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Microsoft: Beware of Third-Party WMF Patch

Microsoft Corp. has slapped a buyer beware tag on a third-party patch for the zero-day Windows Metafile flaw and promised that its own properly...

Its Time to Close Security Gap

One of the immutable truths of the technology industry is that vendors are constantly at least one step behind users needs. Its not their...

Here Phishy Microsoft, Whale Team on Security Appliance

Whale Communications is partnering with Microsoft to combine Microsofts Internet Security and Acceleration Server with Whales Intelligent Application Gateway.The deal, which is the first...

How Serious Is the WMF Vulnerability?

Depending on where you look, most people are either running in circles hysterically or ho-humming the Windows WMF vulnerability. It does have some of the...

Reflecting on Positions Past

Five years into the new millennium, the questions of right and wrong in cyberspace are coming into clearer focus. This year, eWEEKs Editorial Board...

Workaround, Protections Emerge for WMF Exploit

Anti-virus and intrusion protection firms are reacting quickly to a new zero-day exploit for Windows, and a workaround has been devised by an independent...

Anti-Virus Protection for WMF Flaw Still Inconsistent

Days after the revelation of a flaw in Windows handling of WMF graphics files, dozens of exploits are being spread from thousands of adware...

Trojan Emits Bogus, Risqué Google AdSense Ads

A Trojan horse program is churning out bogus Google ads promoting products Google eschews—gambling, cheap Viagra, girlie photos and adult dating. The ads, being targeted...

Analysts Fret as Adware Makers Leverage WMF Flaw

Exploits of the WMF (Windows Metafile Format) flaw continued on Thursday as advertising networks took advantage of the vulnerability to spread their "products." Several security...

No One-Stop Shopping to Stop Database Pilferages

Database security breaches have been coming fast and furious as the year draws to a close.Last week, role-playing game company White Wolf Publishing Inc....