Multiple vulnerabilities have been detected in versions of Microsoft's SQL, Outlook, Outlook Express and Internet Explorer products and the company is urging that patches be installed to plug the holes. In separate warnings, Microsoft issued a cumulative

As part of its bid to be at the center of Web services, Microsoft Corp. announced it would roll out new Internet security technology next year. The technology, code-named "TrustBridge," will allow businesses to exchange user identities and interoperate.

According to a report in The Washington Post, Microsoft Corp. (Quote, Chart) is "aggressively" trying to convince the Pentagon to abandon its use of freely distributed software, claiming open source software threatens Department of Defense security. The

Microsoft has issued a patch for a security flaw in the authentication tool for its debugging facility that could allow an attacker to take control of a user's system. The latest security bulletin comes just days a software security firm detected the

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raided the residences of the DeceptiveDuo, a hacking team that gained a lot of negative attention the past several weeks for their continued breaches into government Web sites and databases, according to a friend

Oracle's woes continue. Today, Gartner Dataquest confirmed what many suspected: IBM has displaced Oracle as the leader of the database market. According to Gartner Dataquest's annual survey of the database software industry, IBM's total market share for

The DeceptiveDuo, a pair of hackers who made waves in the security world earlier in the week, struck again late Friday, this time breaking into the database at the Defense Department's Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). As seems to be the hackers' modus

In a survey conducted by Gartner, it shows that Microsoft has managed to double its number of registered Passport users in just six months, from seven million in August 2001 to 14 million in February 2002. However, the research and advisory firm believes