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June 20, 2006 Another yet-to-be-patched Excel security hole is reported--and there's sample attack code on the Net, experts say. TAGS: Microsoft Excel, security hole, flaw, Microsoft Excel 2003, vulnerability, attacker, spreadsheet, Symantec Corp., expert, security, patch management, attack, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, PC, e-mail

February 21, 2006 Apple is working to patch operating-system vulnerability that could be exploited to install rootkits, backdoors. TAGS: shell script, flaw, Apple Safari, back door, attacker, Apple Mac OS, rootkit, expert, Apple Macintosh, Apple Computer, Apple Mac OS X, vulnerability, malicious code, operating system, Symantec Corp., Web browser

January 4, 2006 Microsoft is still working on a fix for a serious flaw in its OS, leaving people to face a week of increasingly sophisticated attacks. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Metafile, flaw, cyberattack, patch, attack, antivirus software, expert, fix, Symantec Corp., security, Microsoft Corp., antivirus, PC, operating system, Microsoft Windows

October 13, 2005 Code has been written to exploit the latest Windows flaws, but it isn't publicly available. Experts predict a public exploit and worm are near. TAGS: exploit, flaw, worm, expert, vulnerability, code, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Windows

December 28, 2006 Cybercrooks found Microsoft's "Patch Tuesdays" too tempting to pass up. Apple, too, had a rough year when it came to security. TAGS: attack, security tool, flaw, fix, malicious software, expert, software company, Apple Macintosh, Apple Computer, security, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Corp., Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows

December 16, 2005 Updates lower risk of "format string" vulnerabilities, which two weeks ago were found to be more serious than initially thought. TAGS: Perl, attacker, denial of service, Web application, string, flaw, vulnerability, module, expert, security, operating system

November 16, 2006 Code that exploits a "critical" Windows flaw has been posted on the Net, opening the door for a worm to be created. TAGS: Zotob worm, Qualys Inc., Novell NetWare, Microsoft Windows 2000, worm, workstation, flaw, vulnerability, expert, security, McAfee Inc., fix, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, operating system

March 28, 2006 Another company releases third-party patch for serious flaw in Microsoft browser--but experts say to be cautious. TAGS: Determina Inc., eEye Digital Security, patch, intrusion prevention, patch management, fix, flaw, Microsoft Internet Explorer, California, expert, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., security, PC

November 30, 2005 A type of security hole in applications written in the popular open-source scripting language may be much more serious than thought. TAGS: Perl, eEye Digital Security, attacker, Symantec Corp., Web application, vulnerability, flaw, string, denial of service, expert, security, server, operating system

June 7, 2005 Macs have largely been immune to the viruses that plague Windows PCs. Experts pitch in on whether the Intel chip switch will change that. TAGS: Windows PC, malicious code, HyperThreading, Virginia, Intel, Apple Computer, security, Apple Mac OS, flaw, Apple Macintosh, attack, expert, researcher, operating system, BIOS, networking

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