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Fixes coming for Windows flaws

December 8, 2005 Microsoft plans to release two security alerts with patches for an unspecified number of flaws in the operating system. TAGS: flaw, patch management, fix, malicious code, Microsoft Corp., researcher, security, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft probes report of IE flaw

September 28, 2005 "Moderately critical" flaw could let an outsider manipulate data on a PC or aid in spoof-based attacks, security experts say. TAGS: Microsoft Internet Explorer, flaw, researcher, security, attack, Microsoft Corp., Web browser, PC, Microsoft Windows

Office zero-day bugs spoil Patch Tuesday

April 10, 2007 Report of three flaws in Microsoft Office comes as software maker releases April security updates; McAfee investigating whether flaws are new. TAGS: McAfee Inc., flaw, vulnerability, Microsoft Office, blog, security, bug, researcher, Microsoft Corp., software company

More security hiccups for IE

November 17, 2004 Researchers have found a trio of flaws in Internet Explorer--making almost 20 in total. TAGS: vulnerability, flaw, Microsoft Internet Explorer, researcher, Service Pack 2, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows

Drag-and-drop flaw mars Microsoft's latest update

August 20, 2004 Independent researcher finds an Internet Explorer vulnerability that could turn drag-and-drop into drag-and-infect. TAGS: Service Pack 2, flaw, researcher, attacker, vulnerability, patch, security, service pack, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Another Internet Explorer flaw found

July 7, 2004 This is the third time in a month that Microsoft must play catch-up with researchers finding vulnerabilities in its browser. TAGS: vulnerability, researcher, Microsoft Internet Explorer, flaw, computer science, security, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., 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, vulnerability, Microsoft Access, representative, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, software company, researcher, security, database, PC

Bug hunters, software firms in uneasy alliance

September 6, 2005 Security researchers and companies that write commercial software seek common ground over how to report flaws. TAGS: researcher, flaw, disclosure, Cisco Systems Inc., security, alliance, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, software company, Web browser, e-mail

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, Microsoft Office, auditing, flaw, researcher, vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., security, PC

Flaw found in Office encryption

January 20, 2005 Snoopers could decode password-protected files in Microsoft programs, a security researcher warns. TAGS: encryption, flaw, Microsoft Office, attacker, researcher, password, Microsoft Corp., message, security, Microsoft Windows

Pros point to flaws in Windows security update

August 18, 2004 German security company says it found minor problems in SP2; researchers predict more critical issues will emerge. TAGS: Thor Larholm, Service Pack 2, flaw, researcher, firewall, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, security, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Web browser, e-mail

Researchers warn of infectious Web sites

June 25, 2004 update Net surfers beware: "Serious" flaws let compromised servers take control of computers via Internet Explorer. TAGS: researcher, Microsoft Internet Explorer, flaw, malicious program, Web server, victim, patch, malicious code, Symantec Corp., security, Microsoft Corp., server, attack, Web browser, PC

Outlook flaw riskier than thought

March 10, 2004 Microsoft has raised the severity rating of an Outlook 2002 security hole to "critical," the highest level, after its initial analysis was challenged. TAGS: Microsoft Outlook 2002, Stephen Toulouse, severity, Microsoft Outlook, security hole, vulnerability, flaw, patch, fix, researcher, attack, Microsoft Corp., security, analysis, PC

Report: Flaws level off, but worms still squirming

March 15, 2004 Data from security company Symantec confirms that alerts regarding software flaws have increased only slightly, but that doesn't necessarily mean software is getting safer. TAGS: Symantec Corp., worm, flaw, researcher, alert, attack, vulnerability, security company, virus, security, Microsoft Corp.

Source code opens window to old IE flaw

February 18, 2004 Security researchers confirm that leaked Windows source code can be used to find flaws in Microsoft's software. TAGS: Thor Larholm, Trustworthy Computing, vulnerability, researcher, flaw, Microsoft Internet Explorer, code, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Oracle plans to patch peck of flaws

August 4, 2004 The database software maker has worked to fix more than 30 bugs for seven months, a security researcher says. TAGS: David Litchfield, Oracle Corp., database software, database company, flaw, patch management, database, researcher, security, software company, password, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft warns of a score of security holes

April 13, 2004 The software giant releases fixes that cover at least 20 Windows flaws, several of which could make versions of the operating system vulnerable to new worms or viruses. TAGS: Qualys Inc., eEye Digital Security, flaw, Stephen Toulouse, security hole, fix, security, virus, patch management, Microsoft Corp., researcher, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Windows XP, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Security pros question flaw find

January 22, 2004 Two developers of Internet tools say they have discovered a major network vulnerability--but security researchers don't believe the flaw is serious. TAGS: CERT Coordination Center, Stephen Toulouse, flaw, researcher, firewall, security, developer, Microsoft Corp.
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