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Windows Mail bug may expose Vista users
March 23, 2007
Possible security vulnerability in Windows Mail could be exploited by attackers to run programs on Vista PCs.
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Microsoft Windows Vista
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link
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Windows Media Player 6.4 Cumulative Vulnerability Patch MS02-032
Prevent malicious users from exploiting security vulnerabilities in Windows Media Player 6.4.
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Microsoft probes IE 7, Vista bug reports
February 26, 2007
Two recently disclosed vulnerabilities that affect Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Vista could let hackers nab user data.
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Windows Media Player XP Cumulative Vulnerability Patch MS02-032
Prevent malicious users from exploiting security vulnerabilities in Windows Media Player XP.
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Windows Media
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Windows flaw could spawn DoS attacks
July 15, 2005
Microsoft is working on a patch for a flaw that could allow attackers to remotely crash Windows PCs.
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iDefense
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security
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Microsoft Corp.
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PC
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Microsoft Windows XP
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Attackers exploit zero-day Windows flaw
March 30, 2007
Attackers take advantage of vulnerability in Windows animated cursor. Also: Trojan spam dupes users into thinking it's an IE 7 beta.
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advisory
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cursor
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attacker
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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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Windows flaw reaches beyond XP
July 18, 2005
Problem that could let an attacker crash a PC exists in several versions of the OS, Microsoft says.
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terminal services
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Microsoft Windows XP Media Center
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003
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Microsoft Windows Server
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Microsoft Corp.
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'Critical' patches released for Windows
January 11, 2005
Microsoft releases two patches for OS, but fix for underlying IE problems is not yet ready.
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Stephen Toulouse
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Fake Microsoft security updates circulate
April 8, 2005
E-mail campaign designed to lure people to a bogus Microsoft Web site is making rounds as part of attempt to install Trojan horse.
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Graham Cluley
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Sophos Plc.
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Microsoft probes possible IE 7 phishing hole
March 15, 2007
Vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7 error message could help cybercrooks obscure phishing scams.
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Microsoft leaves Word zero-day holes unpatched
January 9, 2007
Software giant releases fixes for vulnerabilities in Windows and Office, but several known Word zero-day flaws go without patches.
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Microsoft Update
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Microsoft Word
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Automatic Update
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Microsoft Corp.
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PC
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Flaw found in Office encryption
January 20, 2005
Snoopers could decode password-protected files in Microsoft programs, a security researcher warns.
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encryption
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Microsoft Office
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password
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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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IE flaw opens door to infection on sight
August 9, 2005
Microsoft plugs six holes, including an IE bug that could expose a PC user to attack just for looking at a picture.
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bulletin
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authentication protocol
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Kerberos
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003
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Microsoft Windows Server
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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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security
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows Vista
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PC
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Attack code targets new IE hole
September 15, 2006
Code that exploits a serious, yet-to-be-patched hole in Microsoft's Web browser has been posted on the Net.
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Windows PC
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This week in Microsoft security
July 22, 2005
Flaws in Remote Desktop Protocol and IE took center stage, while an IM worm targeted MSN Messenger, along with AOL's service.
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MSN Messenger
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Redmond
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America Online Inc.
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MSN
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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IM
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Microsoft Windows
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Windows zero-day flaw gets a fix
April 10, 2007
Microsoft's Tuesday patches include a fix for a "critical" Windows flaw that was first disclosed in December and also affects Vista.
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows Vista
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Microsoft plugs critical holes in Windows
April 12, 2005
Monthly patch release includes fixes for flaws that could let attackers take remote control of vulnerable systems.
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Stephen Toulouse
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Neel Mehta
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vulnerability
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flaw
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Microsoft Exchange Server
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worm
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TCP/IP
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security
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Symantec Corp.
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Office
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Microsoft Windows
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Windows, Exchange flaws patched
May 9, 2006
Trio of security updates includes two for critical flaws in Exchange e-mail server and third-party software in Windows.
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Microsoft Exchange Server
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Flash Player
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Symantec Corp.
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Microsoft Windows 98
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Microsoft Corp.
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Adobe Systems Inc.
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