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Article | 5/02/2008 MYOB forum overrun by adult spam

A forum set up to assist users of MYOB accounting software has been so heavily crippled by spam that users have now been forced to join other help for...

Article | 4/02/2008 Visa adds to its list of apps that improperly hold card data

Visa this week privately issued an updated list of payment applications that store all of the magnetic-stripe data taken from credit and debit cards, ...

Article | 4/02/2008 Google blog used to spread malware

A Google-hosted blog is running phony security content that's linked to malware, as well as using Google's automated notification service to try to en...

Article | 4/02/2008 Research unmasks anonymity networks

Anonymity systems designed to allow users to carry out actions on the Internet without identifying themselves can often be cracked with a bit of unort...

Article | 4/02/2008 Facebook, MySpace hit by zero-day flaw

Exploit code affecting an unpatched flaw in an image uploader used by both Facebook and MySpace is circulating publicly, putting users of the social n...

Article | 4/02/2008 Storm worm dethroned by sex botnet

Romance is out and sex is in, according to security experts who said the Mega-Dik botnet has ousted the infamous Storm as the most prolific sender of ...

Article | 1/02/2008 Critical flaws found in MySpace, Facebook ActiveX controls

Bugs in the ActiveX controls on popular social networking sites Facebook and MySpace can be used by hackers to snatch control of Windows PCs, security...

Article | 1/02/2008 Microsoft adds new security APIs to Vista, XP

Microsoft has added new security-related APIs to upcoming service packs for Windows Vista and XP to expand the use of the anti-exploit technology dubb...

Article | 30/01/2008 IM attacks get nastier

Attacks on instant messaging systems continued to grow more sophisticated and dangerous in January, according to Akonix, a vendor of messaging securit...

Article | 31/01/2008 New attack proves critical Windows bug 'highly exploitable'

Security researchers Tuesday said they'd discredited Microsoft's claim that the year's first critical Windows vulnerability would be "difficult and un...

Article | 31/01/2008 Expedia, Rhapsody serve attack ads, claim researchers

Name-brand Web sites such as Expedia.com and Rhapsody.com have been serving up malicious banner advertisements this week, researchers said Wednesday.

Article | 31/01/2008 Mozilla ups Firefox bug threat, slates fix for Feb. 5

Mozilla bumped up the threat ranking for an unpatched Firefox bug to "high" Tuesday, but promised a fix is coming in Version 2.0.0.12, now slated for ...

Article | 25/01/2008 Microsoft: Vista 'most secure Windows'

Microsoft's Windows Vista recorded about half as many vulnerabilities in its first full year of availability as Windows XP did in its opening 12 month...

Article | 28/01/2008 Microsoft picks up Vista SP1 pace

For the second time in two weeks, Microsoft has released a new build of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) to its invitation-only group of approximate...

Article | 29/01/2008 Windows 7 'build' on BitTorrent is bogus

Fueled by rumors about Microsoft's next operating system, pranksters have taken to posting what they claim are leaked builds of Windows 7 but that act...

Article | 29/01/2008 Microsoft warns of upcoming Office 2003 SP3 autoupdate

Microsoft Monday gave users of its Office 2003 application suite a 30-day warning that it will begin pushing the software's Service Pack 3 via Microso...

Article | 28/01/2008 Spammers cloak scams by redirecting through Google services

Spammers are using thousands of Google accounts to camouflage their scams from anti-spam filters, a security researcher said Friday. He dubbed the pra...

Article | 24/01/2008 A Closer Look: Beta Vista Service Pack 1

With dissatisfaction over the Vista operating system persistent, can Microsoft right the OS's wrongs with its upcoming Vista service pack?

Article | 25/01/2008 Free search tool scans net alerts

Start-up software developer Packet Analytics is offering a free downloadable search engine, designed to collect network and system alerts, and help ad...

Article | 25/01/2008 McAfee gives encryption technology a new look

McAfee this week has introduced a bundled package for endpoint encryption, enterprise data-loss prevention and USB encryption devices.