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Microsoft piracy check comes calling

April 24, 2006 Expands program to alert people who run illegal copies of Windows and starts a campaign to fight Office piracy. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, alert, Automatic Update, antipiracy, copy, Microsoft Corp., security, operating system, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, PC

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. TAGS: advisory, alert, flaw, Stephen Toulouse, workaround, vulnerability, software company, security company, patch, security, Microsoft Corp.

Slew of Windows patches coming

October 6, 2005 Microsoft plans to release eight security alerts with fixes for Windows flaws--and at least one hole could be used for a worm attack. TAGS: security alert, patch management, alert, flaw, fix, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, Web browser

Homeland Security: Fix your Windows

August 9, 2006 In rare alert, department urges people to plug a worm hole in the Microsoft operating system as soon as possible. TAGS: Neel Mehta, alert, vulnerability, flaw, homeland security, agency, Microsoft Corp., security, software company, service pack, Microsoft Windows, printer, operating system

Yahoo spoons out more RSS

November 30, 2005 Web giant to offer new RSS alert service and integrate RSS feeds into new Yahoo Mail beta. TAGS: RSS, RSS feed, Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo! Mail, alert, Time Warner Inc., e-mail

Uptick in Windows attacks reported

September 1, 2006 Security experts warn of increased cyberattacks on Windows PCs, via a known security flaw, but Microsoft says all is calm. TAGS: Windows PC, Symantec Corp., cyberattack, increase, alert, attack, malicious code, security, threat, activity, Microsoft Corp., PC, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows NT

Is your iron still on? Check your cell phone

May 17, 2006 Eaton's Home Heartbeat will tell you what's going on at home. But do you want to know what your dishwasher is doing? TAGS: sensor, base station, security camera, alert, cell phone, TV, camera

New PowerPoint hole used in cyberattacks

July 13, 2006 Alert of new, yet-to-be-patched Office flaw being exploited in attacks comes on heels of Microsoft's "Patch Tuesday." TAGS: flaw, cyberattack, security expert, Microsoft PowerPoint, vulnerability, Microsoft Excel, attack, alert, Microsoft Office, Symantec Corp., security, Microsoft Corp., PC

Cell phone becomes new town crier

April 20, 2007 Universities and cities are seeing how these staples of 21st century society can be turned into tools for keeping people informed and protected. TAGS: campus, text messaging, student, cell phone, university, community, alert, college, SMS, situation, U.S., security, e-mail

Latest Sober threatens e-mail gateways

November 23, 2005 Worm is generating a flood of e-mail traffic, which could hit corporate systems like a mini denial-of-service attack. TAGS: e-mail gateway, Sober worm, Sophos Plc., McAfee Inc., denial of service, alert, security company, traffic, virus, threat, e-mail, security

Homeland Security picks up missing-kid tech

March 5, 2005 Agency is to test Amber Alert technology, used to track abducted kids, in program to improve nationwide warning system. TAGS: homeland security, portal, Web portal, consortium, broadcaster, alert, cell phone, state, agency
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