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February 15, 2005 Reversing a longstanding Microsoft policy, the company will ship an update to its Internet Explorer browser separately from the next version of Windows. The move acknowledges that the browser has b...IE exploit is top of the hacks
November 2, 2004 Attacks via an Internet Explorer flaw are more common than any other hacking technique, a security firm has found.Viruses exploit Microsoft patch cycle
November 10, 2004 Are MyDoom offshoots an attempt to throw Microsoft off-balance?New MyDoom draws on IE flaw to spread
November 9, 2004 Antivirus firms tell PC users to turn on firewalls--Microsoft has yet to patch the Internet Explorer vulnerability.Microsoft rushes out critical IE fix
December 1, 2004 Departing from schedule, the company patches a month-old security hole in the browser software that had spawned attacks.Double MyDoom for Internet Explorer flaw
November 9, 2004 A second MyDoom offshoot is taking advantage of an unpatched security hole in Microsoft's Web browser to spread.Minor issues surface after IE 7 launch
October 20, 2006 Security bug reports are flawed, Microsoft says. But there are compatibility woes as company servers buckle.New virus preys on old IE flaw
September 18, 2003 Dubbed Swen and Gibe.F, this new e-mail worm is spreading quickly, taking advantage of an Internet Explorer vulnerability that was first disclosed two years ago.School's out to shun IE
December 9, 2004 Penn State urges students to use alternative browsers to reduce risk of attacks through flaws in the Microsoft software.Spyware-killing Vista could take out rivals
March 17, 2006 Updated OS has tougher tools than ever to fight sneaky programs. Some analysts think that spells trouble for anti-spyware makers. Images: Vista tackles spywareThis week in security
September 24, 2005 U.S. government plans to assign a unique identifier to each and every piece of malicious software.Week in review: Virus king
January 30, 2004 All eyes were on security as a fast-moving e-mail virus claimed the crown as the worst ever, and along the way it managed to make enemies of two software heavyweights.This week in security
November 4, 2005 Sony BMG Music Entertainment got some static over a potential security problem in some copy-protected CDs.Santa flaws? Firms deal with holiday patches
December 17, 2004 Microsoft moves to plug holes left open in Windows XP. Also: Cisco issues a pair of warnings.Bofra burrows in through banner ads
November 22, 2004 Hackers may be using banner ad servers to multiply the impact of the Internet Explorer virus, security experts warn.Attackers strike using Web ads
November 22, 2004 Online intruders hit a server owned by advertising host Falk and use it to distribute a destructive program via banner ads.Attack program hijacks surfing in IE
October 2, 2003 The malicious QHosts program, which infects PCs using a recent flaw in Internet Explorer, could take control of how computers look up Internet addresses.Microsoft: No flaw in Media Player
January 14, 2005 Trojan horses are piggybacking on an antipiracy feature in Media Player, a security firm claims. But Microsoft denies it's a flaw.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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