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Microsoft downplays Windows flaw severity
May 19, 2005 Software giant is alerted by a French security company about a Windows flaw--but says it already fixed the issue.Microsoft admits Office 2003 'mistake'
January 7, 2008 The software maker has acknowledged it was wrong when it told users certain file formats were insecure.Cisco patches Wi-Fi vulnerabilities
April 13, 2007 Software vulnerabilities that could result in unauthorized access to a wireless network are addressed by two sets of patches.Sun says Java flaw has been patched
July 13, 2007 A Java security threat, the subject of an earlier Australian report, has been addressed and fixed, Sun Microsystems says.Attackers infiltrating supercomputer networks
April 14, 2004 Unknown attackers compromise a large number of Linux and Solaris machines in high-speed computing networks at Stanford University and other academic research facilities.Confusion over Skype security threat clears up
December 20, 2006 Researchers now characterize threat to Skype IM tool as a Trojan horse, not a worm.Exploit code released for Nvidia flaw
October 17, 2006 Rapid7, which says it discovered the flaw in the Linux graphics driver, says risk goes back to 2004.Attackers exploit zero-day Windows flaw
March 30, 2007 Attackers take advantage of vulnerability in Windows animated cursor. Also: Trojan spam dupes users into thinking it's an IE 7 beta.Microsoft to sound early alert for flaws
May 6, 2005 Pilot program will send out advisories to confirm reports of flaws and tell PC owners how to deal with them until they're patched.TCP flaw threatens Net data transmissions
April 20, 2004 The Transmission Control Protocol, the most popular protocol for sending data on the Net, has a flaw that could let attackers shut down connections between servers and routers, an advisory says.Another security hole found in Excel
July 7, 2006 New flaw puts computers at risk of remote attack, according to a security group's advisory.Another 'critical' flaw, this time from Oracle
June 10, 2004 A browser plus a bit of knowledge equals access to valuable e-commerce data.Microsoft patches may break Web sites
November 3, 2005 Web sites that use certain custom applications won't display as expected in Internet Explorer after installing two Microsoft security updates.Windows flaw reaches beyond XP
July 18, 2005 Problem that could let an attacker crash a PC exists in several versions of the OS, Microsoft says.Microsoft patches spell happy holidays
December 14, 2004 Software giant releases five fixes, all for Windows--but doesn't rate any of them as a serious threat.Security group warns of flaw in wireless protocol
May 13, 2004 The Australian Computer Emergency Response Team issues an advisory warning companies that their wireless networks could be disrupted by an attacker with a handheld device.Unpatched flaw found in Microsoft software
April 12, 2005 Software maker investigates report of hole in Office and Access--and of published exploit code that could let attackers take control of PCs.Take three: Antivirus apps could spread infection
February 24, 2005 A flaw in Trend Micro's software lets attackers run a virus instead of stopping it, in the third such security hole found this month.Apple patches QuickTime flaw
May 1, 2004 The consumer technology maker issues a security advisory and fix for a QuickTime flaw that the company describes as a minor issue. The firm that found the flaw says the problem is more serious.Apple criticized for security advisories
May 5, 2004 A second researcher takes the Mac maker to task for not adequately labeling the seriousness of security flaws in its advisories.
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