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IE8 Beta 2 will be released soon

Posted by Pete on 04-07-08 02:20 PM

Internet Explorer 8 beta 2 is expected to be released in the third quarter of 2008, which is between 1 July and 30 September, says Microsoft employee Nick MacKechnie in a blog written and posted yesterday.

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Microsoft touts trustworthy browsing with IE8

Posted by Pete on 04-07-08 02:18 PM

Microsoft has detailed a raft of security improvements due to appear in Internet Explorer 8. The second beta of Redmond's web browser will be packed full of features designed to thwart phishing and drive-by download attacks, Redmond explained on Wednesday.

Users need to be running either......

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Spyware targets frustrated GTA IV gamers

Posted by Pete on 27-05-08 12:53 PM

Gamers desperate to get their mitts on Grand Theft Auto IV are being targeted in an opportunistic spyware scam. Spam emails offer prospective marks free entry to a draw offering a PlayStation 3 loaded with the much-anticipated game as a prize.

In reality, these illicit emails are loaded with spyware designed to....

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Facebook poked by XSS flaw

Posted by Pete on 27-05-08 12:48 PM

Facebook has fixed a cross site scripting flaw that left its users at risk from scripting attacks.

Security blog xssed.com has posted a harmless proof of concept demo of a flaw on the social networking website that could leave surfers vulnerable to malware. Attacks that trick users into handing over their....

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Pro-Tibet rootkit Trojan poses as cartoon

Posted by Pete on 15-04-08 08:18 PM

Malware writers have passed the baton in the race to take advantage of the Olympics with the second attempt to load malware onto PCs in a week.

A movie file circulating on the net that poses as a cartoon ridiculing the effort of a Chinese gymnast at the games, followed by images supporting a free Tibet, has been booby-trapped with malware.

While the Flash-based movie runs, a keystroke logging tool is silently.....

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MS keeps admins busy with critical Vista patches

Posted by Pete on 08-04-08 10:02 AM

Microsoft will be putting out eight security patches on 8 April, five of them with the unlovable critical label, in the latest run of its regular update cycle.

The critical updates cover a brace of bugs in .....

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Symantec confirms ActiveX bugs in its own consumer software

Posted by Pete on 08-04-08 09:55 AM

Symantec has confirmed flaws in its most popular consumer security software that could give attackers the means to hijack the Windows PCs that the programs are supposed to protect.

The vulnerabilities are in .....

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HP Flash Drives infected.

Posted by accordion on 08-04-08 09:27 AM

Can't trust anyone!!

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Japanese malware author admits guilt

Posted by Pete on 21-03-08 11:01 AM

A Japanese man has confessed to creating a data-destroying Trojan horse.

Masato Nakatsuji, 24, admitted in Kyoto District Court that he wrote a Trojan horse that incorporated copyrighted animation footage as a lure. The booby trapped file was distributed via the.......

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Mac security site littered with malware

Posted by Pete on 16-03-08 04:35 PM

A Mac security site has a forum full of links to actual malware which targets Apple computers.

Discussion forum posts on Macvirus.org seek to trick users into downloading the RSPlug-Gen Trojan, a type of malware capable of .....

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