Softpedia - vulnerability, and clicking on unsolicited emails like these could lead them to a nasty malware infection, said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. Microsoft issued a patch for the problem last week, but determined hackers

Microsoft posts security updates, fixes emergency patch fallout
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Three of the updates marked with Microsoft’s highest threat rating plug holes in the Windows operating system; the vulnerabilities could be used by hackers to install malicious code on personal computers. The fourth fixes a security flaw in Microsoft

Security Online Expo
PC Magazine - Between viruses, spyware, hackers, spam-spewing zombie PCs, and even disgruntled employees, your company’s computers and networks are at risk. Our one-day Security Online Expo can help! This is your chance to learn from top security experts and PC

Over 2,000 sites exploit .ani security flaw
Infoworld - Hackers are hoping to catch some of the millions of unpatched machines. “What we’ve seen is that exploits tend to be used as long as they are effective,” Paul said. Last week, Microsoft broke from its regular patching routine and issued an off-schedule

HD hackers stay ahead of AACS
Channel Register - Register Hardware Register Hardware - it’s just like The Register, only harder - brings you the hottest personal technology news and reviews every day. Just days after the organisation behind HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc’s AACS copy-protection technology

House-trash party girl blames ‘hackers‘
The Register - An English teenager whose house was trashed after she posted a party invite on MySpace has blamed computer hackers for the gatecrashing debacle. A 17 year old from Houghton-le-Spring, near Sunderland, took advantage of her parents being away over

How to turn off RPC management of DNS on a large scale
ZDNet Blogs - Ryan Naraine Tracking the hackers In an advisory issued earlier today, Microsoft issued several workarounds/mitigations for the Windows DNS server service

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