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  • New flaw discovered in MS Hotmail

    A bug watcher has discovered a flaw in Hotmail that could allow a hacker to tap into a user's account and read his or her e-mail. If the user clicks on an HTML attachment, the file sends a copy of the user's cookie to the hacker.

  • Server software: MS sneaks up on Linux

    Microsoft's Web server software gained significant market share on rivals during March, according to a new survey, after two large domain-name "parking" services switched to Windows systems.

  • Doubt cast on MS 'backdoor' report

    New analysis of a security hole refutes a report that a Microsoft employee put a "backdoor" in a module installed by Microsoft's Web server software, an expert says.

  • Serious Java hole affects multiple operating systems

    Although the problem was only recently disclosed, Sun has apparently known for 11 months that the Java RunTime Environment code contains a flaw that could allow an attacker to capture sensitive data by redirecting Web traffic.

  • Beware the new 'security' features in IE6

    Although Microsoft claims to finally be paying attention to security as an important issue for the masses, there are some doubts about whether IE6, which is built into XP, has really improved security in any meaningful way.

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