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  Attackers exploit unpatched Excel vulnerability

  For the second time in the last five days, security researchers are warning that hackers are exploiting a critical unpatched vulnerability in widely-used software.

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  Adobe flaw has been used in attacks since early January

  A dangerous and unpatched vulnerability in Adobe's PDF-reading software has been around a lot longer than previously realized.

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  Apple updates QuickTime media player

  Apple has released a new version of its QuickTime media player adding critical security fixes as well as some new tweaks to improve the software's ease-of-use and compatibility with different file formats.

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  1 in 3 Windows PCs vulnerable to worm attack

  The worm that has infected several million Windows PCs is causing havoc because nearly a third of all systems remain unpatched 80 days after Microsoft rolled out an emergency fix, a security expert said Thursday.

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  Microsoft patches 'super nasty' Windows bugs

  Microsoft Tuesday patched three vulnerabilities in the company's Server Message Block (SMB) file-sharing protocol, including two that could make "swiss cheese" out of enterprise networks, according to one researcher.

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  Apple patches 21 Mac OS X vulnerabilities

  Apple Monday patched 21 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X, including seven flaws in Flash that the popular media player's maker, Adobe Systems, fixed more than a month ago.

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  Sun patches at least 14 bugs in Java

  Sun patched at least 14 vulnerabilities in Java Tuesday as it updated the popular software to version 6.0, build 11.

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  Google patches Chrome file-stealing bug

  Google has patched Chrome to prevent attackers from stealing files from PCs running the open-source browser.

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  Hackers launch PDF attacks, exploit just-patched Reader bug

  Attackers are exploiting one of the vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader that was patched earlier this week, a security researcher warned Friday as he urged users to update as soon as possible.

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  Adobe fixes 6 flaws in Flash

  For the second time in two days, Adobe Systems has warned users of multiple vulnerabilities in one of its most-popular programs and issued a security update to plug the holes.

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  Adobe patches 8 bugs in popular PDF apps

  Adobe Systems Tuesday patched its Reader application for the fifth time this year, plugging eight security holes, including one that was reported to the company more than five months ago.

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  Apple's patch process a mess, say researchers

  Apple's patching process proves that the company isn't serious about moving Macs into the enterprise, security researchers said Monday.

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  Adobe slates patch for Flash clipboard poisoning attacks

  Adobe Systems last week said it will soon quash a bug in Flash that has been used for more than a month by attackers to poison Mac and Windows users' clipboards with URLs to malicious sites.