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Virus Bulletin 2010: a Retrospective
White Paper Pervasive computing devices are now the dominant way that people interact with the digital world, far outnumbering traditional PCs, and the shift in architecture was responsible for both new problems and new protections. [03 Jul 2008]
Microsoft patches hasty patch
News Microsoft knew about conflicts with Realtek's audio software before releasing the fix and published a support article with the security bulletin. Cyber crooks had been using the hole to attack Windows PCs. [10 Apr 2007]
Microsoft in a fix over cursor patch
News In fact, it knew about them before releasing the fix and published a support article with the security bulletin. Cyber crooks had been using the hole since last week to attack Windows PCs. The audio problem occurs on Windows XP PCs that have the... [05 Apr 2007]
Warning over 'blog-posting' Trojan
News A variant of the Trojan horse attacks known as Storm Worm has emerged, targeting people who post blogs and notices to bulletin boards. But the twist comes when these people later post blogs or bulletin board notices. [28 Feb 2007]
Hackers 'will crack Windows security tech soon'
News Hackers will break through the protection mechanism soon after Microsoft releases Windows Vista, Aleksander Czarnowski, a technologist at Polish security company Avet Information and Network Security, said in a presentation at the Virus Bulletin... [13 Oct 2006]
Microsoft tees up patches for Office, Windows
News The company also plans to send out a security bulletin for Microsoft .NET that will be tagged moderate, it said. The Zeroday Emergency Response Team, or Zert, delivered its own fix, aiming to help people protect their PCs until Microsoft issued an... [06 Oct 2006]
Microsoft slaps quick fix on IE flaw
News Microsoft said in security bulletin MS06-055: "An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted web page or HTML email that could potentially allow remote code execution if a user visited the web page or viewed the... [27 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 with security bulletin MS06-040 on 8 August. [01 Sep 2006]
Porn spam spike due to Windows hole - CipherTrust
News Mocbot, also known as Cuebot and Graweg, exploits a Windows security flaw for which Microsoft issued a patch with security bulletin MS06-040 on 8 August. Malicious code that exploits a recent Windows hole has led to significant growth in the number... [23 Aug 2006]
Microsoft: Another busy Patch Tuesday
News The problem lies in a Windows service that provides support for networking features such as file sharing and printer sharing, the company said in security bulletin MS06-040. However, an attacker has to be on the same sub-network as the intended... [09 Aug 2006]
China's internet revolution
Comment Chat rooms, bulletin board systems (BBS) and blogs have become extremely popular in Chinese culture. They feel like they get the best opinions from their fellow men from the bulletin boards. According to Chinese government figures, around four... [21 Jul 2006]
Microsoft issues flaw fixes for Outlook and Windows
News A vulnerable Windows system could be compromised if the user opened an email or visited a website containing a malicious font, Microsoft said in security bulletin MS06-002. In security bulletin MS06-003, Microsoft said Outlook and Exchange are... [11 Jan 2006]
Buggy Windows patch backfires on the security-minded
News The software maker urged all users to immediately apply the update, delivered in security bulletin MS05-051. Security-conscious Windows users who tweaked the operating system to protect their PCs better are getting hit hardest by a flawed Microsoft... [18 Oct 2005]
Leader: Why slagging off the press ignores the real issue
Leader Attendees at last week's Virus Bulletin conference agreed that bot-nets are among the biggest threats to global IT infrastructure and businesses at present - and the war on these networks of compromised machines has to be won in suburbia by... [10 Oct 2005]
Microsoft plays down IE flaw
Microsoft said it is preparing a fix that will be included with an upcoming security bulletin. Visual Studio is a tool designed for developers, so most home PCs are not likely to have the file. People who have updated their PCs to Visual Studio... [22 Aug 2005]
