LinuxWorld today played host to a demonstration of the vulnerabilities of Web 2.0, with SPI Dynamic's senior security engineer, Matt Fisher, offering some new examples of what criminals are doing online, armed with little more than a desktop browser.
A Flash flaw discovered this month could change the face of Web security by allowing criminals to infect users of any browser or operating system with malware without making their browser or application crash.
Unpatched PCs running Internet Explorer could fall victim to adware when visiting social networking site Facebook.
On Monday, Adobe patched vulnerabilities in versions 8.1 and earlier of its Acrobat and Acrobat Reader. If exploited, an attacker could launch malicious code on an affected system.
Symantec has found active exploit code in the wild for an unpatched Apple QuickTime vulnerability.
After skipping Patch Tuesday last month, administrators will have the joy of a double patch this month because Microsoft is rushing out a fix for its Windows cursor vulnerability.
Commonwealth Bank CIO Michael Harte this week publicly pondered popular Web technologies most IT managers must be looking at and asking "how can these make/save me money?"
It was inevitable that micro-blogging service Twitter would become infested with malware, according to a number of high-profile Australian users of the service.
When foreign markets are willing to pay twice as much for your exports, it's usually a good sign. Unfortunately for Australia, the goods being traded are compromised PCs but why are Australians worth twice as much as Americans?
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Spammers and online fraudsters are exploiting Web site features to learn more about their victims and better hone their attacks.
A security bug in Winamp is being exploited by miscreants to install spyware on machines running the media player software, experts have warned.
When Microsoft was slow to fix a Windows flaw, Russian developer Ilfak Guilanov took matters into his own hands. He explains why he wrote a patch that drew rare backing from antivirus companies.
Exploit codes that take advantage of a security vulnerability in Symantec's Norton AntiVirus software have been published on the Internet, which could leave users vulnerable to an attack.
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When Microsoft patched a security hole in Internet Explorer this week, it also blocked users from accessing certain Web sites.
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Microsoft has changed the look and feel of its venerable browser, while adding some much-needed security features.
This is an impressive update to Microsoft's Small Business Server that packs a big punch. However, it may be overkill for a lot of companies and isn't quite as easy to manage as it first appears.
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