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September 19, 2006 Unpatched IE security flaw can install malicious software via rigged Web sites, including porn sites. TAGS: malicious software, Websense Inc., flaw, Sunbelt Software, exploit, vulnerability, Windows PC, security company, Microsoft Internet Explorer, attack, security, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft Corp., PC

December 1, 2005 Users should be shielded from two new attack codes if they use security updates. It's the unpatched flaws that cause worry. TAGS: exploit, flaw, vulnerability, attack, McAfee Inc., patch, security, patch management, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows

January 17, 2007 Code that exploits a recently found flaw in the way Windows handles Vector Markup Language documents has been published. TAGS: Vector Markup Language, exploit, flaw, Symantec Corp., vulnerability, attack, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows

January 3, 2006 Attacks designed to exploit Windows Meta File flaw range from malicious spam to an MSN Messenger worm. Sites harbor Windows Trojan TAGS: Ilfak Guilfanov, Microsoft Windows Metafile, WMF vulnerability, Internet Storm Center, F-Secure Corp., exploit, MSN Messenger, attack, flaw, worm, vulnerability, security, MSN, fix, trojan horse, virus

November 22, 2006 Flaw could enable attackers to compromise usernames and passwords, security researcher warns, citing exploit on MySpace. TAGS: XSS, username, MySpace, attacker, exploit, flaw, Firefox, Firefox 2.0, attack, Mozilla Corp., password, security, Microsoft Internet Explorer, blog, Web browser, server

January 10, 2006 Exploits can 'jump' IM networks using services like Trillian, survey report authors say. TAGS: FaceTime Communications, IM Network, attack, America Online Inc., IM, Trillian, MSN, exploit, incident, motivation, security, Microsoft Corp., virus

September 13, 2005 Researchers claim they have found ways to exploit a serious flaw in Firefox and Mozilla browsers, a sign that attacks could be on the way. TAGS: Mozilla Web browser, exploit, Mozilla Corp., researcher, vulnerability, hacker, flaw, Firefox, attacker, Netscape Communications Corp., security, domain name, attack, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

November 22, 2005 Other countries are more of a risk to the U.K.'s infrastructure than hackers--and terrorists are even lower on the list, British agency says. TAGS: cyberterrorism, marketplace, terrorist, threat, exploit, agency, infrastructure, U.K., attack, state, hacker, London, trojan horse

November 23, 2004 Threat affects various operating systems and major browsers such as IE and Firefox, leading experts to rate it "critical." TAGS: Jouko Pynnonen, Java plug-in, flaw, Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., advisory, exploit, Java applet, victim, Linux, vulnerability, attack, Web browser, Apple Computer, virus, security

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