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Mozilla Plugs Firefox 1.5 Security Gaps

The Mozilla Foundation has shipped the first patch for its flagship Firefox 1.5 browser to plug a series of security vulnerabilities and memory leaks. The...

Free Removal Tools Released as Blackworm Approaches

With the clock ticking on a Feb. 3 D-Day for the activation of the destructive Blackworm worm payload, anti-virus vendors are rushing to release...

AMD Hack Points to Widespread Web Forum Flaws, Attacks

Malicious hackers are increasingly targeting security vulnerabilities in open-source software that runs bulletin boards and online forums, according to Internet monitoring firm Netcraft. The unpatched...

A Slow Death for ActiveX?

The Microsoft of recent decades has been much more willing than in the past to cast its own bright ideas aside and do what...

Symantec Names Former Oracle Leader as CIO

Symantec has revealed the latest change in its executive ranks, naming former Oracle executive David Thompson as its new CIO. On a conference call with...

Researcher: WMF Exploit Sold Underground for $4,000

Virus hunters combing through the wreckage of the zero-day WMF (Windows Metafile) attacks have found evidence that exploit code was being peddled by Russian...

Symantec Warns of Serious Hole in Sygate SMS Product

Symantec said Feb. 1 that a high-risk hole could allow a remote attacker to take over vulnerable Sygate Management Servers. The company issued a patch...

DoS Flaw Flagged in IE7 Beta 2

An independent security researcher has pinpointed a denial-of-service flaw in Microsofts brand new Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview just moments after installing the...

Persystent Automates Desktop Repair

Four-year-old startup Persystent Technologies on Monday will introduce a new support tool for desktop management, designed to automatically repair day-to-day damage. The company is encouraging...

Big Banks Ally for Data Security Program

Big banks are confronting technology service providers to learn how their customers sensitive data is being protected from security breaches. The Wall Street Journal on...