Gregg Keizer writes "Attackers are exploiting the just-patched vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) by hiding malicious ActiveX controls in Microsoft Word documents, a security company said Thurs read more » DiscussBury
Gregg Keizer writes that according to a Danish security company "More than 98% of Windows computers harbor at least one unpatched application, and nearly half contain 11 or more programs at risk fro read more » DiscussBury
Gregg Keizer writes that "The 'Srizbi' botnet returned from the dead late Tuesday, said Fengmin Gong, the chief security content officer at FireEye, when the infected PCs were able to successfully read more » DiscussBury
Gregg Keizer writes "The shutdown of California-based McColo Corp., a company that hosted a staggering variety of cybercriminal activity, on Nov. 11 cut spam by as much as 75% in the first few days read more » DiscussBury
Gregg Keizer posts "Apple Friday added anti-phishing protection to Safari, the last major browser to receive the feature that blocks known identity-stealing sites. The company also patched 11 securi read more » DiscussBury
Chrome 0.4.154.18, which was released Tuesday, fixes a vulnerability that could be exploited by hackers. According to Mark Larson, Chrome's program manager "We now prevent local files from connecti read more » DiscussBury
Gregg Keizer posts on NetworkWorld that Microsoft has not issued a patch for a vulnerability which it acknowledged 6 months ago. There is now an exploit code for this vulnerablity circulation. read more » DiscussBury
