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Critical Impact: Windows Metafile Flaw a Zero-Day Exploit

Microsoft Corp. has issued a security advisory for what Secunia is deeming an "extremely critical flaw" in Windows Metafile Format (.wmf) that is now...

Virus Poses as Leaked MSN Messenger Beta

Internet users are being warned about a new virus that poses as a leaked pre-release version of the MSN Messenger instant messenger program. Unsuspecting Windows...

IM Threats: The Dark Side of Innovation

Editors Note: This story is part of , a continuing series of stories from the reporters and editors of Ziff Davis Internet. Instead of...

Database Breach at Computer Forensics Company Shocks Security Community

Security and law enforcement professionals are appalled that their personal information has been leaked by Guidance Software Inc., a security software and training company...

Tis The Season For Security Software

There was a time, it must have been at least five years ago, when we would tell users (at least unofficially) that if you...

RSAs SecurID for Windows Still Falls Short of Expectations

When RSA Security Inc. teamed with Microsoft Corp. in February 2004 to announce SecurID for Windows, RSA CEO Art Coviello hailed it as a...

Adobe Flags Online PDF Tracking

Adobe Systems Inc. wants you to know when your PDF documents are being tracked. The companys Acrobat and Reader software products have been updated to...

VMWare: Virtual Machine Security Flaw Very Serious

Virtual infrastructure software maker VMWare Inc. has rushed out fixes for a "very serious" security flaw that put users of its product line at...

Data Seizure Powers Survive in Patriot Act

Ending a standoff that threatened to keep the Senate in Washington for the holidays, lawmakers agreed to a six-month extension of the USA Patriot...

Rare Database Bug Causes Salesforce.com Outage

Salesforce.coms daylong outage Tuesday was caused by "an extremely rare, undocumented bug" that neither the company nor its database vendor had ever seen before,...