Kategori: Security

Microsoft has hit the news once again by invoking its next major update to Windows XP — called Service Pack 2 (SP2) — in response to the significant security risks that have emerged over the past couple weeks. This time, the company has gone beyond its vague time-frame for releasing SP2 “later this summer.” Microsoft…

Microsoft has released its monthly round of patches, including two patches for critical vulnerabilities and one that patches a hole that could become the basis of a widespread computer worm attack. At the same time as the patch release, a Danish company announced additional security holes in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser, which has been beaten…