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Flaw found in Office 2007

February 23, 2007 Despite Microsoft's efforts to lock down the update, eEye finds a hole that could let an outsider run malicious software on a PC. TAGS: eEye Digital Security, Microsoft Office 2007, auditing, flaw, Microsoft Office, researcher, vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., security, PC

Broadcom flaw could allow Wi-Fi hijacks

November 14, 2006 Vulnerable software was shipped in PCs and networking gear from HP, Dell, Gateway, eMachines and others. TAGS: Broadcom Corp., flaw, vulnerability, Black Hat, Wi-Fi, wireless networking, SSID, researcher, wireless network, Symantec Corp., security, eMachines Inc., access point, Gateway Inc., Dell, PC

Windows Wi-Fi vulnerability discovered

January 16, 2006 Feature can be exploited to include a user's PC in a peer-to-peer network, allowing access to information on its hard drive. TAGS: MessageLabs Ltd., P2P, hacker, SSID, Wi-Fi, broadcasting, vulnerability, wireless network, researcher, security, firewall, Service Pack 2, virus, Microsoft Windows, hard drive, PC

Unpatched flaw found in Microsoft software

April 12, 2005 Software maker investigates report of hole in Office and Access--and of published exploit code that could let attackers take control of PCs. TAGS: flaw, advisory, representative, Microsoft Access, vulnerability, software company, researcher, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, security, database, PC

SETI@home flaw could let invaders in

April 7, 2003 The ET hunters warn of a vulnerability in a widely used screensaver that lets the SETI@home project use volunteers' PC processing power to search data. TAGS: flaw, attacker, researcher, client, vulnerability, project, screensaver, server, security, Linux, PC, Microsoft Windows

Bug hunter targets routers, other gadgets

April 19, 2007 Vulnerabilities abound in routers, cell phones and PDAs and could pose a serious threat, a security researcher warns. TAGS: hardware maker, gadget, attack, router, D-Link Systems, researcher, PDA, vulnerability, security, bug, cell phone, monitor, PC

New Apple patch plugs Wi-Fi hijack flaws

September 21, 2006 Security updates plug a trio of flaws that could be exploited to break into Macs via Wi-Fi connections. TAGS: SecureWorks Inc., Black Hat, flaw, Apple MacBook, Apple Computer, representative, vulnerability, company representative, researcher, IBM PowerPC, Wi-Fi, Apple Macintosh, attacker, security, wireless network, Apple Mac OS

QuickTime zero-day bug threatens Macs, PCs

January 2, 2007 Publication of yet-to-be-patched QuickTime vulnerability kicks off month in which researchers will publish an Apple software bug each day. TAGS: Apple QuickTime, Apple Computer, advisory, vulnerability, flaw, bug, Windows PC, researcher, attacker, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, media player, Apple Mac OS, security, PC, Microsoft Windows

More WMF problems for Microsoft

January 10, 2006 Researcher says Windows Meta File component can be used to crash vulnerable PCs--but Microsoft says the glitch isn't so serious. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Metafile, RPC, Microsoft IIS Server, Microsoft SQL Server, representative, denial of service, vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., component, researcher, software company, server, Microsoft Windows, PC

Tool turns unsuspecting surfers into hacking help

March 21, 2007 With Jikto, JavaScript on a Web site can turn PCs into a bug-hunting tool, thus doing a hacker's dirty work. TAGS: Web security, JavaScript, attacker, Web surfer, SQL injection, hacking, creator, XSS, hacker, flaw, Web application, SQL, vulnerability, bot, researcher, security
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