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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... [28 Aug 2008]
Microsoft patches 'the class of 2007'
News The Word flaw had also been used in cyber attacks, it said. Last month's Microsoft patches included a fix for a zero-day flaw in Windows that also affected Vista. This includes an... [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... [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... [13 Apr 2007]
Microsoft patches hasty patch
News Microsoft is set to today push out a fix to repair problems caused by last week's emergency cursor flaw patch. Cyber crooks had been using the hole to attack Windows PCs. The fix will be... [10 Apr 2007]
Microsoft in a fix over cursor patch
News Microsoft consciously released the cursor flaw patch despite the compatibility problem, Mike Reavey, a Microsoft Security Response Center staffer, wrote on a corporate blog. Cyber crooks had been using... [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,... [30 Mar 2007]
Apple plugs yet more QuickTimes holes
News 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. The vulnerabilities expose both Macs and Windows PCs to cyber... [06 Mar 2007]
Security warning over tech support tools
News The problem is "high" risk but is mitigated somewhat, because triggering the flaw would require some action on the part of the user, Symantec noted. Multiple flaws in commonly used technical support tools can open... [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,... [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... [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... [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... [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... [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... [02 Oct 2006]
