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News: Developer finds major coding errors in Facebook, MySpace
Social-networking sites MySpace and Facebook have apparently fixed coding errors that could have allowed an attacker access to all of their users' data and photos.
Jeremy Kirk 06/11/2009 08:29:00
News: Java, BlackBerry desktop get security bug fixes
Sun Microsystems and Research In Motion have issued critical bug fixes for security issues with their products.
Robert McMillan 05/11/2009 09:25:00
News: Botnet authors crash WordPress sites with buggy code
Webmasters who find an annoying error message on their sites may have caught a big break, thanks to a slip-up by the authors of the Gumblar botnet.
Robert McMillan 05/11/2009 08:58:00
News: A single sign-in for all your websites? Google hopes so
It's one of the basic tenets of online security: Never use the same password/username combo for every website that requires one. The logic is sound, of course. A single security breach could expose your most private information -- such as banking and credit card numbers -- to the bad guys.
Jeff Bertolucci 04/11/2009 09:57:00
News: Fix old flaws to stop new attacks
In further confirmation that Internet crooks tend to grab for the low-hanging fruit, a new Microsoft report reveals that the most common browser-based attacks tend to go after old software flaws. Making sure you've closed those holes can go a long way towards keeping your PC safe.
Erik Larkin 04/11/2009 06:52:00
News: Microsoft 'neutered' UAC in Windows 7, says researcher
Microsoft's decision to reduce the number of annoying security messages that Windows 7 delivers when users install software makes the new operating system more vulnerable to malware infection than Vista, a researcher said today.
Gregg Keizer 04/11/2009 23:17:00
News: Microsoft re-patches last month's critical IE update
Microsoft yesterday re-patched Internet Explorer, the third time it's been forced to repair one of the updates from its largest-ever bug fix, which was delivered on Oct. 13.
Gregg Keizer 04/11/2009 04:16:00
News: Microsoft correctly predicts reliable exploits just 27% of the time
Microsoft's monthly predictions about whether hackers will create reliable exploit code for its bugs were right only about a quarter of the time in the first half of 2009, the company acknowledged Monday.
Gregg Keizer 04/11/2009 08:13:00
News: M86 Security buys Finjan
Looking to strengthen its Web security product offerings, M86 Security has acquired most of the assets of Finjan, a seller of Web gateway security appliances.
Robert McMillan 04/11/2009 08:11:00
News: Software shields online banking on infected PCs
A U.K. security company is giving to banks, for free, security software that it says can block malicious software from manipulating online banking transactions or stealing data, even if the computer is infected.
Jeremy Kirk 04/11/2009 08:49:00
 
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