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Did Microsoft Patch Miss the Mark?
An anonymous security researcher has posted a proof-of-concept exploit for a flaw patched in Microsoft’s “critical” MS06-035 bulletin, but the company’s security response team says…
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Websense Taps Google API
Security researchers have a brand-new tool to use to go digging for malicious executables on the Web: the Google SOAP Search API. Malware hunters at…
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Microsoft Research Automates Hunt for Search Engine Spam
Researchers at Microsoft are working on an ambitious new project to hunt down and neutralize large-scale search engine spammers. The Redmond, Wash., software giant’s Cybersecurity…
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Seven MS Office, Windows Patches to Cover Critical Flaws
Microsoft plans to release seven security bulletins on July 11 to cover a range of critical vulnerabilities affecting Windows and Office users. Four of the…
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Microsoft Finds (Random) Way to Secure Vista
A security feature used in the open-source world is now helping to harden Windows Vista against buffer overrun exploits. Microsoft has quietly fitted the feature,…
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Microsoft: Use MS Word in Safe Mode
Use Microsoft Word in safe mode to protect against targeted zero-day attacks. That’s the advice from Microsoft’s security response team to counter known attacks against…
