Searching for trouble
Google grapples with a flaw in its desktop search. Also: Hotmail dumps McAfee as antivirus ally.
Google grapples with a flaw in its desktop search. Also: Hotmail dumps McAfee as an antivirus ally.
Images: Google's desktop search
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December 15, 2004
Google: We've fixed desktop search tool flaw
Glitch could have let an attacker search the contents of a user's PC. But the firm now says "all current and future users are secure."Images: Google's desktop search
December 20, 2004
Hotmail dumps McAfee's antivirus for Trend Micro
E-mails sent or received by any of Hotmail's Web mail customers will now be scanned in real time by Trend Micro's antivirus software.December 19, 2004
Phishing hole discovered in IE
Microsoft says it's investigating a flaw in Internet Explorer that exposes users of its most-protected Windows, SP2, to phishing attacks.December 17, 2004
Cisco cites security flaws
Company alerts customers to vulnerabilities in communications software and tool to prevent DoS attacks.December 17, 2004
Patches slapped on serious PHP flaws
The flaws mean Web servers using the programming language could be compromised by attackers, a developer group warns.December 17, 2004
Microsoft buy comes with strings attached
A Florida company claims co-ownership of anti-spyware software scooped up by Microsoft this week in an acquisition.December 17, 2004
Microsoft posts critical configuration patch
The software giant closes up a potential security hole left open by the Service Pack 2 update to Windows XP.December 17, 2004
Zafi worm proves a holiday pest
The worm, which travels as an e-Christmas card, is clogging e-mail bandwidth and cropping up in the majority of virus reports.December 16, 2004
Christmas card virus 'ataks'
Virus writers have released another seasonal mass-mailing worm that poses as a holiday e-card.December 16, 2004
Students uncover dozens of Unix software flaws
update To make the grade, students at the University of Illinois found 44 security flaws in various Unix applications.December 15, 2004