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Limited attacks against security vulnerability found in IE6 through IE8 spotted

Microsoft ( NASDAQ: MSFT ) has admitted to "limited attacks" that were conducted against an unpatched vulnerability in version 6 through 8 of its beleaguered Internet Explorer web browser. The bug has

Adobe warns: Critical Flash flaw under active attack

A critical vulnerability in Adobe's ( NASDAQ: ADBE ) Flash Player is being actively exploited in the wild, warned Adobe Systems. In the terse advisory released on Monday that gave scant details beyond

Experiment triggers bug, crashing one percent of the Internet

Duke University and a European group conducted an experiment late last week that inadvertently uncovered a flaw in Cisco's ( NASDAQ: CSCO ) IOS XR operating system. Despite being designed for Cisco's

Microsoft confirms new exploit involving Windows Shell

Microsoft ( NASDAQ: MSFT ) last Friday confirmed reports of a new security flaw in the Windows operating system that has been circulating for the last few weeks. First disclosed by VirusBlokAda, a

Microsoft: Windows 7 will do less nagging

Paul Cooke, director of Windows 7 client enterprise security, has stepped forward to promise that Windows 7 will feature fewer alerts originating from User Account Control. UAC was designed to

Tools to crack flawed cryptographic keys circulate

A newly disclosed vulnerability in the random number generator used by the Debian Project to produce digital keys is making its