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Black Hat conference goers deal with insecurities
August 3, 2007
Security experts gather in Las Vegas at the annual security conference, which has been "supersized" to handle more people, topics--and controversy.
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Exposing software flaws--no easy job
June 7, 2007
Security researcher Christopher Soghoian reflects on the hard work that comes after finding a vulnerability.
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This week in security
September 16, 2005
Security researchers say they have found ways to exploit a serious bug in Firefox and Mozilla Web browsers.
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Bug hunter gets bounty from Mozilla
March 31, 2005
A Firefox guru receives a $2,500 reward for finding flaws in Mozilla's browser.
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Study: Shoppers will pay for privacy
June 7, 2007
Carnegie Mellon research counters prior studies showing online shoppers are willing to sacrifice privacy for lower prices.
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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.
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ETech provides peek inside Microsoft labs
March 29, 2007
Mobile browser, game that challenges kids to program are among the new technologies that Redmond researchers unveiled at the ETech conference.
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Microsoft shows off improved search
August 7, 2006
Microsoft scientists reveal new "3D" analyses and machine-learning algorithms for search at conference.
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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.
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Windows weakness can lead to network traffic hijacks
March 25, 2007
Problem in the way Windows PCs obtain network settings could let attackers hijack traffic, researchers warn.
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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.
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Mac flaw puts Safari surfers at risk
January 11, 2007
Combination of hole in Apple's OS X and a feature in its Web browser opens Macs to attack, Secunia says.
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Attack code targets zero-day Mac OS X flaw
November 21, 2006
The unpatched security hole could be used by a remote attacker to compromise a vulnerable Mac, advisories say.
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JavaScript bug-hunting tool demonstrated
March 24, 2007
Security researcher says his company won't let him release Jikto, which turns PCs of unknowing Web surfers into crawlers.
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Bugs bite into popular browsers
April 25, 2006
Unpatched flaws are discovered in Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari that could cause problems for Web surfers.
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Major browsers bitten by security bugs
October 20, 2004
What do Internet Explorer, Mozilla's browsers, and Opera all have in common? Bugs.
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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.
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Security firm: IE patch does not work
September 8, 2003
A fix for Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser simply doesn't fix the vulnerability it addresses, according to security experts.
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