After attacks, Microsoft to rush out fix for ASP.net bug
Microsoft is rushing out a fix for a Windows Web server flaw that is starting to be exploited by online attackers.
Robert McMillan | 28 Sep | Read more
Microsoft is rushing out a fix for a Windows Web server flaw that is starting to be exploited by online attackers.
Robert McMillan | 28 Sep | Read more
Officials in Iran have confirmed that the Stuxnet worm infected at least 30,000 Windows PCs in the country, multiple Iranian news services reported on Saturday.
Gregg Keizer | 26 Sep | Read more
Microsoft has warned users that hackers are exploiting the unpatched bug in ASP.Net to hijack encrypted Web sessions.
Gregg Keizer | 24 Sep | Read more
Contrary to reports, a bug that Microsoft patched last week had been publicly discussed a year and a half ago, security researchers said this week.
Gregg Keizer | 23 Sep | Read more
Microsoft released this week an upgrade to a tool that helps secure applications for the Internet without having to recode them.
Paul Krill | 04 Sep | Read more
A few companies in the Fortune 500 need to upgrade their Web browsers. And while they're at it, a little in-house training on social engineering wouldn't be a bad idea, either.
Robert McMillan | 03 Aug | Read more
Microsoft may have a tough time fixing the Windows shortcut vulnerability, a security researcher said today.
Gregg Keizer | 21 Jul | Read more
Microsoft on Friday warned that attackers are exploiting a critical unpatched Windows vulnerability using infected USB flash drives.
Gregg Keizer | 18 Jul | Read more
An open letter to those who are distraught over the impending retirement of Windows XP SP2:
Bill Brenner | 30 Jun | Read more
German privacy regulators have welcomed a proposal to extend laws protecting Germans' right to privacy to cover use of their own image and that of their homes in online street panoramas, the Hamburg privacy regulator said Monday.
Peter Sayer | 28 Jun | Read more
If your business is still running Service Pack 2 of Windows XP, security problems are lurking around the corner, according to new research from IT services vendor Softchoice stating that almost 80 percent of organizations surveyed risk a security breach if the do not upgrade to SP3.
Shane O'Neill | 23 Jun | Read more
Microsoft has sold 150 million copies of Windows 7 in nine months--that is, seven copies per second. It's the fastest-selling operating system in history. Vista, by contrast, was such a flop that users couldn't wait to get rid of it.
Julie Sartrain | 29 Jun | Read more
The Windows XP exploit that was published by a Google engineer last week is now being exploited in the wild, according to researchers at Sophos Labs.
Joan Goodchild | 17 Jun | Read more
Microsoft said it has uncovered a new kind of click fraud, filing two lawsuits against people it says are using the scam.
Nancy Gohring | 20 May | Read more
Microsoft has re-released a buggy update that didn't properly protect some of its Windows 2000 users from a security flaw.
Robert McMillan | 28 Apr | Read more