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Critics rap Microsoft safety study of IE, Firefox

December 4, 2007 Redmond executive says IE is the safer bet after comparing vulnerabilities in the two browsers, but some say the study is flawed. TAGS: Jeff Jones, severity, Mozilla Corp., Firefox, exploit, Microsoft Internet Explorer, vulnerability, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, critic, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, flaw, study, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., security, operating system

Exploit released for Mac OS X flaw

October 3, 2006 Exploit appears to have been crafted before Apple patched the flaw last week. TAGS: exploit, Apple Mac OS X, privilege, Apple Mac OS, vulnerability, flaw, Apple Computer, Apple Macintosh, patch, person

More exploits out for Windows flaws

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, McAfee Inc., attack, patch, security, patch management, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Attack code out for 'critical' Windows flaw

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, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., security, attack, Microsoft Windows

Exploit code raises Windows worm alarm

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, worm, flaw, expert, vulnerability, code, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Windows

Flaw found in Apple bug-fix tool

January 9, 2007 Researchers behind "Month of Apple Bugs" say there's a vulnerability in a tool used by a group involved in finding fixes for the flaws. TAGS: Landon Fuller, vulnerability, flaw, Apple Computer, exploit, patch management, fix, researcher, blog

Exploit code puts Windows XP and 2000 at risk

November 17, 2005 Threat is considered moderate, since worst-case attack might crash some machines but not others, says security firm. TAGS: Microsoft Windows 2000, exploit, Microsoft Windows XP, vulnerability, service pack, denial of service, security, firewall, researcher, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Porn sites exploit new IE flaw

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

Hackers work to exploit latest Firefox flaw

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 Corp., Mozilla Web browser, exploit, Firefox, vulnerability, researcher, Netscape Communications Corp., hacker, flaw, attacker, security, domain name, Web browser, attack, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Expert: Flaw still dogs Windows patch

January 25, 2005 An antivirus firm says Microsoft overlooked a potential exploit in its last Windows fixes. The software giant disagrees. TAGS: GeCad, antivirus software, exploit, antivirus, vulnerability, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack, antivirus company, flaw, HTML, patch, representative, security, Microsoft Corp., researcher, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Attack code out for new Apple Wi-Fi flaw

November 1, 2006 Researchers rap Apple for mishandling flaws and kick off a "month of kernel bugs" by publishing an exploit for a new Mac Wi-Fi bug. TAGS: exploit, vulnerability, Apple Computer, device driver, flaw, Wi-Fi, security tool, researcher, Apple Macintosh, IEEE 802.11, bug, security, e-mail

Windows flaw spawns dozens of attacks

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, F-Secure Corp., Internet Storm Center, exploit, MSN Messenger, flaw, worm, attack, trojan horse, vulnerability, security, MSN, fix, virus

Java flaw could lead to Windows, Linux attacks

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, Java, flaw, advisory, exploit, Sun Microsystems Inc., Java applet, victim, virus, Linux, vulnerability, Apple Computer, Web browser, attack, security
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