NZCERT

NZCERT is a registered Charitable Trust established to improve the general Information Security posture of New Zealand society.

• Our principle objectives are listed here.
• Our Privacy Statement, Disclaimer and Copyright Notice is here.
• Our alerts are classified using these colour codings as described here.

Latest Critical Alerts and Updates

	Red Hat: v.5 firefox security update	16Jul08
	Red Hat: v.4 firefox security update	16Jul08
	Red Hat: v.4 seamonkey security update	16Jul08
	Mozilla: Firefox 3.01, 2.0.0.16, Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 and SeaMonkey 1.1.11 released to address CSS reference counter vulnerability	15Jun08
	Red Hat: v.4 and v.5 java-1.4.2-ibm security update	14Jul08
	Red Hat: v.5 java-1.6.0-sun security update	14Jul08
	Red Hat: v.4 and v.5 java-1.5.0-sun security update	14Jul08
	Apple: Xcode tools 3.1 released for Mac OS X 10.5.x	11Jul08
	Apple: iPhone 2.0 and iPod touch 2.0 released for iPhone 1.0 - 1.1.4, iPod touch 1.1 - 1.1.4	11Jul08
	Apple: Apple TV 2.1 released for Mac OS X 10.4.11, Mac OS X 10.5 - 10.5.3	10Jul08

Recent Security Alerts and Updates

	Sun: Security Vulnerability in the System Management Agent (SMA) SNMP daemon (snmpd(1M))	17Jul08
	Cisco: IPS Update Bulletin 17 Jul 2008 (S346) (requires CCO login)	17Jul08
	Cisco: IPS Update Bulletin 16 Jul 2008 (S345) (requires CCO login)	16Jul08
	Red Hat: v.5 php security update	16Jul08
	Red Hat: v.4 php security and bug fix update	16Jul08
	Snort: VRT rules for vulnerabilities affecting Apple QuickTime and IBM Lotus Sametime	15Jul08
	Red Hat: v.4 and v.5 ruby security update	14Jul08
	Red Hat: v.4 and v.5 bluez-libs and bluez-utils security update security update	14Jul08
	VideoLAN: VLC media player 0.8.6i released to address security vulnerabilities	12Jul08
	Snort: VRT Rules for multiple rules in the spyware-put and backdoor categories aswell as fix for a problem with MS08-037	11Jul08
	Red Hat: v.4 and v.5 bind security update	10Jul08
	Sun: Security Vulnerabilities in Thunderbird for Solaris May Result in Privilege Escalation or Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)	10Jul08
	ZoneAlarm: Workaround to Sudden Loss of Internet Access Problem	09Jul08
	US-CERT: Multiple DNS implementations vulnerable to cache poisoning	09Jul08
	Snort: VRT release fixes a problem that prevented the rules for MS08-040 from being loaded correctly	09Jul08
	Red Hat: v.4 and v.5 openldap security update	09Jul08

Latest News

	Reminder: SANS is providing security training in Canberra on 30 June - 5 July 2008. Further information is available here	30May08
	SANS Security Essentials is being taught in Wellington, New Zealand from 15 Jan to 18 Mar 2008 under the SANS Mentor Program. Further information is available here	03Nov07
	NZCERT is trialling delivery of critical alerts for mobile users via the nzcert.mobi website.	07Oct07
	AusCERT 2008 will be held on the Gold Coast, Australia, May 16-23 2008. The Call for Presentations and Tutorials is now open. Further details are available here	06Oct07
	The Second annual New Zealand Computer Crime and Security Survey has been released. NZCERT provided input into this survey. It is available from Otago University here	30Sep07