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  • Worms part of IT diet

    It's impossible to predict what lurks in cyberspace but there's sufficient evidence, for the corporate sector especially, to wake up and smell the patches. Unfortunately, Westpac failed to heed the warning signs.

  • Trojan attacks Microsoft AntiSpyware

    Microsoft's AntiSpyware product is threatened by a Trojan horse that also tries to steal online banking details.

  • Microsoft: Sasser bounty hinges on conviction

    Sven Jaschan, the alleged author of the Sasser worm and several variants of the Netsky virus, was charged this week by German police, but the informant who led authorities to the suspect will have to wait for a promised $250,000 reward, Microsoft officials said Friday.

  • Microsoft bug reports may get personal data

    Companies using Microsoft Office XP and Internet Explorer 5 have been warned that documents containing personal information could be sent to Microsoft along with debugging information in the event of a program crash.

  • Gartner advises companies to scrap Microsoft IIS

    Research group Gartner is warning enterprises to "immediately" replace their Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) server software with a more secure server application, following attacks on IIS by the worms Code Red and Nimda.

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  • Worms part of IT diet

    It's impossible to predict what lurks in cyberspace but there's sufficient evidence, for the corporate sector especially, to wake up and smell the patches. Unfortunately, Westpac failed to heed the warning signs.

  • Is hard time for worm author too harsh?

    Teenager sentenced to 18 months for writing a MSBlast worm got his just deserts, according to a Web poll. What's your take?

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  • Microsoft bug reports may get personal data

    Companies using Microsoft Office XP and Internet Explorer 5 have been warned that documents containing personal information could be sent to Microsoft along with debugging information in the event of a program crash.

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