BWT Industry Technology Service d/b/a Computer Max, Data Day USA, Winvtech Solutions a/k/a Winvision Computers and Winvision Technology,Global Computing, Ion Technologies, Compustar, and Chips & Techs have all been sued today by Microsoft for software piracy. Says Microsoft, “Consumer input is key to understanding sources of illegal activity.”

Is Microsoft about to buy AOL? Or at least a stake in Time Warner’s AOL? That’s what the rumours are, and nobody is denying them.

W32.Sinnaka.a is the hook which phishers are using to scare people into buying Spy Trooper, World AntiSpy, PS Guard and Raze Spyware, some of which are merely repackaged versions of other rogue spyware programs, such as SpyDemolisher, SpySheriff, and SpywareNo. They are doing it with fake Windows Security Center sites and bogus W32.Sinnaka.a virus alerts. Don’t let it fool you.

Microsoft to Google: “We can settle this lawsuit tomorrow if Google will agree to take today’s preliminary injunction, keep every word without a single change, and enter it as a permanent injunction…”

Microsoft Patch Tuesday is the second Tuesday of each month, and the day when, traditionally, Microsoft has released patches and other security updates for the Windows operating system. But while a patch was promised for this Patch Tuesday, none materialized. Here’s why.

Dr. Kai-Fu Lee, the former Microsoft executive who left MSFT to join Google, and over which Microsoft sued Google, may start his job at Google pending the outcome of the trial, the Court says

A Firefox flaw which allowed for remote code execution was publicly disclosed yesterday. Today Mozilla, who distributes the Firefox software, released a patch for the Firefox flaw.

FEMA has put up a barrier to Hurricane Katrina survivors attempting to apply for assistance from FEMA. If they don’t use IE 6.0 or higher, with Javascript enabled, they can’t apply for FEMA aid online. Tsk tsk, FEMA.

Phishers are thwarted and games are enjoyed with new anti-phishing and game add-ins, each offered free by Microsoft for their MSN search toolbar. Free download available at the MSN website.

William Genovese Jr. goes by the code name “illwill” or “xillwillx”, and admits to trying to sell stolen Microsoft Windows source code. But he wants you to know that he meant no illwill.

An update for Outlook 2003’s junk email filter promises to make the junk email filter even more effective. And it’s free!

Adobe is warning that a vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader could lead to someone creating a “malicious PDF” file, and when the unsuspecting user opens the PDF file with a vulnerable version of Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat, the software could crash, and leave the user’s system open…

Microsoft has announced that they have just updated their Malicious Software Removal Tool (KB890830) to detect and remove the Zotob worm which brought down computer systems across the country this week. The Zotob worm has also been referred to in news reports as also Zobot, Botzor, Botzor.exe, worm-rbot.cbq, rbot.cbq, and…

The French Security Incident Response Team (FrSIRT) is reporting a newly discovered flaw in Internet Explorer (IE), and related to the Microsoft Msdds.dll library file. In fact, it’s so new, that there isn’t even a patch for it at the time of this writing. Because the Msdds.dll library file must…

Microsoft has today released a statement regarding the Zotob worm (also reported as Botzor, Botzor.exe, and, incorrectly, as Zobot and rbot.ebq or rbot.cbq), which crashed computer systems across the nation yesterday. The Zotob worm, which takes advantage of a flaw in the Windows Plug and Play system, has been blamed…