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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.
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Jeff Jones
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severity
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Mozilla Corp.
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Firefox
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
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Microsoft Corp.
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Exploit released for Mac OS X flaw
October 3, 2006
Exploit appears to have been crafted before Apple patched the flaw last week.
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Apple Computer
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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.
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McAfee Inc.
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Microsoft Corp.
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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.
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Vector Markup Language
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Symantec Corp.
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Microsoft Corp.
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Attack code released for IE hole
November 21, 2005
Recently published code exploits new "extremely critical" flaw in the latest versions of Internet Explorer.
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Service Pack 2
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Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
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Microsoft Windows 2000
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Microsoft Corp.
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.
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Symantec Corp.
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Microsoft Corp.
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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.
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Landon Fuller
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Apple Computer
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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.
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Microsoft Windows 2000
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Microsoft Corp.
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Porn sites exploit new IE flaw
September 19, 2006
Unpatched IE security flaw can install malicious software via rigged Web sites, including porn sites.
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Websense Inc.
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Sunbelt Software
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Ilfak Guilfanov
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Microsoft Windows Metafile
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WMF vulnerability
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F-Secure Corp.
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Internet Storm Center
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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."
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Jouko Pynnonen
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