260 blog results for "microsoft software flaw"

Software maker says flaw could affect those running Windows XP who aren't using a "protected mode" that's turned on by default in Windows Vista and Windows 7.

Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried

There's a cost for organizations to upgrade browsers, but there's a cost for living with a 2001-era browser, too, petition organizer says.

Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland

CNET asks a host of security experts which of the major operating-system platforms is more secure for consumers. Here's what they have to say.

Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills

Google engineer discloses vulnerability to public security e-mail list one day before a Microsoft advisory and says he told Microsoft about it last June.

Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills

Company will issue an out-of-cycle patch for the flaws thought to have been used in cyberattacks against U.S. companies.

Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit

Despite Microsoft's browser being the weak link in yet-another high-profile hacker attack, enabling IE's security settings reduces the risks considerably.

Posted in Workers' Edge by Dennis O'Reilly

Redmond follows up on a security researcher's claims of a URL loophole that could let an attacker upload and execute code on an Web server.

Posted in News - Security by Vivian Yeo

By 2020, we'll be streaming songs from the cloud instead of buying albums and storing them on our hard drives, and suggestion services like Pandora will become essential.

Posted in Digital Noise: Music and Tech by Matt Rosoff

The 1.3-billion transistor processor could endow computers with human-like processing abilities and meet today's data center problems.

Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland

The software maker is looking into reports that some users' systems aren't working right after installing the latest Windows security updates.

Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried