. 1.31.2008 Wired covers continuing impact of Sidejacking. Rob Graham's new work on sidejacking is discussed and new information that SSL enabled Gmail is vulnerable. Read the full story here. 1.14.2008 Errata CEO Rob Graham comments on printer security. Rob Graham is quoted in an article that explores new mitigation techniques to keep printers safe. Read the full story here. 12.31.2007 SideJacking named of of the top 5 coolest hacks of 2007 Errata Security research yields one of the top 5 hacks of 2007 according to Information security portal, Dark Reading. Read the full story here. 08.02.2007 Errata Security CEO shows how insecure web based apps are. Errata Security CEO Robert Graham release tools at Blackhat Vegas to show how easy it is to hack web apps at a wifi access point. Read the full story here. 04.18.2007 Errata Security CTO comments on Blackberry outage David Maynor an expert in mobile security and the CTO of Errata Security comments on a Blackberry service outage that affected most of North America. Read the full story here. 04.12.2007 Errata Security named to Dark Reading list of hot start ups Errata Security was one of the 10 new security startups chosen to be on Dark Readings list. Read the full story here. 03.02.2007 Errata Security research featured in CNet CNet has coverage of the Blackhat DC 2007 talk given by Errata Security founders. Read the full story here. Additional stories at Dark Reading, Security Focus, and Wifi Net News. 02.16.2007 Errata Security research featured on Dark Reading The research of Errata Security has been featured at the online security portal Dark Reading. This article gives a glimpse into the research Rob Graham and David Maynor will be presenting at Blackhat DC. Read the full story here. 02.15.2007 Errata Security CTO ponders Microsoft patch cycle David Maynor, CTO of Errata Security gives opinions alongside other security industry heavyweights on the value of the monthly security patch cycle employed by Microsoft. Read the full story here. 02.12.2007 Errata Security CTO comments on new remote 0day vulnerability in Solaris telnet Server Errata Security CTO David Maynor gives his thoughts to Computerworld on the impact of a new Solaris vulnerability released in the wild on a popular security mailing list. Read the full story here. 02.01.2007 Errata Security CTO comments on the end of the Month of Apple Bugs (MoAB) Errata Security CTO David Maynor weighs in on the effect the Month of Apple Bugs will have on Apple security moving forward. Read the full story here. 01.17.2007 Errata Security publicly launches security offerings Security portal Dark Reading covers the launch of Errata Security's Hacker Eye View service. Read the full story here.