[News] [Rival] Microsoft Has "Critical", "Critical", "Critical", "Critical", "Critical", and "Critical" Flaw

[Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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MS fuels up five critical Windows fixes

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| Microsoft plans to release five critical update bulletins next Tuesday, all 
| critical, in the September edition of its regular Patch Tuesday update cycle. 
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/09/04/ifa_lg_pdp/


Recent:

Microsoft rejects call to fix SQL password-exposure risk

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| Microsoft is butting heads with a company that provides software for database
| security over a weakness in SQL Server that can expose user passwords to
| anyone with administrative access to the program.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/02/sql_server_password_exposure/


Related:

Bots rule in cyberspace

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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data. Â
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-16-computer-botnets_N.htm


Botnets Running Rampant

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| How much money is being stolen by cybercriminals? No one knows, and no one
| even knows how to go about coming up with that number, IronPort's Peterson
| said. Â
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144489/botnets_running_rampant.html



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