The world's favourite search engine is one of the handiest tools for hackers, said a security expert on Thursday.
Investigations continued Friday into how source code for Microsoft's Windows operating system made its way onto the Internet.
Sendmail has taken a first stab at software to authenticate the source of e-mail messages, a technology that will be key to preventing the proliferation of spam.
A problem with Google's e-mail service, Gmail, let any user query the company's servers for information on the last message sent, two hackers announced on Wednesday.
A source-code audit of the open-source operating system from which Apple Computer borrowed much of the code for Mac OS X revealed four vulnerabilities of varying severity in Apple's software, a security firm said Monday.
Microsoft will work with law enforcement to track down writers of worms, viruses and other malicious code, and is ponying up US$5 million to fund the search.
The software giant fixes a flaw in its Passport online identity system that could have allowed an attacker to take over old Hotmail accounts.
SPECIAL REPORT Two decades and counting, the technology industry has yet to find a blanket solution to the ever-growing list of viruses and worms that constitute the greatest risk to computers on the Internet.
Acting on complaints from its customers, Microsoft says it plans to simplify its patch technology and expand its automatic update service to include more products.
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