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Open source contains many security holes
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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…

December 13, 2018
Norton upgrade has the effect of destroying spam
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Norton upgrade has the effect of destroying spam

Being considered as a security software has many advantages, but the anti-spam (spam) function of Norton Internet Security 2008 (NIS 2008) is not worthy of the utilities…

December 13, 2018
Microsoft acknowledges Excel's error
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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.

December 13, 2018
RealPlayer 11 sticks deadly bugs
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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…

December 13, 2018
Office 2003 SP3 blocks old file formats
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Office 2003 SP3 blocks old file formats

Microsoft deliberately did not want access to some of the old file formats, including many created by its own products, which raised security issues for Office's latest…

December 13, 2018
Hackers threaten social networks
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Hackers threaten social networks

Social networking sites not only attract ordinary Net surfers but also high-tech criminals. Security experts predict this will be the target of this type of crime in 200…

December 13, 2018
Microsoft fixes deadly errors for XP and Vista
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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…

December 13, 2018
This year, RFID entered the
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This year, RFID entered the

Radio frequency verification technology will be used to measure the run time of athletes at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, attached to the ball to arbitrate the judge proper…

December 13, 2018