Hackers will quickly jump on one of the 15 vulnerabilities Microsoft patched Tuesday to build attack code that infects Internet Explorer users, security researchers agreed today. The bug, which ...

The first such source code was identified Tuesday by a pair of security firms, iDefense and Counterpane Internet Security, while additional, and less threatening, code was spotted Wednesday by ...

Several independent coding groups have posted code on the Internet that can allow hackers to exploit a previously disclosed vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.’s Windows operating system. The Windows ...

Windows includes built-in exploit protection that limits the damage hackers can do even when software vulnerabilities exist. The tool offers system-wide and app-specific settings, though enabling ...

The bot has been dubbed with several names by security firms, including "Graweg," "Mocbot," "WGAReg," and "Cuebot." It uses an exploit published last week that leverages a vulnerability disclosed last ...

Less than 24 hours after Microsoft said it couldn't patch Windows to fix a systemic problem, attack code appeared Tuesday to exploit the company's software. Also on Tuesday, a security firm that's ...

The disclosure of a new exploit technique that bypasses an important Windows security feature may result in more successful attacks against Microsoft's newer operating systems, researchers said today.

A public exploit appeared just two days after Microsoft Corp. acknowledged a critical vulnerability in its server software, a change one security company said “greatly increases” the chances of a ...

Windows Update may occasionally backfire with faulty patches, but for the most part, it’s meant to keep us safe from the latest threats. Microsoft regularly pushes new patches that address potential ...

Microsoft said Monday that it discovered a critical security vulnerability in a component of its Windows 2000 operating system that could enable a remote attacker to gain total control of a machine ...