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Skype error paved the way for hackers to attack
Skype users are facing the risk of being targeted by hackers after a new fatal security error in this Internet-based calling software is officially made public.
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Open source contains many security holes
According to the US Department of Homeland Security, open source always tends to have a serious error every 1000 lines of code, thereby allowing hackers to exploit the s…
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Microsoft acknowledges Excel's error
Attacks exploiting vulnerabilities in most versions of Excel are still ongoing, Microsoft's security group announced on Tuesday.
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Appears deadly exploit code for Vista and XP
Security firm Immunity released a code to exploit a deadly security bug in Windows recently released by Microsoft.
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RealPlayer 11 sticks deadly bugs
A Russian security firm Gleg Ltd said it has discovered an extremely dangerous security bug in the multimedia application RealPlayer that could be exploited to remotely…
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Microsoft fixes deadly errors for XP and Vista
Microsoft on January 8 released a patch for an extremely serious security hole in the Windows operating system. This error can be exploited by hackers to attack users wi…
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Google Toolbar error opens the PC door for hackers
Security researcher Aviv Raff recommends that Google Toolbar users avoid adding new buttons to the toolbar or they will be infected with malicious code.
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Multimedia applications with dangerous errors
Security researchers warn that Microsoft and AOL's multimedia software has a number of deadly security flaws that could be exploited by hackers to hijack Internet users'…
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Microsoft summed up the year with 11 vulnerabilities
On December 11, Microsoft released seven security patches for 11 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player and some other components of the ope…
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QuickTime bug threatens XP, Vista
The hacked code of a deadly security bug that has not been fixed in Apple's QuickTime application has recently been released online. Mr. Krystian Kloskowski - a very rep…
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Mozilla left 80% of bugs in Firefox 3 Beta open
Mozilla said it would not fix 80% of the bugs discovered in the Firefox 3.0 Beta version, but pledged to fully fix it in the official version due to be released next yea…
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Apple bit 54 software security errors
Apple has released a software update to block a series of deadly security bugs in software applications that run on both Mac OS and Windows platforms. In total, this pha…
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Leopard stick deadly bug
The latest version of the Mac OS X operating system - codenamed Leopard - is bogged down by the crash that Tiger had previously committed. It is a deadly security bug th…
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Win XP, Yahoo Messenger stick a dangerous error
Recently, there are more deadly security bugs in Yahoo Messenger and MSN Messenger discovered. Users of these instant messaging services face the risk of being targeted…
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Windows threatening Kodak software error
Hackers have just launched a malicious Internet attack on an extremely dangerous security vulnerability that exists in some versions of the Windows operating system.