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InternetNews December 28, 2004 Tim Gray |
Microsoft Chastises Security Groups As Microsoft continued to investigate three recently reported vulnerabilities in multiple versions of its Windows operating system Tuesday, it delivered a message to security groups anxious to publicly report bad news: It does more harm than good. |
InternetNews October 3, 2005 Tim Gray |
Trojan Exploits Office A Trojan Horse attacking Microsoft Office has been around since April. The malicious code is disguised as a Microsoft Access file. |
InternetNews December 30, 2004 Tim Gray |
Trojan Threatens XP Flaw may leave Windows XP vulnerable to attack. |
InternetNews April 26, 2004 Ryan Naraine |
'Critical' Windows Hijack Flaw Reported Researchers warn that the boundary error vulnerability in multiple versions of Microsoft's Windows platform could cause a buffer overflow and lead to system takeover. |
InternetNews March 3, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner |
Searchmeup Targets Weak PCs A new adware exploit takes advantage of IE LoadImage vulnerability. |
PC World September 2003 Stuart J. Johnston |
Browser Patch Keeps Intruders Out Plus: The new Windows 2000 service pack can clash with Symantec software. |
InternetNews December 1, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner |
Microsoft Patches IFRAME Out of Cycle In a surprise move, Microsoft has released an out-of-cycle patch for the recently exposed IFRAME vulnerability in Internet Explorer that affects non-Windows XP SP2 users. |
InternetNews October 12, 2004 Wagner & Naraine |
MS Patch Barrage Comes With IE Fix Microsoft released its October batch of security advisories Tuesday with a slew of "critical" patches, including a monster fix for the Internet Explorer browser. |
InternetNews April 28, 2004 Ryan Naraine |
Blaster Redux? SSL Worm Threat Rising Security experts have spotted the first signs of a Blaster-like worm circulating underground, prompting fears that major Internet disruptions could be less than a week away. |
PC World October 2004 Stuart J. Johnston |
Security Holes Plague Windows Help Patches for XP and 2000 are available now, but 98 and Me users must wait. |
InternetNews July 14, 2009 |
Microsoft Blocks Three New Security Holes Microsoft fixed a spate of zero-day holes in its latest Patch Tuesday drop. |
InternetNews February 17, 2004 Ryan Naraine |
Blaster Type Virus Attack Called 'Imminent' Exploit code for 'critical' Windows ASN.1 flaw could lead to major network disruption. Microsoft Patches 'Critical' ASN.1 Flaw |
InternetNews May 13, 2004 Ryan Naraine |
Symantec Scrambles to Fix Firewall Flaws Users of Symantec's popular firewall product suite are at risk of code execution attacks. |
PC World May 2002 |
Bugs and Fixes: D'oh! More Holes in Internet Explorer Fix the latest problems with IE, Quicken, and BlackICE Defender... |
InternetNews July 20, 2004 Ryan Naraine |
Windows 2000 Exploit Code Released Exploit code for a known security flaw in Microsoft Windows 2000 has been posted online, putting millions of users at risk of a PC hijack. Apply those MS04-019 and MS04-022 security patches as needed. |
InternetNews July 23, 2004 Ryan Naraine |
Samba Patches Buffer Overflows The open-source implementation of Microsoft's SMB/CIFS protocol gets a security update. |
PC World September 10, 2002 |
XP Service Pack Said to Fix Major Flaw Security boards are buzzing with warnings of a serious hole, but Microsoft is simply urging users to upgrade. |
InternetNews January 31, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner |
Windows XP SP2 Said at Risk From Heap Overflow A report from Positive Technologies illustrates how to bypass Windows XP SP2 heap protection to create an attack vector for a buffer overflow attack. |
PC World February 5, 2003 Ashlee Vance |
Microsoft Posts IE, XP Patches 'Critical' IE flaw allows intrusion; Win XP patch less vital but urged. |
PC World May 2004 Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft Releases a Big CD Full of Fixes XP's new Service Pack is waiting in the wings--here's what to expect. |
InternetNews December 21, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner |
Symantec Antivirus Users At Risk The Symantec AntiVirus RAR Archive Decompression Buffer Overflow has been found to have a highly critical vulnerability for which there is currently no patch. |
InternetNews September 7, 2006 Ed Sutherland |
Microsoft Investigates Word 2000 Trojan Microsoft said it has launched an investigation into reports of a new Trojan horse targeting Word 2000. |
InternetNews January 11, 2005 Tim Gray |
Microsoft Patches Three Holes, Offers Removal Tool The company issues fixes for Internet Explorer vulnerabilities and offers a free anti-malicious software removal tool. |
PC World May 11, 2008 Stuart J. Johnston |
Install Windows XP SP3 Right Microsoft will help you install Windows XP SP3... Step on Vista and IE bugs... Block QuickTime and Flash Player risks... |
PC World June 21, 2007 Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft Glitches Hamper Critical Fixes Crucial patches for IE and Office hit snags... A fix for a Norton security hole... |
PC World September 13, 2002 Stuart J. Johnston |
Patch Plugs Win XP Hole Without SP1 Third-party program rescues Win XP users having trouble installing Microsoft's update to fix serious flaw. |
PC World July 2004 Stuart J. Johnston |
Megapatch for Windows: Do Not Ignore Two of the most serious attacks could happen right under your nose. |
InternetNews April 14, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston |
Patch Tuesday Fixes 'Critical' Excel Hole In addition to fixing the much-discussed vulnerability, Microsoft also tackles holes in Windows and IE. |
PC World September 22, 2006 Stuart J. Johnston |
Bugs and Fixes: Critical Fixes for Windows, IE, Office The surge in critical updates that Microsoft has been issuing shows no sign of weakening.... Help for Spysweeper 5.0 headaches... A new e-mail threat... |
InternetNews January 7, 2005 Jim Wagner |
Secunia Upgrades IE Flaw The known and unpatched IE flaw goes from already bad to worse. |
InternetNews November 10, 2009 |
Microsoft's Patch Tuesday Targets Fewer Holes Microsoft released patches Tuesday for five critical bugs in Windows, although none affect the newly released Windows 7, unlike last month's roundup of fixes. |
PC World December 12, 2002 Joris Evers |
Microsoft Patches Eight Software Holes Security holes, two of which are serious, involve the virtual machine used to run Java apps on Windows. |
InternetNews June 11, 2004 Ryan Naraine |
Buffer Overflows Patched in RealPlayer A buffer overflow vulnerability in RealNetworks' flagship RealPlayer software could put millions of users at risk of PC takeover, the company warned in an advisory. |
PC World December 2002 Stuart J. Johnston |
Bugs and Fixes: Proceed With Caution When Using Microsoft Patch Sure, the Windows XP update fixes some problems, but it may bring new ones. |
InternetNews February 14, 2006 Ed Sutherland |
Microsoft's Security Valentines As part of its traditional "patch Tuesday," Microsoft has released seven fixes for its media player and other Windows applications. |
InternetNews August 19, 2004 Ryan Naraine |
IE Drag-and-Drop Flaw Warning Researchers warn that fully patched Internet Explorer users remain at risk of PC takeover attacks. |
PC World November 20, 2002 Paul Roberts |
'Critical' Windows, IE Hole Plugged Microsoft urges users to download patch for flaw that permits intruder access. |
InternetNews November 21, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner |
Unpatched IE Flaw Now Exploitable Security firm published proof-of-concept code for a six-month-old unpatched IE flaw. |
PC World December 2004 Stuart J. Johnston |
Stop Service Pack 2 From Leaking Data Plus: Patch a security hole in JPEG images; Mozilla fixes flaws in its browser. |
InternetNews November 23, 2009 |
Zero-Day Exploit a Threat to IE6 & 7 Browsers? Another zero-day hole emerges in key Microsoft software. |
Unix Insider September 2000 Sandra Henry-Stocker |
Down the rabid hole Why simply reading email can be hazardous to your computer's health. An in-depth look at the recent Outlook/IE bug. |
InternetNews August 6, 2009 |
Microsoft Readies Five 'Critical' Fixes for Tuesday August's Patch Tuesday event is likely to be lower-key than some recent releases. But it won't be without some key updates. |
InternetNews February 10, 2004 Ryan Naraine |
Microsoft Patches 'Critical' ASN.1 Vulnerability Buffer overflows could give malicious hackers complete control of unpatched machines. |
PC World January 2005 Stuart J. Johnston |
Fix Windows XP SP2 Installation Woes Patch serious security holes in Windows and Internet Explorer... Dell Adapter Recall... Toshiba Recalls Laptop Memory... Patch RealPlayer Security Holes... etc. |
InternetNews November 9, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner |
New MyDoom Variant Aims at IE Hole New variant of the MyDoom virus takes advantage of Iframe vulnerability in IE. Windows XP SP2 users are not at risk. |
InternetNews July 13, 2004 Ryan Naraine |
MS Patch Day: 7 Alerts; 2 Critical The two critical flaws are found in the Windows Task Scheduler and HTML Help features. |
InternetNews May 11, 2004 Ryan Naraine |
MS Patches Windows Code Execution Flaw A Help and Support Center flaw leaves Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 users are at risk of remote code execution attacks. |
PC World February 2002 Stuart J. Johnston |
Bugs and Fixes: Don't Share Cookies With Strangers Grab fixes for the latest flaws in Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player... |
InternetNews July 18, 2005 |
XP At Risk From DoS Newly discovered flaw may leave XP users at risk from a Denial of Service attack. |
PC World July 26, 2007 Stuart J. Johnston |
Web Attack Kit Makes IE Patches Crucial Thousands of legitimate sites were recently hijacked by online thugs who used MPack, the "latest and greatest tool" for sale by the Russian underworld... Vista E-Mail Problem... Yahoo Messenger Hacks IE... HP Laptop Help Flaw... etc. |