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BBC stories used as bait for IE exploit

March 31, 2006 Attackers are sending e-mail messages with news stories to trick people into visiting sites that exploit a recent IE flaw. TAGS: Websense Inc., e-mail message, spamming, flaw, malicious software, vulnerability, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., e-mail, PC

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. TAGS: attacker, cookie, flaw, Mozilla Corp., Firefox, Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, fix, bug, Microsoft Internet Explorer, security, Microsoft Corp., PC, e-mail

Microsoft reveals 'critical' flaw

July 24, 2003 The software giant issues another passel of warnings about security holes, including a "critical" flaw that affects most Windows PCs. TAGS: Stephen Toulouse, flaw, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, DirectX, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, PC, e-mail, operating system

Cybercrooks add Windows flaw to arsenal

September 30, 2006 Days after sample attack code for a yet-to-be-patched flaw surfaced, malicious sites are popping up that exploit the hole. TAGS: flaw, Websense Inc., e-mail spam, arsenal, Microsoft Windows Metafile, search engine, attack, security, fix, Microsoft Corp., Web browser, spyware, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, PC, e-mail

Another hefty patch month for Microsoft

August 8, 2006 Count 'em: A dozen security updates, nine rated "critical," covering 20 holes in Windows and three in Office. TAGS: bulletin, flaw, DNS, fix, vulnerability, attack, security, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., bug, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, Web browser, e-mail, PC
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