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Microsoft's biggest set of updates in six months will fix vulnerabilities in Windows, IE, Excel, and Word, including five labeled 'critical'
Incident of attacks on the U.S. electrical grid from China and Russia 'simply does not exist,' a government spokeswoman says
Both Microsoft and Oracle are due to release security updates on Tuesday
Wily worm uses P-to-P for new instructions; other clues link it to Waledec and the Storm worm
The intrusions appear to be pervasive, government officials tell The Wall Street Journal
Outpost24's Jack Louis died before patches for the flaws he found could be released
Hackers also continue to try to exploit older vulnerabilities in Microsoft applications, according to the company's latest security report
Web-based log-in and SharePoint-based sites create a need for a new system of trust, and ADFS could be the solution
Cloud-based service can be used in lieu for Trend's antimalware package
Provision that enables the White House to shut down critical infrastructure networks for security reasons may be a hard sell