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• uTorrent patches application against DLL vulnerability

  By Jeremy Kirk | 30 August, 2010 04:31

  The developers of the uTorrent file-sharing application have released an updated version that fixes a problem that could allow an attacker to load malicious code onto a user's computer.

• Adobe fixes 20 vulnerabilities in Shockwave Player

  By Jeremy Kirk | 26 August, 2010 03:55

  Adobe Systems patched 20 security vulnerabilities in its Shockwave Player on Tuesday. Most of the flaws could allow an attacker to run their own code on an affected computer.

• Facebook bug could give spammers names, photos

  By Robert McMillan | 12 August, 2010 04:18

  Facebook is scrambling to fix a bug in its website that could be misused by spammers to harvest user names and photographs.

• Repetition breaks Google Audio CAPTCHA

  By Robert McMillan | 04 August, 2010 04:34

  Google has fixed a flaw in its Audio CAPTCHA software that could have given scammers a way to automatically set up phoney accounts with the company's services.

• Hackers exploit Windows XP zero-day, Microsoft confirms

  By Gregg Keizer | 16 June, 2010 04:44

  Hackers are now exploiting the zero-day Windows vulnerability that a Google engineer took public last week, Microsoft confirmed today.

• Microsoft runs fuzzing botnet, finds 1,800 Office bugs

  By Gregg Keizer | 01 April, 2010 06:38

  Microsoft uncovered more than 1,800 bugs in Office 2010 by tapping into the unused computing horsepower of idling PCs, a company security engineer said today.

• Mozilla confirms critical Firefox bug

  By Gregg Keizer | 20 March, 2010 07:23

  Mozilla yesterday confirmed a critical vulnerability in the newest version of Firefox, and said it would plug the hole by the end of the month.

• Microsoft hustles on IE patch, tests fix

  By Gregg Keizer | 14 March, 2010 10:44

  Microsoft yesterday said it is testing a patch for a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE), but stopped short of promising to deliver an emergency fix before the next scheduled Patch Tuesday.

• Hackers exploit latest IE zero-day with drive-by attacks

  By Computerworld Staff | 11 March, 2010 06:26

  Hackers are exploiting the just-disclosed unpatched bug in Internet Explorer (IE) to launch drive-by attacks from malicious Web sites, security researchers said today.

• Microsoft warns of new IE bug; attacks under way

  By Gregg Keizer | 10 March, 2010 06:27

  Microsoft today warned of a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer that is already being exploited by hackers, the second such admission in the last two months.

• New exploit technique nullifies major Windows defense

  By Gregg Keizer | 04 March, 2010 06:23

  The disclosure of a new exploit technique that bypasses an important Windows security feature may result in more successful attacks against Microsoft's newer operating systems, researchers said today.

• IBM: Vulnerabilities fell in 2009, but other risks abound

  By Jeremy Kirk | 26 February, 2010 08:08

  The number of software vulnerabilities fell overall in 2009, but the number of bugs in document readers and multimedia applications increased by 50 percent, according to IBM's annual X-Force Trend and Risk Report.

• Twitter forces password reset to protect some accounts

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 04 February, 2010 05:48

  Twitter required some users to reset their passwords on Tuesday after discovering that their log-in information may have been harvested via security-compromised torrent Web sites, the company said.

• Adobe warns of Reader, Acrobat attack in the wild

  By Robert McMillan | 16 December, 2009 06:46

  Adobe is investigating new reports that hackers are attacking a previously unknown bug in the latest version of the company's Reader and Acrobat software.

• After code is released, Adobe Illustrator fix due Jan 8

  By Robert McMillan | 08 December, 2009 12:15

  Nearly a week after an unidentified hacker posted attack code that exploits a flaw in Adobe's Illustrator software, the company says it will fix the issue by Jan. 8.