Robert Lemos

A game effect with limited self-propagation gets spread further by malicious gamers and underscores the danger of giving programs the ability to infect.
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Recent vulnerability disclosures and a biannual report noting increased flaw reports raise questions about the open-source Firefox browser’s security.
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Eavesdroppers armed with a shotgun microphone or a small recording device could make off with a computer user’s sensitive documents and data, three university researchers said in a paper released this week.
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The software giant decides to cancel a security fix after problems are found, causing a row in the security community over the value of regularly scheduled patches.
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After a summer of debate over whether flaws in ICMP are a serious threat, an Argentinian researcher continues to lobby the Internet’s technical standards body to implement his proposal to fix the issues.
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From questionable charity sites to malicious code with a hurricane hook, people ready to take advantage of the natural disaster in New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico have pursued their schemes on the Internet.
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