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Symantec to block exploits in IE
Security vendor Symantec has launched a project aimed at plugging holes in Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE). Read more »
Symantec: Mozilla browsers more vulnerable than IE
Mozilla Web browsers are potentially more vulnerable to attack than Microsoft's Internet Explorer, according to a Symantec report. Read more »
With GreenBorder, Google gets deeper into Net security
Google's purchase of GreenBorder Technologies -- a browser virtualisation software company -- follows on the heels of the search giant announcing a blog from its antimalware team. Read more »
Web browser 'windows of exposure' shrink
Web browser makers are getting quicker at patching vulnerabilities, according to antivirus vendor Symantec's latest global security report. Read more »
Symantec continues Vista bug hunt
After poking around the Windows Vista networking stack, Symantec researchers have tried out privilege-escalation attacks on an early version of the Windows XP successor. Read more »
Malware writers now number one software makers
For the first time, the amount of malicious software being released has outstripped that of legitimate software, according to new research. Read more »
Apple QuickTime exploit in the wild
Symantec has found active exploit code in the wild for an unpatched Apple QuickTime vulnerability. Read more »
Code to exploit Windows graphics flaw now public
A sample program hit the Internet on Wednesday, showing by example how malicious coders could compromise Windows computers by using a flaw in the handling of a widespread graphics format by Microsoft's software. Read more »
Microsoft patches three critical browser flaws
Microsoft on Friday released a patch for Internet Explorer designed to close three critical holes in the browser, including one that paved the way for the Download.Ject Trojan horse. Read more »
IE flaws allow Web ad attack
An adware purveyor has apparently used two previously unknown security flaws in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser to install a toolbar on victims' computers that triggers pop-up ads, researchers said this week. Read more »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.