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Windows Mail bug may expose Vista users
March 23, 2007 Possible security vulnerability in Windows Mail could be exploited by attackers to run programs on Vista PCs.Windows flaw could spawn DoS attacks
July 15, 2005 Microsoft is working on a patch for a flaw that could allow attackers to remotely crash Windows PCs.Skype flaws open computers to attack
October 25, 2005 Company updates its Internet telephony application to fix bugs that could allow an attacker to gain control of a user's PC.Windows weakness can lead to network traffic hijacks
March 25, 2007 Problem in the way Windows PCs obtain network settings could let attackers hijack traffic, researchers warn.Tool turns unsuspecting surfers into hacking help
March 21, 2007 With Jikto, JavaScript on a Web site can turn PCs into a bug-hunting tool, thus doing a hacker's dirty work.Cursor hole puts Windows PCs at risk
March 29, 2007 Vulnerability in the way Windows handles animated cursors puts users at risk of serious cyberattacks. Microsoft is working on a fix.Microsoft, Mozilla look into browser flaws
February 16, 2007 Recently disclosed security holes that affect Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox could let attackers grab data via malicious Web sites.Attackers lurk on photo sites, firm warns
July 25, 2005 Photo album and blog sites are among the free services increasingly being used to spread spyware and other pests, Websense says.Breaking into a laptop via Wi-Fi
August 2, 2006 Flaws in software that runs wireless-networking hardware could let attackers take over PCs, including Macs, Black Hat warns.Bots slim down to get tough
November 16, 2005 Malicious botmakers find they can better delay detection with pint-size bots.'Zombie' PCs caused Web outage, Akamai says
June 16, 2004 Attackers built a "botnet" of unknowing home PCs to bring down Google and other sites, the company says.Fixes in for critical IE, Windows flaws
June 14, 2005 Three of the 10 bulletins in Microsoft's monthly batch of patches deal with three holes that could let intruders take over a PC.DNS servers--an Internet Achilles' heel
August 3, 2005 Scan finds that hundreds of thousands of the servers that act as the white pages of the Net are vulnerable to attack.IE flaw opens door to infection on sight
August 9, 2005 Microsoft plugs six holes, including an IE bug that could expose a PC user to attack just for looking at a picture.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 rushes out critical IE fix
December 1, 2004 Departing from schedule, the company patches a month-old security hole in the browser software that had spawned attacks.Attack code targets new IE hole
September 15, 2006 Code that exploits a serious, yet-to-be-patched hole in Microsoft's Web browser has been posted on the Net.Fixes in for Windows, Microsoft e-mail flaws
January 10, 2006 Two "critical" security bugs in Windows, Outlook and Exchange could allow an attacker to hijack vulnerable PCs, company says.Report: Crooks behind more Net attacks
November 16, 2004 Organized gangs are increasingly using networks of zombie PCs to launch attempts to make money, according to VeriSign.Microsoft leaves Word zero-day holes unpatched
January 9, 2007 Software giant releases fixes for vulnerabilities in Windows and Office, but several known Word zero-day flaws go without patches.
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