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Dasher Squirms Through Patched Win2K Worm Hole

More than two months after Microsoft Corp. issued a critical patch for a Windows 2000 worm hole, malicious hackers are successfully exploiting the vulnerability,...

Spear Phishing Attack Targets Credit Unions

Malicious hackers are targeting U.S. credit unions with phishing e-mails that try to take advantage of a recently patched Internet Explorer browser hole to...

Bipartisan Vote Blocks Patriot Act Reauthorization

In a bipartisan vote, the U.S. Senate Friday blocked passage of a bill reauthorizing controversial surveillance provisions of the USA Patriot Act. Revelations last...

ColdFusion Holes Allow Security Bypass, Info Exposure

Flaws have been found in multiple versions of Adobe Systems Inc.s Macromedia ColdFusion that could allow remote or local attackers to bypass security restrictions....

Microsoft: XP SP2 Adoption Lags Overseas

WASHINGTON, D.C.—More than a year after Microsoft Corp. shipped Windows XP Service Pack 2 as a massive security-centric OS makeover, customer adoption internationally continues...

Windows XP Gets Independent Security Certification

WASHINGTON, DC—Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday clinched Common Criteria security certification from the U.S. governments National Information Assurance Partnership for six versions of its flagship...

Anti-spyware Battles Rootkits with Rootkit Tactics

Anti-spyware software companies are adding features to their products that spot rootkits and other malicious programs that operate at the Windows "kernel," or core...

Mr. LUA Goes to Washington

WASHINGTON, DC—The gospel according to LUA (least-privileged user account) took center stage at Microsoft Corp.s Security Summit East here with a pair of Redmond...

Where Do You Put Your Security Dollars?

In a recent panel discussion I was on it was suggested that spending on the conventional threat mitigation aspects of security was headed for...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Cleans Up IE

Microsoft Corp. released software updates in two security bulletins Tuesday, MS05-054 and MS05-055. The updates include fixes for critical new holes in IE, and...