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Security hole in IE5, patch in progress
News Microsoft this week said a security hole in its Internet Explorer 5.0 browser could enable Web site operators to read files on visiting users' PCs. The security hole does not allow malicious operators to list the contents of folders, create, modify...
[October 14, 1999, 10:46]
Security hole leaves HP-UX wide open
News The security hole is unique to HP-UX releases 10.X. The US Computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC) has released a high-risk security bulletin about the exploit. A remotely exploitable buffer overflow has been detected in HP-UX servers running...
[October 19, 2001, 17:07]
Security hole threatens MP3 users' personal data
News The security hole means that the personal details of millions of people are now at risk of exposure. A new security hole has been discovered in the peer-to-peer file-sharing application, which allows a random list to be generated of people using...
[February 4, 2002, 12:12]
Security hole hits patched Internet Explorer
News The vulnerability effects versions 5.5 and 6.0 that have been patched with a security fix for a similar hole exposed in November by Finland-based security firm Oy Online Systems. The latest hole was discovered by security researcher Georgi Guninski.
[January 4, 2002, 8:48]
Excel hit by security hole
News A hole in Microsoft Excel has been identified that could allow attackers to take control of a computer, a security group said on Thursday — the third vulnerability affecting the popular spreadsheet program to surface in less than a month.
[July 7, 2006, 15:05]
Microsoft patches 'important' security hole
News The security hole could, at worst, constitute a privacy threat, as it only allows an outsider to read information in the attacked media library. Microsoft released fixes on Wednesday for security risks that could make Windows 2000 Server and...
[June 26, 2003, 7:45]
New security hole found in MS Word
News A new, yet-to-be-fixed security hole in Microsoft Word exposes computer users to cyberattack, Symantec warned Friday. Exploitation of the security hole so far is only known as part of a single, targeted attack, Symantec said.
[May 22, 2006, 9:45]
Wanadoo closes serious security hole
News Broadband provider Wanadoo UK has closed a security hole that left the login details of thousands of its customers exposed. The owner of WanadooProblems.co.uk told ZDNet UK that, from looking at the data, it appeared the security hole "may have...
[May 19, 2006, 16:55]
AOL plugs AIM security hole
News AOL Time Warner on Thursday plugged a security hole in its instant messenger application that experts say could have provided wiggle room for a widespread and destructive worm. In this case, Conover warned that the security hole left the door open...
[January 4, 2002, 11:02]
US Report: Microsoft warns of IIS security hole
News Khanna said no known cases have come up of malicious hackers exploiting the hole. But he acknowledged that the hole is created inadvertently through installation of IIS 4.0 with the NT Option Pack, which installs DataFactory as a default means of...
[July 20, 1998, 6:40]
Firm exposes WinNT security hole
News Nearly every Windows NT-based Web server on the Internet is vulnerable to a newly discovered security hole that lets a malicious hacker take over the server -- and, in some cases, the network to which it is attached, says a network security company.
[June 17, 1999, 9:04]
Microsoft plugs XP security hole
News Microsoft may have touted Windows XP as the most secure operating system it has made, but the company on Thursday released a bug fix for a security hole that could leave some people's systems open to malicious attack.
[December 21, 2001, 9:22]
Unpatched security hole detected in ICQ
News A security hole that may allow an attacker to run malicious code on a victim's PC has been detected in AOL's ICQ chat program. To date, there have been no reports of this security hole being exploited.
[January 25, 2002, 16:43]
Sony's Vaio hit by security hole
News Sony has warned that some models in its Vaio laptop and PC range have a security hole that would allow a malicious hacker to edit or delete data from the machine's hard drive over the Internet. The security hole lies within software that comes pre...
[January 24, 2002, 17:44]
AIM security hole still threatens users
News AOL Time Warner failed to properly fix a security hole in its AOL Instant Messenger application, leaving its users vulnerable to a new way to exploit the same flaw, a security researcher said at the weekend.
[May 7, 2002, 11:25]
New security hole found in MS Word
Talkback The real news is that this security hole is targeted. The thing to realize is that currently security fixes are mostly based upon reports from the field asking for an explaination. Basicaly you're left with the factory default build-in security...
[May 23, 2006, 22:26]
Router security hole threatens Web
News Using such digital forgery could allow an attacker to redirect traffic, to wiretap data, to create an information "black hole" and even to masquerade as another server, Dugan said. The border gateway protocol (BGP), a widely used technology for...
[March 3, 2003, 10:58]
Symantec admits to LiveUpdate security hole
News The German hacking group Phenoelit who spotted the security hole is adamant that LiveUpdate could be forced to download illicit programmes onto the querying host. Symantec, which makes antivirus and security software, has confirmed that older...
[October 11, 2001, 12:15]
Microsoft races to fix security hole
News Microsoft has announced a serious security hole in its flagship Web server software, and on Tuesday was racing to convince system administrators to patch their Web servers before online vandals compromise their systems.
[May 2, 2001, 8:32]
IE security hole launches e-mail attachments
News A security hole in Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser can cause the browser to automatically open e-mail attachments that could be used by an attacker to execute malicious code, the company has warned.
[April 2, 2001, 8:06]
