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News A virtual illness wiped out entire servers of users in World of Warcraft in 2005 when a design flaw allowed the disease to spread throughout low level players. Virtual worlds are playgrounds not just for people who want some online fantasy role... [28 Aug 2008]
Microsoft patches 'the class of 2007'
News The Word flaw had also been used in cyber attacks, it said. Most of the vulnerabilities addressed by the fixes can only be exploited after someone visits a rigged website or opens a malicious file - attack approaches that are increasingly popular... [09 May 2007]
Malicious code getting harder to spot
News But an attack could also lurk on a trusted site by exploiting a common flaw known as cross-site scripting. Cyber crooks who rig websites to break into PCs are getting better at hiding their malicious code, a security expert has said. [19 Apr 2007]
Microsoft warns of 'critical' Windows flaw
News Cyber crooks are using a yet-to-be-patched security flaw in certain Windows versions to attack computers running the operating systems, Microsoft has warned. Windows XP and Windows Vista are not impacted by the DNS flaw. [13 Apr 2007]
Microsoft patches hasty patch
News Cyber crooks had been using the hole to attack Windows PCs. Microsoft is set to today push out a fix to repair problems caused by last week's emergency cursor flaw patch. The fix will be delivered as a "high priority" update alongside Microsoft's... [10 Apr 2007]
Microsoft in a fix over cursor patch
News Cyber crooks had been using the hole since last week to attack Windows PCs. Microsoft consciously released the cursor flaw patch despite the compatibility problem, Mike Reavey, a Microsoft Security Response Center staffer, wrote on a corporate blog. [05 Apr 2007]
Windows at risk from fancy cursors
News The exposure to attacks that exploit the flaw is mitigated on Vista machines with Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft noted. A new security vulnerability puts Windows users at risk of serious cyber attacks, Microsoft has warned. [30 Mar 2007]
Apple plugs yet more QuickTimes holes
News The vulnerabilities expose both Macs and Windows PCs to cyber attack, Apple said in a security alert. In January, the Mac maker put out a fix for a zero-day flaw that was released as part of the "Month of the Apple Bugs" project. [06 Mar 2007]
Security warning over tech support tools
News Multiple flaws in commonly used technical support tools can open Windows PCs to cyber attack, security experts have warned. The problem is "high" risk but is mitigated somewhat, because triggering the flaw would require some action on the part of... [27 Feb 2007]
Zero-day attack strikes Office
News Word of the new flaw came a day after Microsoft released updates for nine other Office-related vulnerabilities. A new, yet-to-be-patched security hole in Word is being used in targeted cyber attacks, Microsoft has warned. [16 Feb 2007]
Windows attack code made public
News The attack code exploits a flaw in the way Windows handles Vector Markup Language, or VML, documents, which are used for a type of high-quality graphic on the web. The VML flaw is similar to a bug for which Microsoft rushed out a fix in September... [17 Jan 2007]
Warning over "critical" QuickTime hole
News Security-monitoring companies Secunia and the French Security Incidence Response Team, or FrSirt, rate the QuickTime flaw as "highly critical" and "critical", respectively. In response to the publication of the QuickTime flaw, an Apple spokesman... [03 Jan 2007]
Alert over Spybot worm
News An updated variant of a malicious bot program is spreading via a flaw in Symantec's antivirus software as well as through several holes in Microsoft code. The oldest Windows flaw of the five dates back to 2004, according to Symantec's alert. [30 Nov 2006]
Windows worm holes plugged
News An expected patch for XML Core Services delivered with bulletin MS06-071 plugs a flaw in that Windows add-on which had also surfaced in cyber attacks. The most urgent issue is a flaw in Microsoft's "Workstation Service" in Windows 2000 and Windows... [15 Nov 2006]
Attackers 'making hay with Windows flaw'
News Cyber crooks have started exploiting a flaw in the Windows Shell only days after sample attack code for the vulnerability surfaced. Some of these flaws are already being used in cyber attacks, though not as widespread as the Windows Shell flaw or... [02 Oct 2006]
