A Google security researcher has reportedly discovered a "crazy bad" vulnerability in Windows, which can easily spread. Although full details aren't available yet, a report is expected to follow soon.
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Symantec Tuesday warned of an unpatched vulnerability in a D-Link wireless device driver that could enable an attacker to create a denial of service situation or compromise an affected PC. The flaw affects the wireless...
Robert Paveza, a senior Web application developer with Web-based marketing company Terralever, has uncovered a two-step process for exploiting Windows Vista's User Account Control. In his published paper, Paveza said that the vulnerability uses a...
During a training session called "Understanding Stealth Malware" at the Black Hat event in Las Vegas, Joanna Rutkowska, a security researcher known for picking apart the security mechanisms built into Windows, is to demonstrate new...
Security researcher Nick Sullivan over at Symantec Corporation believes that privacy settings on social networking websites such as Facebook give people a false sense of security that could expose them to phishing attacks. "This...
The U.S. Coast Guard has been conducting an extensive search for 63-year-old Jim Gray, a senior manager with Microsoft's Silicon Valley research organization. Gray's wife reported him missing Sunday afternoon when he failed to return...
Following the commercial launch of the universal player that can tap both Blu-ray and HD DVD markets there are many more similar devices incoming according to technology research firm ABI research, which believes that such...
Frustrated with what he calls a lack of response from Microsoft and Amazon.com, a security researcher has gone public with details of flaws on the two companies' Web sites. The flaws could be used by attackers...
Apple's switch from PowerPC to Intel-based Macs could lead to more attacks and cross-platform exploits, according to some researchers and solution providers. OS X includes features that make it a target for malware, and the...
In five years' time, more Windows CE devices will be shipping than Windows PCs. So reckons PC and PDA market researcher eTForecasts. So while 2002 saw 126 million PC shipments worldwide and nine million WinCE...
Businesses have this week been warned to steer clear of 802.11g wireless LAN technology by market research organisation Gartner. Devices based on the 802.11g specification operate in the same 2.4GHz band as...
RESEARCHER, GIGA Information Group reckons Apple will start to use x86 chips by the end of next year, according to a report at Mac Central. Giga says Apple will be forced to go the...
A star researcher in electronics at Bell Labs has been fired after an outside review committee found he falsified experimental data. The committee concluded Jan Hendrik Schon made up or altered data at...
TWO NEW SECURITY flaws in Microsoft's Office XP productivity suite could be combined to allow attackers to take over a system, according to independent security researcher Georgi Guninski. Guninski sent an advisory about...