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Gmail cookie vulnerability exposes user's privacy
September 27, 2007
Program developed by "ethical hacking" group takes advantage of cross-site scripting vulnerability to steal contacts, forward e-mail.
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Cisco warns customers of site breach
August 3, 2005
Company sends e-mails to site's users and advises people to change their passwords.
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Cisco Systems Inc.
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password
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Google plugs account hijack holes
January 16, 2007
If left unpatched, the vulnerability could let hackers modify third-party documents and view e-mail subjects, search history.
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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.
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Microsoft Corp.
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Dangerous code on Net could be used to exploit IE hole
March 24, 2006
Microsoft, experts worried about e-mail virus or other attack that could put PCs and data at risk.
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Microsoft Corp.
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Exploits released for new Windows flaws
December 23, 2004
It also releases sample exploit code for the two unpatched flaws--which means that a virus could be on the way.
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Symantec Corp.
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Microsoft Corp.
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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.
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Microsoft Outlook
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Microsoft releases 'critical' updates for new programs
May 8, 2007
This month's Patch Tuesday focuses on fixes for vulnerabilities in 2007 editions of Internet Explorer, Exchange and Office.
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Microsoft Office 2007
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Microsoft Office
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Microsoft Update
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DNS
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bug
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Microsoft Corp.
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security
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Microsoft Word
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Microsoft Windows
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Sendmail flaw opens door to intruders
March 22, 2006
Unless people make recommended fixes, remote attackers could gain control to their systems.
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Lotus flaw reported--but IBM's unfazed
April 7, 2005
Big Blue shrugs off report of a vulnerability in some versions of its Lotus Domino Server e-mail and calendar software.
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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.
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Windows PC
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows Vista
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PC
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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e-mail
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Microsoft Windows
Zero-day Word flaw used in attack
May 19, 2006
Symantec warns of unpatched hole in Microsoft Word that was used in a bid to compromise Japanese government PCs.
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Symantec Corp.
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Microsoft Word
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft: SP2 shimmy's not a flaw
February 1, 2005
Company downplays a method for intruders to bypass defenses in its Service Pack 2 update for Windows XP.
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Positive Technologies
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Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack
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Google flaw adds phishing hole to Web sites
November 28, 2006
Google's search appliances could expose Web sites that use the products to information-stealing phishing attacks.
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Google Inc.
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Google Search
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Microsoft rushes out 'critical' fix
September 26, 2006
Update repairs serious security hole cybercrooks have been using to get malicious software on Windows PCs.
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Sunbelt Software
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Microsoft Corp.
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Trillian IM flaw exposed
March 25, 2005
Cerulean's instant messaging software comes under fire for vulnerabilities as concerns continue to mount over IM-borne threats.
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Cerulean Studios
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Yahoo! Inc.
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Time Warner Inc.
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Second zero-day Excel flaw emerges
June 20, 2006
Another yet-to-be-patched Excel security hole is reported--and there's sample attack code on the Net, experts say.
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Microsoft Excel 2003
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Symantec Corp.
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Microsoft Corp.
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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.
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No fix yet for Word 2000 flaw
September 12, 2006
Microsoft releases patches for three security holes, but does not have a fix for a Word 2000 flaw being used in attacks.
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Qualys Inc.
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Microsoft plugs 21 security holes
June 13, 2006
All but two of the 21 Windows, Office and Exchange flaws could let an intruder run code on a compromised computer.
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Microsoft JScript
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