A hacker has surreptitiously posted a program on the Net which gives remote attackers complete control of vulnerable servers running Microsoft's popular Web server software.
The software giant meets with security experts in the midst of widespread criticism over serious software flaws and the company's attempts to rein in hackers.
Despite extensive security auditing and development of Vista, the new operating system will not be free of bugs, Microsoft general manager of product security, George Stathakopoulos, concedes.
A security company warned Thursday that a flaw in Microsoft Office could allow a denial-of-service attack to be executed on systems running somewhat older versions of the popular productivity suite.
Fewer businesses fell victim to the Zotob worm that struck corporate networks than previous attacks, but those it hit paid dearly, according to a new survey.
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In the name of education, Microsoft invites security researchers to infiltrate Windows systems.
Microsoft hatches plans for a new Exchange Server e-mail system, with improved security and a facelift for Outlook, in the software's first major upgrade in nearly two years.
A worm that takes advantage of what some security experts describe as the most widespread Windows flaw ever has started spreading, while new analysis has uncovered a time bomb in the worm's code poised to unleash a furious denial of service attack at Microsoft itself.
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