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Microsoft warns of serious computer security hole

San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 4 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

It can allow hackers to remotely take control of victims’ machines. The victims don’t need to do anything to get infected except visit a Web site that’s been hacked. Security experts say criminals have been attacking the vulnerability for nearly a week.

Tags: Microsoft, security hole, microsoft warns

Computerworld: Mac users beware of Java

Oş :: Kyrgyzstan | 6 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

There is big security hole in Java on the Mac for which there currently is no fix. To be safe, Mac users should disable Java in their web browsers (it needs to be done in each browser separately). Macworld has instructions for disabling Java in Safari,...

Tags: Macworld, mac os, mac users, security hole, java applet

Information Week: Windows 7 "Security Flaw" Really Is By Design

Vista :: CA :: USA | 10 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Blogger Long Zheng is raising concern about a supposed Windows 7 security bug that he discovered. He's shown that it is possible to push keystrokes into the User Account Control dialog to turn off UAC completely. Although Zheng contacted Microsoft about...

Tags: account control, security hole

Microsoft issuing emergency fix for browser flaw

San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 11 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

The "zero-day" vulnerability, which came to light last week, allows criminals to take over victims' machines simply by steering them to infected Web sites; users don't have to download anything for their computers to get infected, which makes the flaw...

Tags: microsoft, Microsoft Corporation, windows, internet explorer, emergency patch, web browser, allows criminals, security hole

Giant online security hole getting fixed, slowly

Houston :: TX :: USA | about 1 year ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

The gaping security hole enables a scam that targets ordinary people typing in a legitimate Web address. It happens because hackers are now able to manipulate the machines that help computers find Web sites. If the trick is done properly, computer users...

Tags: web sites, security hole

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