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MS Office has security problems
Experts have warned about a deadly weakness in how to handle Macromedia Flash files that can put users at risk of attack. Flash files embedded in MS Office files can run…
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Sixem-A worm and 'World Cup nude'
Security experts warn users to be more careful before a computer worm takes advantage of the 2006 World Cup sporting event to spread. With the name Sixem-A, the computer…
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Confidential information easily leaked through laptops
The convenience when carrying makes the laptop easy to fall into the sights of curious people and thieves. Experts recommend users to encrypt information because more an…
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Driver security error is not serious
Security errors in device driver software can be a potential danger. But Intel's security experts disagree with this view.
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Don't be too excited about Internet Explorer 7.0 Beta
Security experts have just suggested that web surfers should not be too eager to use Internet Explorer 7.0 Beta because this new browser is not very salty with today's p…
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Hackers massively exploit Windows security flaws
Experts from Exploit Prevention Labs, a security firm, warn that they have detected some malicious code targeting exploiting security flaws that arise in MDAC (Microsoft…
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Southeast Asia is vulnerable to hackers
At the Asia-Pacific Regional Network Security Conference taking place in the Malaysian capital, experts warned Southeast Asia is an area vulnerable to cyberattacks, espe…
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New font style
The default font (font) in this Microsoft Word word processor is so common that people often wonder why they choose it for editing. However, Times New Roman is in danger…
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The most exclusive Yahoo Messenger worm ever
Security experts have uncovered a new type of wicked, spreading crossword through Yahoo Messenger and hijacked IE's homepage, leading users to a ghost website.
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The latest version of Firefox has a DoS error
Security experts have discovered a new security flaw in the open source browser Firefox 1.5.0.3 that puts users at risk of denial of service (DoS) attacks.
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Tape manufacturing technology increases capacity by 15 times
IBM's research experts say the new method of inserting data they developed will be enough to store the information of 8 million books into a storage box half the size of…
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Yahoo may have released spyware
Anti-spyware expert Ben Edelman has filed a lawsuit against Yahoo on the grounds that the giant online services group has secretly partnered with spyware scammers to inc…
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40% of websites may be controlled due to a domain name system error
In the process of analyzing the behavior of Internet addresses, some security experts found that hackers could control more than one-third of websites with simple tricks…
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Software recognizes discomfort and sweeps facial expressions instead of car tickets
A team of experts at the University of Illinois (USA) has built a program that allows a computer to install a webcam to detect users' dissatisfaction through shoulder mo…
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A series of errors in DNS software were detected
Research experts at the University of Oulu (Finland) have discovered many vulnerabilities in Internet domain name management systems (DNS). Cisco, Microsoft and Sun Micr…