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Article | 7/03/2007 Microsoft TechFest provides glimpse of future
What do cats and Internet security have in common? If you had attended Microsoft's TechFest 2007 on Tuesday in Redmond, Washington, you would know.
Article | 6/03/2007 Company offers boost for Vista security
A security vendor is offering an add-on product for Windows Vista's User Account Control feature, which has been flagged as a threat to business users...
Article | 6/03/2007 Rootkits evade hardware detection
Security researcher Joanna Rutkowska has demonstrated several methods that sophisticated rootkits can use to hide from even the most reliable detectio...
Article | 5/03/2007 Vista firewall easily tricked, says Symantec
Windows Vista's firewall can easily be subverted because of design decisions made by Microsoft, a researcher at Symantec said Friday.
Article | 2/03/2007 Symantec issues signature for new worm variant
Security experts are urging users of Symantec antivirus software to update it to combat a new variant of the worm known as either Rinbot or Delbot, de...
Article | 2/03/2007 Microsoft OneCare takes last place in antivirus test
Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare came in dead last out of a group of 17 antivirus programs tested against hundreds of thousands of worms, viruses, Tro...
Article | 2/03/2007 User-privilege flaw hits Vista
A security firm has discovered one of the first security flaws to directly affect Windows Vista, a bug that it claims allows local users to escalate t...
Article | 1/03/2007 Security vendors lagging on support for Vista
Windows Vista's revamped security features are posing difficulties for some IT security vendors looking to make their software work on the new operati...
Article | 1/03/2007 Symantec: Vista fairly secure but still full of holes
Windows Vista delivers on some of the security improvements Microsoft promised for it, but there are still a host of ways attackers can exploit the OS...
Article | 28/02/2007 Researcher charts new, more dangerous Oracle attack
In a paper he plans to discuss Wednesday at the Black Hat DC 2007 conference, noted database security researcher David Litchfield is expected to outli...
Article | 28/02/2007 Storm virus infects blogs and other Web postings
A new version of the Storm e-mail virus is populating blogs and online bulletin boards with links directing people to a Web site that is propagating t...
Article | 28/02/2007 Former McAfee lawyer indicted for backdating
The former legal counsel for McAfee is facing federal charges of improperly backdating stock options at the security software company.
Article | 28/02/2007 Symantec: Vista safer than predecessor
Microsoft's much-touted security enhancements in Windows Vista have made it a safer operating system than previous versions of Windows, but it is stil...
Article | 28/02/2007 Firefox, IE7 open to URL spoof
Although Mozilla patched one more Firefox bug last week than first reported, the researcher whose work has plagued the open-source browser for weeks h...
Article | 28/02/2007 Google sharpens malware alerts for webmasters
Google has enhanced the way it notifies webmasters that their sites contain malware, improving on a service the company launched in November of last y...
Article | 27/02/2007 Mobile devices expose networks to security threats
The latest IT security threat plaguing the office is actually clipped to the belts and purses of a company's mobile workforce.
Article | 26/02/2007 Mozilla fixes Firefox bugs
Mozilla has released an update to its Firefox browser, fixing a number of security flaws in the product.
Article | 26/02/2007 Researchers spot first remote code Office 2007 bug
EEye Digital Security said it's found the first Office 2007 remote code vulnerability and has alerted Microsoft's bug team.
Article | 26/02/2007 Browser vulnerabilities and attacks will mount
Window Snyder, chief security officer at open source browser maker Mozilla, is caught in the crosshairs of the raging browser vulnerability battle.
Article | 23/02/2007 Elaborate 'pharming' attack targeted 50 banks
An attack this week that targeted online customers of at least 50 financial institutions in the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific has been shut down, a se...

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