Security News

Microsoft issues 12 patches, eight of them  for critical’flaws
2005-02-09 12:01

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,99621,00.html By Paul Roberts FEBRUARY 08, 2005 IDG NEWS SERVICE On the same day that it announced a deal to acquire antivirus...

Microsoft Patches Flaw in Service Pack 2
2005-01-12 15:38

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1504-2005Jan11.html By Brian Krebs washingtonpost.com Staff Writer January 11, 2005 Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday issued a trio of software updates to...

Microsoft fixes three flaws in XP SP2
2004-12-16 07:02

http://www.smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Microsoft-fixes-three-flaws-in-XP-SP2/2004/12/15/1102787120589.html By Sam Varghese December 15, 2004 Microsoft has released five security advisories for the...

Microsoft releases patch to plug IE vulnerability
2004-12-02 06:49

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,97957,00.html By Jaikumar Vijayan DECEMBER 01, 2004 COMPUTERWORLD As expected, Microsoft Corp. today released an out-of-cycle...

Microsoft to help users prep for patching
2004-11-05 08:19

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,97221,00.html By Scarlet Pruitt NOVEMBER 04, 2004 IDG NEWS SERVICE Microsoft Corp. will give customers advance notice of its...

Hackers use porn to target Microsoft JPEG flaw
2004-09-29 07:56

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,96227,00.html By Paul Roberts SEPTEMBER 28, 2004 IDG NEWS SERVICE Malicious hackers are seeding Internet newsgroups that traffic...

Microsoft Releases New Batch of Patches
2004-07-14 05:50

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47383-2004Jul13.html By Brian Krebs washingtonpost.com Staff Writer July 13, 2004 Microsoft Corp. today issued two "critical" software updates for...

Alleged hacker is Microsoft employee
2004-07-12 08:43

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/12/1089484274240.html By Allison Linn Seattle July 12, 2004 A man accused of hacking into search engine company AltaVista's computer systems about two years...

Microsoft releases monthly security patches
2004-06-09 10:06

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,93728,00.html By Paul Roberts JUNE 08, 2004 IDG NEWS SERVICE Microsoft Corp. released software updates for versions of Windows XP...

Microsoft, law enforcement officials pursuing Sasser author
2004-05-04 11:21

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,92870,00.html By Paul Roberts MAY 03, 2004 IDG NEWS SERVICE Microsoft Corp. is working with law enforcement to find the author of...