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The Windows error code appears
The malicious code has the ability to attack two serious security flaws in Windows that Microsoft has revealed that have begun to appear on the Internet.
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Dell laptop, HP fault Wi-Fi security
Security analysts are now warning users of a serious security flaw in the Broadcom Wi-Fi wireless device driver integrated in HP, Dell, Gateway and eMachines product lin…
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Mozilla patched a series of product security bugs
In the security bulletin released yesterday, Mozilla said that the most recent security fixes were in Firefox 1.5, the email client on PC Thunderbird and the SeaMonkey a…
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Microsoft is preparing to patch a series of Windows bugs
Next Tuesday, Microsoft will release a series of security updates to fix a serious security flaw in Windows operating systems and XML applications.
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Cisco patched a serious vulnerability
On November 1, Cisco corrected a critical flaw in the Security Agent Management Center software (CSAMC), which allowed hackers to remotely attack and bypass authenticati…
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Oracle patched 101 security holes
As part of its quarterly error correction cycle, Oracle yesterday (October 17) provided patches for 101 vulnerabilities in its product line.
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Microsoft: Windows users should run the upgrade again
Windows users may have to re-run the upgrade again to complete the patch installation that Microsoft issued last week.
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Microsoft warns of a new security risk
After only a few days of issuing a patch for zero-day errors in Power Points, Microsoft announced a new vulnerability to the program.
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A new zero-day vulnerability appears in PowerPoint
Just a few days after Microsoft released 26 patches this month (of which 16 for Office), Synmantec confirmed on Friday that a new zero-day vulnerability has emerged in t…
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Firefox 'patch', IE again
Firefox has just updated version 1.5.0.7, patching 7 security holes. In contrast, Internet Explorer is facing new vulnerabilities that have been used by hackers to attac…
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Adobe patches serious security bugs in Flash Player
Adobe recommends that application users quickly install a newly released update for the Flash Player application to avoid becoming a victim of denial-of-service attacks.
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Microsoft re-released IE patches
Microsoft has officially released a security update MS06-042 that was released in August. The MS06-042 security update fixes a series of security flaws in Internet Explo…
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The attack code is targeting the new IE vulnerability
Experts warning the attack source can be used to hijack the Windows operating system, through an unpatched Internet Explorer vulnerability discovered and posted to the N…
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New security director at Mozilla: Remove the old source
Mozilla Corp. has hired a former Microsoft security strategist to help secure open source software, especially the FireFox browser. Window Snyder - the newly hired perso…
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Microsoft does not patch Word 2000
Yesterday, Microsoft released a monthly security update to fix three serious security flaws in its products. The security bugs that need to be fixed most in Word 2000 ap…