‘Duqu’ zero-day Windows flaw patched this week

Microsoft will tomorrow patch the zero-day kernel Word vulnerability exploited by the mysterious Duqu malware, more than a month after its existence was first made public. In a pre-release draft covering the 13 December Patch Tuesday release that excluded helpful security bulletin numbers, Microsoft appears to have slipped in a…

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Beware masquerading malware this holiday season

by Tony Bradley, PCWorld   The Towson Hack: The mystery of vanishing iTunes credit Mac Security: Antivirus Mac Security: Fact and Fiction Spam fighters On the Internet, trust no one Live Update: iPhone Software 3.0 Editor’s Note: The following article is reprinted from the Security Alert blog at PCWorld.com. Tomorrow…

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