Saturday | 20 March, 2010
Stories by: Gregg Keizer
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Hackers love to exploit PDF bugs, says researcher 11/03/2010 08:25:00
Hackers adore Adobe Reader, and have pushed it into first place as the software most often exploited in targeted attacks, a Finnish security company said today. - +
New zero-day involves IE, puts Windows XP users at risk 01/03/2010 14:10:00
Microsoft on Sunday confirmed it's investigating an unpatched bug in VBScript that hackers could exploit to plant malware on Windows XP machines running Internet Explorer (IE). - +
IE attacks pose small threat to U.S., big risk to China 23/01/2010 01:39:00
Chinese computer users are five times more likely than U.S. users to be targeted by hackers exploiting the just-patched bug in Microsoft's Internet Explorer, a Web metrics company said today. - +
Massive bot attack spoofs Facebook password messages 29/10/2009 07:13:00
A massive bot-based attack has been hitting Facebook users, with nearly three-quarters of a million users receiving fake password reset messages, according to security researchers. - +
Microsoft issues first Windows 7 patches 19/10/2009 22:17:00
Microsoft last week patched nine vulnerabilities, five marked "critical," in Windows 7, a move that will require users upgrading to the new operating system starting Thursday to download a security update to keep their PCs secure. - +
Gmail, Yahoo Mail join Hotmail; passwords exposed 07/10/2009 04:25:00
Google's Gmail and Yahoo's Mail were also targeted by a large-scale phishing attack, perhaps the same one that harvested at least 10,000 passwords from Microsoft's Windows Live Hotmail, according to a report by the BBC. - +
Microsoft confirms critical unpatched Vista, Windows 7 RC bug 10/09/2009 06:35:00
Microsoft late Tuesday confirmed that a bug in Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and the release candidates of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, could be used to hijack PCs. - +
Microsoft: Patching Windows 2000 'infeasible' 09/09/2009 07:31:00
Microsoft took the unusual step today and skipped patching one of the vulnerabilities addressed in its monthly security update, saying that crafting a fix was "infeasible." - +
Microsoft promises patch for critical Web server bug 03/09/2009 06:23:00
Microsoft yesterday said it is working on a patch for a bug in its popular Web server software, but it's unlikely the company will field a fix fast enough to make next week's regular release, a security expert predicted. - +
Microsoft: Upgrade Messenger or else 01/09/2009 08:01:00
Microsoft will force an upgrade on users of its Windows Live Messenger instant messaging software in September to plug a hole the company introduced when a programmer added an extra character to a code library. - +
Researcher: Twitter fails to fix cross-site scripting bug 27/08/2009 06:55:00
A vulnerability in the popular microblogging Twitter service remains unfixed and can be used by criminals to hijack accounts or redirect users to malicious Web sites, a developer claimed today.
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