Spam shot of 'Storm Trojan' reaches record proportions
A massive spam outbreak that tries to trick recipients into opening a file attachment that can hijack their computers has already broken records, security companies said Thursday.
Stories by Gregg Keizer
Patch be damned: ANI attacks on the rise
Although Microsoft patched the ANI bug in Windows a week ago, that's not stopped attackers from boosting the number of Web sites serving exploits or tweaking exploits to make them more efficient.
Microsoft Office 2007 faces new bugs, exploits
Just as Microsoft omitted a patch for a two-month-old flaw in Word 2000 and 2002 from its monthly updates Tuesday, three more bugs in the company's Office suite were disclosed by a security researcher.
Latest Vista bug may be tougher nut to crack
The second Windows Vista vulnerability patched in the last week may be very difficult to exploit, a security researcher said Wednesday, because of the new operating system's additional defenses.
Microsoft patches Vista bug that snuck through beta
Microsoft Tuesday unveiled the second stage of its April security updates by releasing five security bulletins that patched eight vulnerabilities -- including one that was missed during the company's Windows Vista beta testing and ended up in the final version of the new operating system.
Mozilla unveils Thunderbird 2.0 RC1 e-mail client
Mozilla on Friday posted release candidate code for the newest version of its e-mail client, Thunderbird 2.0, which emphasizes message organization and support for Windows Vista.
Users gripe about Vista start-up, shutdown speed
Windows Vista users are complaining on Microsoft's support forums about long start-up, shutdown and application load times compared with Windows XP.
More problems pop up with Microsoft's ANI patch
Microsoft has acknowledged several new problems with the emergency patch it released last week to quash the Windows animated cursor file (ANI) bug and has updated a hotfix that it's telling some Windows XP SP2 users to download and install.
Hackers dupe users with spam about bogus US-Iran war
A weekend spam run tried to dupe recipients into downloading the infamous "Storm Trojan" by attaching files that posed as videos of a bogus missile strike by the U.S. against Iran, antivirus vendors said Monday.
Separated at birth: WMF and ANI bugs compared
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Microsoft defends 100-day ANI patch process
Microsoft first learned of the animated cursor flaw in Windows in December 2006, more than 100 days before it released an emergency patch. The release marked just the third time in more than two years it has released an out-of-cycle security update.
Apple unveils octa-core Mac Pro
Apple has added an option to its Mac Pro desktop line that lets customers build out systems equipped with two of Intel's fastest quad-core Xeon processors, marking the first time users have been able to buy a Mac powered by eight -- yes, eight -- processor cores.
Firefox also vulnerable to Windows cursor exploit
Contrary to other reports, Mozilla's Firefox 2.0 is vulnerable to attackers armed with the Windows animated (ANI) cursor exploit, a researcher said Tuesday.
Firefox also vulnerable to Windows cursor exploit
Contrary to other reports, Mozilla's Firefox 2.0 is vulnerable to attackers armed with the Windows animated (ANI) cursor exploit, a researcher said Tuesday.
EMI's decision to drop DRM good news for consumers
EMI Group's announcement that it will ditch digital rights management (DRM) restrictions on tracks sold through Apple's iTunes music store is a major win for consumers, a smart tactical move by both companies and may be the turning point in making digital the way music is sold, an analyst said Monday.