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Microsoft Investigates Windows Bug Warnings

Microsoft Corp. on Monday chided a private research outfit for releasing proof-of-concept code for three potentially serious flaws in the Windows operating system, warning...

Holiday Attacks Target IE Browser, PHP Servers

Malware authors on Christmas day left dubious "gift" packages in e-mailboxes across the Internet. Fresh attacks, which took advantage of old Internet Explorer bugs,...

Will 2005 Bring a Safer Internet?

Sometimes writing about security is just too easy. Making predictions about next year is like this in some ways.Lets pick some of the low-hanging...

Three Serious Windows Vulnerabilities Surface

Symantec Corp.s Security Response service on Friday confirmed that unpatched Windows vulnerabilities could pose a serious risk for exploits via malicious Web pages and...

No Excuses for No Signatures

Every now and then a real jewel comes out of the blogosphere. You hear about it when it happens, because everyone else links to...

Symantec Aims High with Veritas Deal

The $13.5 billion merger of Symantec Corp. and Veritas Software Corp. not only creates a dynamic new presence in enterprise software but also could...

Use Firefox for a Safer System

The itsy, bitsy spider, climbed up the water spout.Down came the rain and washed the spider out.Out came the sun and dried up all...

Microsoft Backpedals on Exchange Security Roadmap

Microsoft Corp. Wednesday disclosed that it will not ship—as a separate product—its Exchange Edge Services, a set of e-mail security and anti-spam enhancements for...

Latest Skulls Trojan Foretells Risky Smart-Phone Future

A new Trojan horse disguised as a video game that appeared this week is unlikely to spread or to cause much damage, but thats...

Unix, Linux Security Bugs Patched

Internet security research firm iDefense has announced a series of vulnerabilities and patches for a variety of Unix- and Linux-based products. A stack-based buffer overflow...