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Viruses appear to attack handheld PCs
Symantec said it found a virus that could spread on calculator computers, and although there was no damage to the device, it displayed unpleasant text on the screen.
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Samba error opens the door for hackers to attack Mac
Security firm Symantec on May 29 warned hackers could easily attack Mac OS X through a deadly Samba application security vulnerability built into the operating system.
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Check Point can patch Microsoft's latest zero-day weakness
Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd has announced that Check Point's intrusion and firewall products such as VPN-1, VPN1-Power, VSX, UTM-1, InterSpect and IPS-1 are a…
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Microsoft issued Office protection tools
On May 22, Microsoft issued two editing tools for Office 2003 to prevent the possibility of attaching malicious code to the files of this application.
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New worm attacks multiple messaging services
Facetime Security Labs has detected a computer worm that can not only attack Skype but also ICQ, MSN Messenger, AIM, Trillian and Yahoo Messenger.
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Cisco router error beats the network
Cisco Systems has just released an update to block a number of security vulnerabilities that could be exploited to attack denial of service on some of its network device…
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Start Menu - Windows 'Heel' of Windows Vista
The Start Menu is Windows Vista's 'heel', which stores all the keys to access the Vista 'castle'. The person who came to this conclusion is Robert Paveza, a developer of…
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Attack Windows Vista in just two steps
An American researcher has explained how to install malicious code on Microsoft's new operating system even if the user account is under the control of the UAC (User Acc…
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The worm attacks OpenOffice with images of 'black'.
Users of the open-source OpenOffice office suite are advised not to open files sent from unknown sources if they do not want to become a victim of a newly emerging compu…
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Microsoft fixes a dangerous DNS error for Windows
Microsoft on May 8 released a monthly security update to fix a series of dangerous bugs in its products. April security update is divided into 7 small updates to overcom…
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QuickTime 'abetted' hackers to attack users
Security firm Symantec said Thursday that hackers are taking advantage of deadly security flaws in QuickTime and WinZip to attack stolen personal information.
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Hackers spread malicious code to attack Winamp
The popularly used multimedia application Winamp is now becoming a target for hackers. Malware attacks a deadly security hole in this application that has been hacked by…
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Appeared to attack Photoshop
Security firm Secunia warned the code to exploit an extremely dangerous security bug in the latest version of Adobe Photoshop that has been released to the Internet. If…