Software giant Microsoft is investigating why some Windows machines automatically updated themselves and rebooted following last week's Patch Tuesday.
Reminiscent of the "good" Nachi worm unleashed in 2003, Microsoft researchers have touted the idea of "friendly worms" to issue software patches, which has been labelled "stupid" by security experts.
Blogs were buzzing last week with reports that Windows users who thought they had automatic updates set to either not install or get permission before installing nonetheless had their machines patched and rebooted.
Microsoft may rush out a security update for Internet Explorer to fix a flaw that is now being exploited to attack Windows systems, security companies say.
Security researcher Michal Zalewski has published four new vulnerabilities for Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.
With the introduction of Service Pack 2 for Windows XP, sites and software that depend on ActiveX may falter under Microsoft's new security regime.
Server virtualisation is a no-brainer -- it's quick to deploy and easy to justify in terms of cost-savings but too many companies are deploying the technology without considering the security implications.
Symantec is warning Internet users of a Trojan horse that removes spyware but alters the security settings in computers.
In what could prove to be one of the great second acts in Internet history, erstwhile king of spam Sanford Wallace takes centre stage this week as exhibit A in a federal crackdown on invasive online advertising software.
Windows Messenger could be blocked by default or disabled in the next Windows XP Service Pack as Microsoft updates patches for some critical flaws.
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