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Zero-Day Vulnerability Detected in Windows VML

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Microsoft on Tuesday confirmed reports of a vulnerability in the Windows implementation of Vector Markup Language (VML), code used to create vector graphics. It’s the latest in a string of zero-day exploits, which are security flaws that software vendors either do not yet know about or are aware of and are working frantically to fix.…

Report: Cell Phone Worms, VoIP Fraud to Grow in ’07

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Cell phone worms and VoIP fraud are among the top 10 security threats to watch next year, according to a panel of experts assembled by the SANS Institute. The panel’s findings were released Sunday at the SANS Network Security 2006 conference in Las Vegas. Cell phone worms will infect at least 100,000 phones in 2007,…

White Hat Warns of ‘Less Than Zero’ Threat

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

In the go-go eighties, Bret Easton Ellis’s novel Less Than Zero was a cult classic, but today another “Less Than Zero” is attracting another kind of cult — one bent on computer mischief or worse. “The security industry and trade press have directed a lot of attention toward the ‘Zero Day’ attack, promoting it as…

Holiday Scammers’ E-Greeting Card Tactics

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

As e-tailers prepare for a booming online shopping season, e-scammers are already making moves to gather stolen identities. Researchers at Exploit Prevention Labs recently uncovered a major cyber criminal ring operating in Australia using what appear to be Yahoo Greetings e-cards to infect thousands of computer users with malicious keylogger malware. Attackers used the malware…

New Spy Sweeper Includes Sophos AntiVirus Component

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Webroot Software this week announced the availability of Spy Sweeper with Antivirus, a new product developed in partnership with software vendor Sophos. Webroot produces anti-spyware products for consumers, enterprises and small-to-medium businesses. “We are taking Spy Sweeper to the next level by offering our customers a fully featured, single solution to protect their computers from…

Little Used Service Opens New Vulnerability in XP

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

A newly discovered but minor denial-of-service flaw in Windows XP could allow hackers to crash the operating system’s firewall. However, the pool of affected computers appears relatively small. The security vulnerability, which was first reported on Monday, targets the ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) service, a Windows XP feature that lets users share a dial-up or…

Google Apologizes for Virus Distribution

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

In an embarrassing episode that underscores the continued risks associated with sharing online media, Google acknowledged that it inadvertently e-mailed postings to some 50,000 users that contained the Kama Sutra virus. Google said that late Tuesday, three posts to its Google Video Blog group should not have been distributed. Some of those posts may have…

Microsoft Patches Address Five Critical Security Flaws

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Microsoft on Tuesday released six security fixes to address a diversity of bugs in Windows and Office. The security flaws range from important to critical, the company said. Five of the vulnerabilities carry Microsoft’s most severe rating: critical. All six allow a hacker to execute code from a remote location. Internet Explorer (IE), Microsoft Agent,…

Second Life Target of Self-Replicating Worm

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Talk about art imitating life. A self-replicating worm dubbed “Grey Goo” has caused the virtual community Second Life to shut down at least once, according to the site’s owners, Linden Life. Within the Second Life virtual environment, Grey Goo’s creators claimed to spin gold rings, and unwitting players interacted with them to spread the malware…

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