Ryan Naraine

For the third successive month, Microsofts Internet Explorer browser has been updated to correct security holes that could put millions of Web surfers at risk of code execution attacks. The cumulative IE update headlines the August release of six security bulletins from the software maker to cover eight vulnerabilities in its flagship Windows operating system. […]

Spyware researchers picking apart one of the more notorious spyware programs have stumbled upon what appears to be a massive identity theft ring hijacking confidential data from millions of infected computers. Sunbelt Software Inc., makers of the enterprise-grade CounterSpy spyware protection product, made the discovery during an audit of “CoolWebSearch,” a program that routinely hijacks […]

Microsoft has officially lifted the wraps off its Strider HoneyMonkey research project, designed to trawl the dark side of the Internet looking for Web sites hosting malicious code. Microsoft Corp. released a technical report, available here as a PDF, to introduce the concept of an Automated Web Patrol that uses multiple Windows XP machines, some […]

Microsoft plans to release six security bulletins on Aug. 9 to fix a range of potentially serious Windows vulnerabilities. Some of the vulnerabilities carry a maximum severity rating of “critical,” meaning they could put Windows machines at risk of an Internet worm, even without any user action. As is customary, the software maker isnt providing […]

Microsoft Corp. has quietly released a redaction tool for Office Word 2003 to let users black out sections of confidential data from documents. The security tool, available as a free download, plugs into Microsoft Office Word 2003 to offer a simple interface for marking sections of a document for redaction. The tool runs on Windows […]

With its flagship Firefox emerging as a legitimate alternative to Microsoft Corp.s dominant Internet Explorer Web browser, the nonprofit Mozilla Foundation wants to cash in on the revenue-generation possibilities. The open-source group on Wednesday announced a major reorganization that includes the creation of the Mozilla Corporation, a for-profit subsidiary to ride the Firefox gravy train. […]

A security flaw in a search tool used on the Cisco Web portal could potentially compromise registered users passwords, the routing and switching giant warned Wednesday. A Cisco Systems Inc. spokesperson told Ziff Davis Internet News the bug, discovered and reported by a third-party research firm, is not the result of any flaws in Cisco […]

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday confirmed it was investigating a new “high risk” vulnerability in the widely used Internet Explorer Web browser. The software giants acknowledgement follows the release of a brief advisory from Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based eEye Digital Security that the flaw could put millions of users at risk of code execution attacks. “A vulnerability […]

A new beta of the popular Greasemonkey browser extension has been released to fix a well-known—and potentially dangerous—security vulnerability. The security upgrade comes less than two weeks after the discovery of the flaw which prompted a major uninstall warning because of the risk of file hijack attacks. The flaw is so serious that developers have […]

LAS VEGAS—Cisco Systems Inc. on Friday confirmed that a security hole in its Internetwork Operating System could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. The routing and switching giants confirmation comes just days after details on the extent of the flaw were released at the Black Hat Briefings here by former Internet Security […]