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Wow, Microsoft Sure Patched That One Quickly!

This time two weeks ago, the security community was panicking over the potential damage caused by the WMF vulnerability. You can argue, as I did,...

Good Work Finally Gets Its Payoff

Theres a poster in the gallery of the infamous Despair Inc. whose caption reads, "Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always...

No Growth for IT Salaries

Most information technology workers saw little growth in their salary levels during 2005, and many of the professionals shouldnt expect to see significant pay...

eBay Hacker Indicted in Massachusetts

A 20-year-old Massachusetts man has been charged with hacking into dozens of customer accounts at online auctioneer eBay Inc. and racking up $32,000 in...

McAfee, SEC Settle for $50M

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ordered McAfee Inc. to pay a $50 million penalty Wednesday, bringing to a close a long-running investigation into...

Ups and Downs Bear Watching

Im writing this before I head out to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, but my expectations are strong for lots of products...

Oracle Worm Exploit Gets Ominous Tweak

Exploit code for a malicious worm capable of wreaking havoc through Oracle databases has been tweaked and published, prompting a new round of warnings...

Security Community in Dispute over Severity of WMF Flaw

Inspired somewhat by the Department of Homeland Security Threat Advisory Level (or was it the other way around?), Symantec maintains a global threat level...

MS Rushes Patch as WMF Exploit Tools Surface

Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday that it would release a patch for a critical hole in the Windows operating system five days ahead of...

Microsoft Ships Emergency WMF Patch

Microsoft Corp.s fix for the Windows Metafile vulnerability will be shipped Thursday as a critical, out-of-cycle update. Reversing an earlier decision to release the patch...