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New Storm Worm Spreading Via Blog Posts

A Storm worm variant using both e-mail and Web sites to infect Windows-based PCs is injecting itself into the responses people are leaving on...

Critical Firefox Flaw Accidentally Fixed

After a flurry of "yes it's fixed" and "oh no it's not" between bug researchers over the weekend, the verdict is that Firefox 2.0.0.2...

Most Critical Firefox Flaw Remains Unzapped

The most critical flaw in Firefox hasn't been addressed in the update released today.Mozilla's out with Firefox updates and is urging that customers upgrade...

Office 2007 May Have Taken Its First Hit

And so it begins anew: Microsoft's security problems.In what looks to be the first remotely exploitable bug in an Office 2007 application, Microsoft is...

Browsers Take a Bruising

Polish hacker Michal Zalewski has found yet another flaw in Mozilla's Firefox browser, this one having to do with memory corruption and possible system...

Trend Micro: The Only Anti-virus (and Vulnerability-Stricken!) Biggie on MS’ Certified for Vista List

Why is it the only one there? It sure isn't because of its track record of popping up in US-CERT for vulnerability warnings, at...

Cisco’s Sad Thursday: Phone Flaws and 802.1X Hiccups

Cisco yesterday posted two security advisories: one on certain Cisco Unified IP Conference Station and IP Phone devices that contain vulnerabilities that may allow...

Botnet Attack Features Cozy User Interface for Attacker

Websense Security Labs researchers have caught a somewhat rare insight into an interface used by an attacker to control infected systems in a bot...

Flaw in Open-Source Snort Can Lead to Buffer Overflow

The open-source Snort intrusion detection and prevention system and Sourcefire Intrusion Sensor IDS/IPS are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, which can result in...

Updated: Latest IE Thing: It’s Not a Bug, It’s a Feature

Microsoft has another IE vulnerability on its hands. But is it a flaw, or is it a feature?IE's been having a miserable time of...