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Browsers / Internet
How Serious Is the WMF Vulnerability?
Opinion: Pretty serious, but it's not end of the world stuff. Lucky for us a white knight came along with an excellent interim solution. Depending on where you look, most people are either running in circles hysterically or ho-humming the Windows WMF vulnerability. It does have some of the earmarks of a nasty situation. For one thing, if you're running Windows—any version—you're vulnerable. Even the 1990 version of Windows 3.0 is vulnerable!
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Microsoft scrambles to fix 'severe' security flaw
A previously unknown flaw in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system is leaving computer users vulnerable to spyware, viruses and other programs that could overtake their machines and has sent the company scrambling to come up with a fix. Read More...
2005 Was an Ugly Year for Security; 2006 Won't Be Any Prettier
Lawsuits and losses have followed data breaches at major companies. Security crews are getting smarter, but so are the crooks; both exploits and the gangs that run them are getting more sophisticated. 2006 doesn't look like it will be any easier than 2005. Read More...
Beware of Strange iTunes/QuickTime Movies
A heap overflow vulnerability in Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes and QuickTime media players could put millions of PC and Mac users at risk of malicious hacker attacks, security experts warned Wednesday. Read More...
Google Desktop Tweaked to Avoid IE Flaw
Google Inc. has made an "adjustment" to its Google Desktop application to protect users from an unpatched design flaw in Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer browser.
The bug, which was discovered and reported by Israeli hacker Matan Gillon, provides malicious attackers with an easy way to use Google Desktop or other Internet-facing applications to covertly hijack user information. Read More...
Why is Microsoft Delaying the Next IE Release?
The next pre-release of Internet Explorer 7 won't arrive until sometime after the first of the year, conflicting with earlier statements. One likely explanation is that the software giant is working to integrate it with Windows Vista. Read More...
Mozilla claims Firefox 1.5 hole poses minor risk
The first Firefox 1.5 security vulnerability, made public Thursday, is not as critical as initially perceived, but a patch will be available to fix it early next year, a Mozilla executive said today.
Mozilla plans to repair the hole in the latest version of its open-source browser when it releases its next regularly scheduled stability build of Firefox. That should happen in late January or early February, said Mike Schroepfer, vice president of engineering for Mozilla Corp. Firefox 1.5 was released Nov. 30. "Based on the information we have, it's a low-severity issue, but we will address it anyway." Read More...
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