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• Publishing exploit code ruled illegal in France?

  Researchers that reverse engineer software to discover programming flaws can no longer legally publish their findings in France after a court fined a security expert on Tuesday.

• Security researcher to be jailed for finding bugs in software?

  A French security researcher, who published exploit codes that could take advantage of bugs in an antivirus application, could be imprisoned for violation of copyright laws.

• Microsoft: that isn't one flaw - it's two separate flaws

  Microsoft was a little unhappy with an article I wrote this week because it contained a slight factual error. The error arose from two separate companies finding an almost identical security hole in Windows XP SP2 and Internet Explorer, which I mistakenly assumed was the same vulnerability.

• Microsoft to fix IE and SP2 'download warning' flaw

  Microsoft has said it will take "appropriate action" to fix a problem in Internet Explorer and Windows XP SP2 that allows a malicious Web site to bypass the browser's warnings when downloading potentially harmful content.

• Malicious 'Error 404' message exploits Windows XP SP2

  Security researchers are claiming that a vulnerability in Microsoft's Windows XP SP2 can allow hackers to run an executable file on a user's computer.

Features and Case Studies (1)

• Does publishing virus source codes help security?

  Are Web sites that publish the source code of viruses and other exploits helping or hindering security efforts?

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