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Microsoft has released both Vista and Windows server 2008 SP2 today and are available for down load. Before installing SP2, users should ensure that SP! has already been loaded. SP2 will be released through Windws automatic update, but if you need it earlier, you can get the 32 bit version here and the...

Symantec saw a 265% increase in malware attacks in 2008 according to their Internet Security Report XIV published today. The figure was 1,656227, up from 624,627 in 2007 which was up from 140,690 in 2006. One of the most common forms of attack is to exploit website vulnerabilities of popular, trusted...

Windows Home Server Power Pack 2 has been released by Microsoft to fix identified problems and to improve certain functions such as content streaming and remote access configuration. It has also added Italian as a supported language on hew home servers. The Windows Home Server Team Blog has the details...

We reported on February 24 th that PDF file could be infected and would crash Acrobat Reader and Acrobat. Adobe has now issued a patch for Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9, while patches for versions 7 & 8 will be released by 18/3/9 and for reader 9.1 (unix) by 25/3/9 At the same time Microsoft has issued...

A critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer is being actively attacked by cyber criminals, Trend Micro reports. Although Microsoft issued a patch to seal this last week, it is still vulnerable by reverse engineering the patch. Although the attacks are quite primitive at the moment (they are initiated...

Microsoft is urging users to download the KB958644 Security update , to help stop the spread of Conficker. According to the BBC today, the worm uses a weakness in the autoplay function in Vista and early versions of Windows 7 beta to load from infected USB sticks and other removable drivers. The worm...

In late November 2007 a new .DLL worm was detected as WORM_DOWNAD.A. Also known as Conficker and Downadup has been able to build the largest botnet on record thanks to the length of time it is taking network administrators to apply security patches. Despite the fact that Microsoft issued a patch to deal...

Microsoft have announced that an emergency patch should be available from 18:00 GMT today (17 th Dec.2008) for all versions of their browser, Internet Explorer. The patch is due to cure a security flaw in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer which could allow cyber criminals to gain control of computers and...