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Apple Stitches Up 25 Holes in Mac OS X

Apple released 25 security patches for Mac OS X on Thursday, the most serious of which could allow a remote attacker to crash a...

Unpatched Macs Snatched from Hackers’ Clasp

Two shiny, new and delightfully unpatched Mac systems were sitting ducks at the CanSecWest security conference on April 19, while top-notch hackers were clustered...

Don’t Hold Your Breath for a MS DNS Hole Patch

Microsoft says it hopes to patch the hole in its Domain Name System Server—which is now leaving vulnerable PCs open to a worm attack—by...

Microsoft Urges Workaround as Worm Hits Unpatched DNS Flaw

With a worm exploiting the unpatched zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft's Domain Name System Service mere days after it was discovered, Microsoft on Monday urged...

Another Skype Worm Unleashed

Another Skype worm has been released that spreads by sending a malware link to online friends in Skype users' contact lists. Before sending a...

NextSentry Urges Ban on iPods at Work

Until proper security policies and enforcement are in place, the use of iPods in the workplace could mean employees walking out the door with...

Proof-of-Concept Virus Targets iPods Running Linux

F-Secure has received a sample submission of a virus for iPods running on Linux, showing that "the computer underground is actively studying new platforms...

Microsoft to Post 1 Critical Flaw on Patch Tuesday

Microsoft hasn't outpatched itself; it's hitting its normally scheduled April 10 Patch Tuesday with four Windows security bulletins, at least one of which is...

Mozilla to Disable ANI Exploits’ Path of Entry

The Mozilla Foundation is looking at disabling support for the Windows animated cursor format as a workaround for the ANI vulnerability that has left...

Microsoft Posts ANI Patch

Microsoft has posted a patch for the Windows animated cursor files vulnerability even as exploits spread.The company is telling customers to apply the patch...