11.8.05

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Major Microsoft security hole could cause disaster

Marc Maiffret, chief hacking officer for eEye Digital Security, has warned that a major hole in Microsoft products could bring about the same kind of disaster as those that resulted in the Blaster and Sasser attacks. Maiffret expects hackers to quickly take advantage of the hole, and that a worm may be on its way as we speak.
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Microsoft to spend spam king cash on net crime

Software giant Microsoft will invest the $7m it is expecting from a damages settlement with "spam king" Scott Richter into fighting internet crimes, paying its legal bills and "rewarding" the state of New York.
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