Poisoned Web sites soar six-fold, Sophos says
The number of infected Web pages has soared nearly six-fold since the first of the year, according to security company Sophos.
Stories by Gregg Keizer
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Mozilla admits Firefox is flawed just like IE
In a public mea culpa, Mozilla's chief security officer acknowledged Monday that Firefox includes the same flaw that the company called a "critical vulnerability" in Internet Explorer during a two-week ruckus over responsibility for a Windows zero-day bug.
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Researchers claim first iPhone vulnerability
Three security researchers claimed Sunday that they have found the first exploitable vulnerability in Apple's iPhone, a flaw that allows them to steal any data from the device or even to turn it into a remote surveillance tool.
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Vista use grows as Mac OS X stays flat
Windows Vista's share of online users has increased every month this year, while rival Mac OS X -- to which Vista has often been compared -- has shown little, if any, growth, a metrics company reports.
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Pump-and-dump scammers turn to Excel
Pump-and-dump stock scammers have begun using Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to deliver their get-rich-quick schemes, another in a series of moves they've made trying to slip past antispam filters.
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Microsoft: 'Whoa now' on Vista SP1
Microsoft on Thursday quelled rumors that the beta of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) was just around the corner.
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Microsoft hit with second Xbox lawsuit
A second lawsuit was filed last week against Microsoft by customers complaining about the Xbox 360 console scratching and ruining video game discs.
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Firefox, IE execs spar over vulnerabilities
An Internet Explorer (IE) program manager and the head of Mozilla's security added their voices to the browser blame game Wednesday, each saying that the other's application is at fault for multiple Windows zero-day vulnerabilities.
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Oracle patches 45 bugs
Oracle Tuesday posted its third security update of the year, patching 45 vulnerabilities in its flagship database and its application server, collaboration suite, e-business line and PeopleSoft software.
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Hackers use Brazilian plane crash to push malware
Hackers haven't wasted any time exploiting the airplane crash in Sao Paulo, Brazil that claimed nearly 190 deaths Tuesday, a U.S. security company said Wednesday.
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Mac OS X worm maker raps Apple on security
The anonymous researcher who claims to have crafted a Mac OS X worm said Tuesday that he or she will report his findings to Apple, but added that the company "has a very long way to go" on security.
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Anonymous researcher boasts of building Mac worm
An anonymous security researcher claimed this weekend to have created a worm that exploits a vulnerability in the Mac OS X operating system which Apple missed in a May round of patches.
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Microsoft wraps up work on Windows Home Server
Microsoft on Monday released Windows Home Server (WHS) to manufacturing, the final milestone for software that will power several turnkey home servers that OEMs will put on the market in late September and early October.
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Microsoft: Pay no attention to post-Vista plans
Microsoft on Friday declined to comment on post-Vista plans by releasing a comment -- a move bloggers attributed to buzz about a list of most-asked-for features to Vista's successor. The list was yanked from a Microsoft forum earlier last week.
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Duelling analysts bicker over nano iPhone chances
Financial firm JPMorgan has given its clients conflicting forecasts this week about the iPhone's future, with teams in Taiwan and the US squaring off over the likelihood that Apple will roll out a new, cheaper model based on the iPod nano this year.
