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Beware of Third-Party IE Patches?
The absence of an official patch from Microsoft for a known and widely exploited Internet Explorer flaw has spawned a cottage industry for homegrown fixes. Security experts say a browser add-on masquerading as a third-party IE patch is being sold on the Internet, but users are being warned to steer clear of software from untrusted…
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CA Taps IBM Executive as New CEO
Computer Associates has tapped IBM software executive John Swainson to lead the company as its new chief executive, sources said. The Islandia, N.Y., middleware software supplier has passed over interim CEO Ken Cron and has chosen Swainson, who headed IBM’s successful WebSphere unit for years, to run the company, according to sources. Neither IBM nor…
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IE Exploit Targets Banner Ad Servers
The ubiquitous banner ad has become the latest delivery mechanism for exploit code targeting a known flaw in Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Explorer browser. During a 12-hour window over the weekend, hackers broke into a load balancing server that handles ad deliveries for Germany’s Falk eSolutions and successfully loaded exploit code on banner advertising served on…
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Oracle Scores Majority of PeopleSoft Shares
Oracle Corp. early Saturday morning sent a letter to the PeopleSoft Inc. board of directors disclosing that it received tender offers for more than 60 percent of PeopleSoft’s outstanding shares by Friday’s midnight deadline. The letter called on PeopleSoft to remove the poison pill provisions blocking its hostile takeover and to schedule a meeting at…
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New Sober Worm on the Loose
A new version of the Sober worm appeared on the Internet early Friday morning and already it is having quite a bit of success infecting users in Europe through the use of social engineering. Sober.J arrives in an e-mail message that appears to be a returned-mail error message, telling the user that an e-mail sent…
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Microsoft, Dell Ink $500M Deal with Air Force
Microsoft Corp. and Dell Inc. on Friday will announce a significant consolidation of multiple support and software license agreements with the U.S. Air Force into a single enterprise agreement worth as much as $500 million over six years. This multiyear deal will see Microsoft provide core server software, maintenance and upgrade support, while Dell will…
