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Windows worm holes plugged
News The most urgent issue is a flaw in Microsoft's "Workstation Service" in Windows 2000 and Windows XP, said Amol Sarwate, a research manager at vulnerability management company Qualys. An... [15 Nov 2006]
Microsoft lines up zero-day hole patch
News The vulnerability is a so-called zero-day flaw that's already being exploited for attacks. Additionally, the company appears to have no patch ready for a flaw in Visual Studio 2005, which is also already... [10 Nov 2006]
Mac OS X exploit in the wild
News Computer code that exploits a flaw in Apple's Mac OS X was released over the weekend. Dino Dai Zovi, a researcher with Matasano Security who was credited by Apple with discovering the flaw when the patch... [03 Oct 2006]
Attackers 'making hay with Windows flaw'
News Attackers have added another, yet-to-be-patched Windows flaw to their arsenal, experts warned on Saturday. Cyber crooks have started exploiting a flaw in the Windows... [02 Oct 2006]
"Impossible to patch": Hackers unearth Firefox hole
News The flaw affects Firefox on Windows, Apple's Mac OS X and Linux, they said. The open source Firefox web browser is critically flawed in the way it handles JavaScript, two hackers said on Saturday afternoon. [02 Oct 2006]
Attacks still battering unpatched Windows flaws
News Microsoft issued a rare, out-of-cycle Windows patch on Tuesday that fixed one flaw but attacks through other known, yet-to-be-plugged holes continue. The flaw affects PowerPoint in... [28 Sep 2006]
Microsoft slaps quick fix on IE flaw
News The company is breaking with its monthly patch cycle to fix a flaw that cyber crooks have been using to attack Windows PCs via Internet Explorer. The last time the software maker rushed out a fix was in... [27 Sep 2006]
Redmond working "non-stop" on IE patch
News The IE flaw allows malicious software to be loaded onto a Windows PC unbeknown to the user after clicking on a malicious link on a website or an email message. The last time the software maker rushed out... [26 Sep 2006]
Security group issues emergency IE patch
News A group of security professionals has created a third-party fix for a recently discovered Internet Explorer flaw that's increasingly being used in cyber attacks. The flaw lies in the way IE 6 handles... [25 Sep 2006]
Bank data seized in e-card scam
News The miscreants use a flaw in Microsoft's Windows operating system to drop the spy software and a rootkit to hide it on PCs, Thompson said. Windows users who have installed the MS06-014... [22 Sep 2006]
Dodgy porn sites tap IE flaw
News Attack code that exploits the flaw and could be used to hijack Windows PCs running IE 5 or IE 6 has been posted on the net. Microsoft plans to fix the flaw as part of its monthly... [20 Sep 2006]
Attack code alert over unpatched IE flaw
News Computer code that could be used to hijack Windows PCs via a yet-to-be-patched Internet Explorer flaw has been posted on the net, experts have warned. The flaw is due to an error in an... [15 Sep 2006]
"Critical" Office update on the way
News Microsoft has had its share of zero-day exploits, or malicious software released the same day a flaw is made public, in applications in Office. The other two updates are for Windows and are rated as... [08 Sep 2006]
Alert over "extremely critical" Word flaw
News An "extremely critical flaw" in Microsoft Word 2000 is currently being exploited by malicious attackers, which could lead to remote execution of code on a user's system, security researcher Secunia advised on Tuesday. [05 Sep 2006]
Windows attack worm warning
News McAfee, the Sans Internet Storm Center, Symantec and several other security companies are warning of a new worm that wriggles into Windows PCs by way of a security flaw for which Microsoft issued a patch... [01 Sep 2006]
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