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Dangers of IE 'Cookiejacking': What You Need to Know

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May 28, 2011
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Dangers of IE 'Cookiejacking': What You Need to Know A researcher has discovered a 'cookiejacking' technique that impacts all versions of Internet Explorer running on any version of Windows.
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Not Even Security Managers Immune to FakeAV Infection Analysis: Can you believe it? As I sat down this morning to write this column, I got hit by a drive-by download of FakeAV.
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Google Adds Flight Schedules to Search Results Finding airfares just got easier.
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New Malware Scanner Finds 5% of Windows PCs Infected One in every 20 Windows PCs whose users turned to Microsoft for cleanup help were infected with malware, Microsoft said this week.
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Lockheed Cagey About Reported Data Breach Reports surface that the defense contractor is grappling with a major internal computer network problem with widespread effects.
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Microsoft Downplays IE 'Cookiejacking' Bug Microsoft today downplayed the threat posed by an unpatched vulnerability in all versions of Internet Explorer (IE) that an Italian researchers has shown can be exploited to hijack people's online identities.
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iPhone 5 Rumor Roundup With Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference less than 10 days away, rumors and anticipation about iPhone 5 keep on coming.
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Intel Offers Apple Custom Chips -- But Not ARM Intel would be happy to make custom chips for companies such as Apple, so long as the chips are based on Intel's architecture and not ARM's.
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Number Guru Provides Free Reverse Lookups Number Guru--a Website, and app for iOS and Android--lets users conduct reverse lookup to identify the caller behind unknown phone numbers.
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Lockheed Martin Betting Big on Quantum Computing Lockheed Martin Corporation has made history by purchasing the first commercial quantum computer: the D-Wave One
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iOS 5 for iPhones and iPads Said to Offer Widgets and Better Notifications Rumors are flying about the next release of the iPhone and iPad operating system as Apple prepares for its Worldwide Developers Conference next month
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Android Windfall Leads to $150 Million Payday For Microsoft Microsoft stands to make $5 on every Android sold in a patent infringement settlement with Google.
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Dancing in Apple Retail Stores? This Time in Protest A group that seeks to draw attention to corporations that shelter profits overseas to cut their U.S. income tax burden is organizing protests for June 4 at Apple stores
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Windows Phone 7 'Mango' Business Features: Sneak a Peek Microsoft is offering business-smart additions to its Windows Phone 7 OS, set to arrive this fall.
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Day 27: Google Docs Scripts and Power Tips Google Docs seems pretty basic at face value, but if you dig around a little it actually has some cool tools for power users as well.
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Mobile Phones Are Great for Phishers, Researchers Find Computer users seem to be getting better at spotting fake websites that are trying to steal their passwords, but when it comes to mobile phones, the deck is most...
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A Glimpse at the Past: The Military's First Quadroped Any geek knows about the AT-AT Walker, but the military and GE had a working one before Star Wars was even made.
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Windows Phone 7 'Mango' and New E-Readers on PCWorld Podcast #114 Host Melissa J. Perenson is joined by Ginny Mies, Jason Cross, and Melissa Riofrio this week, as we explore the Windows Phone 7 update, new e-readers, multifunction printers, and more.
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World Tech Update: Mango, Angry Birds, OLEDs and More. Microsoft demos Windows Phone Mango, Ballmer accidentally announces Windows 8, Sharp shows off new display devices, and more.
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Networking Chief Haas Leaving HP Marius Haas, who led Hewlett-Packard's networking business through the 3Com acquisition that made it a broader competitor to Cisco Systems, is leaving the...
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Not Even Security Managers Immune to FakeAV Infection Analysis: Can you believe it? As I sat down this morning to write this column, I got hit by a drive-by download of FakeAV.
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Power Up Microsoft Office With These Add-InsLike most of the PC-owning world, you likely use Microsoft Office to get a lot of your work done. And like most of the PC-owning world, you wish you could get more out of Office. Wouldn't your life be easier if you could use the interface more effectively? Or Sync Outlook contacts with your Google account? How about combining the power of Office with the power of Google Docs? Help is on the way. We've rounded up ten programs that will help you do all that and more.
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