New URI browser flaws worse than first thought

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InfoWorld published an article on another security issue. This time security researchers Billy Rios and Nathan McFeters discovered a new way to launch programs through the browser to steal data from a victim's computer

AIMFix 1.6.811.1259

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Remove all known AIM viruses with one consolidated removal tool.

IE7 Security Guide

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Microsoft published a desktop security guide for Internet Explorer 7

Symantec patches critical Norton flaw

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InfoWorld reports that Symantec has patched a critical flaw in the 2006 versions of Norton AntiVirus, Norton Internet Security, and Norton System Works.

Password vulnerability in Firefox 2.0.0.5

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According to a message posted over the weekend on the Full-Disclosure mailing list, the latest version of Firefox, 2.0.0.5, contains a password management vulnerability that can allow malicious Web sites to steal user passwords. If you have JavaScript enabled and allow Firefox to remember your passwords, you are at risk from this flaw.

MacBook hacked in contest at security event

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Macaulay, a software engineer, was able to hack into a MacBook through a zero-day security hole in Apple's Safari browser. The computer was one of two offered as a prize in the "PWN to Own" hack-a-Mac contest at the CanSecWest conference here.
The successful attack on the second and final day of the contest required a conference organizer to surf to a malicious Web site using Safari on the MacBook--a type of attack familiar to Windows users. CanSecWest organizers relaxed the rules Friday after nobody at the event had breached either of the Macs on the previous day. ZdNet has more.