Microsoft Corp. is not planning to release any security updates on Tuesday, one of only a handful of times the company won't have security patches available since its monthly security updates began in 2003, Microsoft said Thursday.

Microsoft Corp. has acknowledged that a bug in its Windows Live OneCare security suite has been causing users' e-mail to vanish from Outlook and Outlook Express.

A SecurityFocus beszámolója szerint egy hacker közzé tette, hogyan lehet a Microsoft konzolján alternatív operációs rendszereket futtatni.

A new version of the Storm e-mail virus is populating blogs and online bulletin boards with links directing people to a Web site that is propagating the worm, representing a new mode of attack for hackers seeking financial gain, according to a security vendor that became aware of the virus Monday night.

The former legal counsel for McAfee Inc. is facing federal charges of improperly backdating stock options at the security software company.

Google's enterprise collaboration suite unveiled last week includes security options that let companies tie it into their existing corporate directories and extend single sign-on to the online provider's hosted applications.

EEye Digital Security said Friday that it's found the first Office 2007 remote code vulnerability and has alerted Microsoft's bug team.

Mozilla Corp. will delay the next security update for Firefox so it can test a fix for a flaw that could be used by attackers by skirt security restrictions.

With its February security patches now two weeks away, Microsoft Corp. is warning of another critical flaw in its Office software.

Mozilla Corp. has released the first update for the Firefox 2.0 browser to fix eight security vulnerabilities.

Fortify Software Inc. and the FindBugs project have launched a free service that will scan open-source Java software for bugs in the code.

Users are being advised to disable a certain type of file in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Media Player software following the discovery of a new security hole in the software.

Microsoft Corp. is investigating reports of a vulnerability in a Windows ActiveX control that could allow an attacker to remotely take control of a computer, according to an advisory issued Friday. One security company rated the vulnerability critical, while Microsoft said it allowed only limited attacks.

A Sun Microsystems és a BalaBit IT Security bejelentették új közös terméküket, amelyet elsőként a héten zajló „Systems 2006” informatikai és telekommunikációs szakvásáron Münchenben tekinthet meg és próbálhat ki a szakmai közönség.

A Novell csatlakozott az SAP Global Security Alliance programjához, amelynek keretében komplex megoldást nyújt az ügyfelek fő kockázatkezelési és IT-biztonsági problémáira.

McAfee Inc. top executives went on the offensive Monday against Microsoft Corp., saying Vista will be even less secure for customers than previous versions of Windows.

Dell and Symantec on Wednesday rolled out a hardware/software package for controlling, archiving and securely managing Microsoft Exchange e-mail environments in small and midsize businesses.

Microsoft Corp. has issued nine security updates addressing critical flaws in its Office and Windows products. The updates patch two worrisome PowerPoint flaws that could allow attackers to seize control of a PC, the company said Tuesday.

Microsoft Corp. has released a new beta version of Exchange Server 2007 and the beta for an accompanying antivirus product, Forefront Security for Exchange, it announced on Monday.

Microsoft's Vista developers can't catch a break these days. After years of warnings from security researchers that old code in Windows was creating security risks, the software giant decided to rewrite key parts of the operating system.