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    Microsoft patches last major ATL bugs 15/10/2009 07:19:00

    Microsoft yesterday wrapped up a months-long job of patching a critical bug it accidently introduced in a crucial code "library," one of the researchers who uncovered the flaw said today.
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    Microsoft rushes patches to fix 'big deal' programming flaw 29/07/2009 08:33:00

    As promised, Microsoft today patched six vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (IE) and Visual Studio with the first "out-of-cycle" update since it plugged a hole last October that the Conficker worm later used to run rampant.
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    Bug in Firefox 3.5.1 isn't exploitable, Mozilla says 20/07/2009 13:21:00

    A bug discovered in the latest version of Firefox is not exploitable, Mozilla said on Sunday, responding to reports of another vulnerability in the browser.
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    Microsoft admits it knew of critical IE bug in early '08 13/07/2009 08:45:00

    Microsoft on Thursday confirmed it has known about a bug behind widespread Internet Explorer (IE) attacks for more than a year, but defended its security process against critics.
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    Newest IE bug could be next Conficker, says researcher 09/07/2009 08:14:00

    The critical bug that Microsoft confirmed Monday but has yet to patch is a prime candidate for another Conficker-scale attack, a security researcher said.
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    Microsoft may have known about critical IE bug for months 08/07/2009 08:58:00

    The vulnerability that sent Microsoft scrambling yesterday and is being used by hackers now to attack Internet Explorer (IE) users may have been reported 18 months ago or more.
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    Adobe patches 13 critical PDF bugs in first quarterly update 10/06/2009 12:36:00

    Adobe issued its first regularly-scheduled security updates on Tuesday, fixing at least 13 critical flaws reported by outside researchers and secretly patching an unspecified number of bugs found by its own team.
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    Image spam returns with a vengeance 07/05/2009 08:20:00

    Spammers have turned back the clock and are recycling a years-old tactic by planting their messages in images, a security researcher warned Wednesday.
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    Conficker.c controls 4% of all infected PCs, IBM says 06/04/2009 07:37:00

    As many as one out of every 25 Internet addresses that transmits potentially dangerous data over the Internet is infected with the Conficker.c worm, IBM Corp.'s security arm said Friday.
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    Conficker's makers lose big, expert says 02/04/2009 08:43:00

    The malware makers who crafted Conficker must be extremely disappointed, a security expert said Wednesday, and not because the Internet didn't come crashing down as some of the wildest speculation had predicted.
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    Conficker.c infects small number of U.S. PCs, IBM says 01/04/2009 07:18:00

    Conficker.c may be in headlines around the world, but most of the infected PCs are in Asia and Europe, with fewer than 6% of the total found in North America, a security company said Tuesday.
 
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