Microsoft said Monday that it discovered a critical security vulnerability in a component of its Windows 2000 operating system that could enable a remote attacker to gain total control of a machine ...

Released earlier this week, the exploit code - which has been crafted to run not only on attackers' Windows machines, but also on Linux and Unix boxes -crashes Windows systems not patched against a ...

The bot has been dubbed with several names by security firms, including "Graweg," "Mocbot," "WGAReg," and "Cuebot." It uses an exploit published last week that leverages a vulnerability disclosed last ...

New worms have surfaced that attack a critical vulnerability in Microsoft’s Windows 2000 Plug and Play service. Over the weekend, two variants of a new worm, dubbed Zotob, have begun circulating, ...

A malicious worm named Code Red that exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in certain configurations of Microsoft Corp.’s Windows NT and Windows 2000 operating systems has spread rapidly over the ...

Virus writers are trying to find a buyer for an exploit targeting a flaw discovered in Windows Vista in December—one dismissed by some researchers as low risk. However, one researcher said the ...

Microsoft Corp. said today that it has discovered a critical security vulnerability in a component of its Windows 2000 operating system that could enable a remote attacker to gain total control of a ...