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Article | 18/02/2008 Hackers spread malware with 'Hilary Clinton' spam

Cybercriminals may have weighed risk and reward and figured that the first isn't worth the second if they try to exploit the 2008 US presidential camp...

Article | 15/02/2008 Software designed to prevent identity theft

Using peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing applications on the job raises the risk that confidential data residing on a user's PC might be inadvertently ex...

Article | 15/02/2008 Microsoft fixes mass-delete bug in Mac Office e-mailer

The update to Office 2004 for Mac that Microsoft released this week also patched a long-standing bug that erased messages, contacts and other informat...

Article | 15/02/2008 With racy name, bug-finder gets no credit from Microsoft

When a hacker going by the name Chujwamwdupe published attack code that exploited a recently patched bug in Microsoft Office 2003 earlier this week, i...

Article | 14/02/2008 Hillary Clinton spam sighted in the wild

The Hillary Clinton election campaign is being exploited in a spam message that tries to trick users into downloading a Trojan to their desktops by pr...

Article | 15/02/2008 Mozilla raises Firefox security bar

Firefox 3.0's new anti-malware blocker, a tool that prevents some malicious pages from loading, is the browser upgrade's most important new security f...

Article | 14/02/2008 Attack code posted for Microsoft Works bug

Just one day after Microsoft issued a massive set of security patches for its software, hackers have begun posting code showing how to exploit one of ...

Article | 13/02/2008 Commissioner signals new powers as part of privacy reforms

Amendments to the Privacy Act to be introduced this year include a range of sweeping new powers allowing the Privacy Commissioner to enforce the manda...

Article | 13/02/2008 FBI warns of Valentines Day Storm Worm virus

The FBI and the US Internet Crime Complaint Center today said that with Valentine's Day approaching, users should be on the lookout for spam e-mails s...

Article | 12/02/2008 Microsoft ships 6 critical patches; 2 more could be serious

[[xref: http://www.microsoftsubnet.com|Microsoft]] Tuesday released 11 security patches, six with the highest rating of "critical" that span Windows, ...

Article | 12/02/2008 Patches keep coming as Apple fixes OS X security bugs

The bug fixes kept coming Monday, as Apple shipped critical security updates for its Mac OS X operating system.

Article | 13/02/2008 IBM researcher: Hackers camouflage 100 per cent of Web attacks

Hackers now mask virtually every Web browser exploit as part of their normal procedure to evade detection by security software, said IBM's X-Force res...

Article | 13/02/2008 Microsoft releases massive set of security updates

Microsoft released 11 security updates fixing critical flaws in its products, including a publicly known ActiveX bug that affects users of the Visual ...

Article | 13/02/2008 Vista SP1 prerequisites rolled up in Patch Tuesday update

Microsoft is including a set of nonsecurity updates that prepare customers to install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 as part of its monthly "Patch Tuesd...

Article | 12/02/2008 Attacks aimed at Adobe Reader, Acrobat flaws intensify

The flaws disclosed last week in Adobe System's Reader and Acrobat programs have been used to exploit computers since at least January via malicious b...

Article | 11/02/2008 Adobe PDF exploit infects 'many thousands,' says researcher

Attackers have been exploiting one of the recently-revealed vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader for at least three weeks, security researchers said today,...

Article | 12/02/2008 Apple releases Leopard 10.5.2, patches 10 bugs

Apple on Monday issued its first security update for the year, patching at least 10 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X as it also upgraded Leopard to Version...

Article | 11/02/2008 Microsoft nixes Vista SP1 for IT pros until later this month

Although Microsoft confirmed Monday that beta testers of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) can now download the final bits of the update, it will not...

Article | 23/01/2008 Phishing kit pits wannabe scammers vs. pro fraudsters

In a twist, security researchers have discovered a group of hackers who are exploiting a new category of victims -- aspiring Internet scammers.

Article | 8/02/2008 Encryption could make you more vulnerable, warn experts

The use of data encryption could make organizations vulnerable to new risks and threats, a panel of security experts warned today.