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  • Hackers hijack Microsoft DRM

    Hackers are using the digital rights management feature in Microsoft's Windows Player to fool people into downloading spyware and viruses, a security company claimed on Wednesday.

  • PCs poisoned by 'Google Pharmacy' scam

    Phishers are using a fictional Google brand to launch a three pronged malware assault on users' PCs.

  • Spammers use anti-spam protocols to bypass filters

    Spammers have discovered ways of working round protocols that were originally designed to kill spam by allowing e-mail gateways to authenticate the origin of any e-mail. This abuse effectively renders the technologies useless, according to security experts.

  • More security hiccups for IE

    Microsoft's Internet Explorer has become a turkey shoot for flaw finders.

  • Passport to nowhere?

    Microsoft has backed away from many of the more grandiose uses once envisioned for Passport, its online identification system.

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  • Take back control after IE is hijacked

    When faced with an Internet Explorer "hijacking", what should users do? This article examines the steps required to remove malicious code and regain control of your IE browser.

  • Passport to nowhere?

    Microsoft has backed away from many of the more grandiose uses once envisioned for Passport, its online identification system.

  • Firefox, bah humbug

    So far, the open source browser has been getting a free ride -- nobody is criticising it. That is, until now.

  • SP2's new firewall: Not good enough

    Microsoft's new firewall offering, included in Windows XP Service Pack 2, has a long way to go to match established products from Zone Labs and other players. Additional reading: XP SP2: The good, bad and ugly

  • New .NET Passport flaws raise security doubts

    If you have employees using Hotmail to exchange confidential corporate information, you should be especially concerned with these new Microsoft .NET Passport flaws.

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  • Firefox, bah humbug

    So far, the open source browser has been getting a free ride -- nobody is criticising it. That is, until now.

  • Microsoft's security chief gets serious

    Scott Charney's carreer has taken him from prosecutor in Bronx County to vice chairman of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board. Now he's literally looking for trouble as Microsoft's chief security strategist.

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