Microsoft plans to fix critical bugs in its Word, Publisher and Jet database software next week. The software vendor also plans to release a...

A pair of security researchers has developed a new kind of rootkit, called an SSM, that hides in an obscure part of the processor that is invisible...

To put a lid on bloggers' speculation about police getting "backdoors" to Windows security, Microsoft is starting to hush up on the subject. In an...

An apparent rash of SQL injection attacks on Web sites was reported by a Finnish security firm late last week, though a case of "guilt by...

Security consultancy GNUCitizen says an attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted QuickTime supported media file...

HP's ProCurve Networking has integrated with Microsoft's Network Access Protection (NAP) to protect networks and provide customised access policies...

Hundreds of thousands of Web sites - including several at the United Nations and in the U.K. government -- have been hacked recently and seeded with...

Vulnerability in Windows Could Allow Elevation of Privilege Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a vulnerability which could allow...

This article describes the System Update Readiness Tool for Windows Vista-based computers. Microsoft released the System Update Readiness Tool to...

Speaking at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, Microsoft's director of program management for Windows security, David Cross, said there would be an...

Microsoft plans to make a key Internet Explorer default change to thwart attackers trying to hack into its Web browser. The software maker will...

Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled the first public beta of the next version of its Forefront security platform, code-named 'Stirling,' and revealed that...

The company will enable DEP/NX (Data Execution Prevention/No Execute) by default in IE 8 when running on Windows Vista and Windows Server...