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  • MSBlast suspect pleads guilty

    A 19-year-old Minneapolis man pleaded guilty Wednesday to unleashing part of the MSBlast worm attack that wreaked havoc on the Internet last summer.

  • Full coverage: AusCERT 2006

    An annual survey coordinated by the Australian Computer Emergency Response Team has revealed that electronic attacks on businesses have decreased, but is it all good news?

  • Microsoft to slap patch on risky IE hole

    As part of its monthly patching cycle, Microsoft plans on Tuesday to release five security bulletins with fixes for flaws in Windows and Office.

  • Worm hole found in Windows 2000

    The unpatched flaw in a core component of the OS has no work-around and could be used to create a worm, a security firm warns.

  • Security flaw touches Windows Media Player, IE

    A 'critical' flaw that affects both Microsoft's Windows Media Player and Internet Explorer has been uncovered, a security company reported late on Monday.

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  • Is hard time for worm author too harsh?

    Teenager sentenced to 18 months for writing a MSBlast worm got his just deserts, according to a Web poll. What's your take?

  • Worms part of IT diet

    It's impossible to predict what lurks in cyberspace but there's sufficient evidence, for the corporate sector especially, to wake up and smell the patches. Unfortunately, Westpac failed to heed the warning signs.

  • Microsoft: Separate trail led to second virus writer

    Microsoft confirmed on Monday that German authorities had arrested a man suspected of writing and releasing a program widely used to surreptitiously control computers on the Internet.

  • Messagelabs: Clean up Net effluent now

    Messagelabs CTO Mark Sunner claims that ISPs allowing unfiltered traffic to flow to customers is like a water authority pumping out raw sewage. Additional reading: Microsoft reward snags suspected Sasser author

  • Microsoft kills Net address to foil worm

    The software giant eliminates the Windowsupdate.com address that the self-propagating MSBlast worm was set to attack.

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Reviews (6)

  • Why you should switch to Firefox now

    Recent flaws in the way Microsoft processes JPEG files and a decision to offer IE updates only to Windows XP users lead to just one logical conclusion: bail on Microsoft Internet Explorer.

  • Is Mac OS X weaker than Windows?

    Alarmist advice and unbacked claims by security software vendor Symantec has the Macintosh community up in arms.

  • Windows XP SP2 more secure? Not so fast

    While XP SP2 is a huge step forward for Microsoft, there are important caveats. For example, don't expect the new Windows Firewall to prevent keystroke-logging Trojans from stealing your credit card info.

  • Windows XP SP2: almost here

    Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) promises serious security fixes, and it's almost here. But you may not want to jump on it too fast. We'll tell you why.

  • Eight e-mail virus scanners tested

    We look at eight mail-server plugins designed to make sure your servers don't take a beating the next time one comes along.

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