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Windows Flaw Threatens PC Services
News Microsoft said on Wednesday that a critical flaw in most versions of the company's Windows operating system could allow malicious attackers to corrupt the digital certificates that PCs use to connect to network services.
[August 29, 2002, 7:32]
Windows Update Flaw 'left PCs Open' To MSBlast
News A flaw in Windows Update -- Microsoft's online tool that lets customers update their operating system with patches and fixes -- enabled the MSBlast worm to infect computers that apeared to have already been patched, according to a security expert.
[August 15, 2003, 14:40]
Windows HTML Flaw Persists
News Instead, it said that the problem is a new flaw in HTML Help control that was not tackled in the update. Antivirus specialist GeCad Net is warning that it has found a problem with Microsoft's most recent software patch for Windows.
[January 25, 2005, 8:10]
Windows XP Flaw Opens Door To Trojan Attack
News The flaw is unrelated to the recent help-file flaws outed by a Chinese security company last week. A patch is not yet available from Microsoft for the October flaw, nor the most recent flaws, but the software giant said its programmers are working...
[December 30, 2004, 8:50]
Windows Firewall Flaw Fixed
News A flaw in Windows Firewall may prevent users from seeing all the open network ports on a Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 computer. The flaw manifests itself in the way the security application handles some entries in the Windows Registry...
[September 2, 2005, 9:20]
Windows API 'flaw' Sparks Security Debate
News A security researcher has stirred up a new controversy around the security of the Windows operating system, with claims that a flaw in the design of the Windows architecture has led to vulnerabilities in an unknown number of Windows applications.
[August 8, 2002, 13:18]
Windows Media Player Flaw Could Expose Sensitive Files
News This ActiveX flaw is found in Media Player 9, but not in earlier versions of the software, including version 8.0, which ships with Windows XP. This flaw does not allow attackers to do more than tap into the files on the vulnerable systems, but that...
[July 8, 2003, 15:46]
Windows Image-handling Flaw Lets In Attackers
News However, code that exploits the third flaw and can crash an application running on Windows has been posted to the Internet, Microsoft, in August, warned of a similar flaw, which is related to an error in the way
[November 9, 2005, 9:10]
Microsoft Patches 'important' XP, Windows Server 2003 Flaw
News The flaw exists in the way Windows' Help and Support Centre validates information that is sent to it. The patch released on Tuesday by Microsoft to fix the new flaw also makes two other changes designed to make Windows more secure.
[May 12, 2004, 8:35]
News Burst: Windows CE Flaw Gives Up NT Passwords
News Renowned security expert Bruce Schneier highlights this flaw in his latest newsletter and comments: "It's so pathetic it's staggering. A security blunder in Windows CE 2.x makes it relatively simple to capture a user's NT password after they have...
[November 18, 1999, 11:14]
Windows Cursor Flaw Poses 'drive By' Risk
News The exposure to attacks that exploit the flaw is mitigated on Vista machines with Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft noted. A new security vulnerability puts Windows users at risk of serious cyberattacks, Microsoft warned late Wednesday.
[March 30, 2007, 9:41]
Core Flaw Opens Windows 2000 To Attack
News A serious flaw has been discovered in a core component of Windows 2000, with no possible work-around until it gets fixed, a security company said. You can't uninstall.eEye declined to give more details on the flaw or the Windows 2000 component in...
[August 4, 2005, 9:15]
Java Flaw Opens Windows, Linux To Attack
News A flaw in Sun's plug-in for running Java on a variety of browsers and operating systems could allow a virus to spread through Microsoft Windows and Linux PCs. Security information provider Secunia posted information about the flaw in an advisory...
[November 24, 2004, 8:40]
'Important' Windows Flaw Could Turn Critical
News However, the flaw is not rated as critical because it would require "significant user interaction" to work This means that a user would need to open an email attachment, or download a file from a malicious Web site.
[July 14, 2004, 14:30]
Exploit Code Out For Windows Flaw
News Two examples of computer code that exploit a flaw in Windows Media Player have become available only days after Microsoft released a patch to fix the bug. The "proof-of-concept" exploits that take advantage of a flaw in the media player were posted...
[February 17, 2006, 8:45]
Windows Update Flaw 'left PCs Open' To MSBlast
Talkback If we all changed virus writers and hackers would then focus on the new mainstream OS and crucially even worse than Windows, they can access the sourcecode, which as a programmer I know makes the job of finding a flaw that bit simpler.
[June 1, 2004, 19:28]
New Windows Flaw Similar To MSBlast Bug
News The third is a denial-of-service flaw that affects a component known as the remote procedure call (RPC) process. Although the flaws were announced Wednesday, researchers at the CERT Coordination Center, a clearinghouse for information on Internet...
[September 11, 2003, 10:57]
Security Flaw Hits Windows, Mac, Linux
News Security researchers have warned of a flaw in communications software that could allow attackers to take over computers running Windows, Unix-based operating systems and Mac OS X, as well as Kerberos authentication systems.
[August 7, 2002, 11:54]
Hackers Take Advantage Of Windows WMF Flaw
Talkback So far Microsoft has seen surges in sales of Windows XP for every flaw and exploit that has come out. The LAW needs to step in and FORCE Microsoft to patch "EVERY" version of Windows that is affected by this flaw.
[January 4, 2006, 15:40]
Attackers Target Windows DNS Flaw
News Cybercrooks are using a yet-to-be-patched security flaw in certain Windows versions to attack computers running the operating systems, Microsoft warned late on Thursday. Windows XP and Windows Vista are not impacted by the DNS flaw.
[April 13, 2007, 9:13]
