Microsoft plugs Hotmail hole. microsoft plugs hotmail hole. Microsoft promised to prevent any future attacks on its Hotmail service after millions of users had their e-mail accounts exposed on the Internet. Microsoft took its Hotmail servers down for several hours to repair the breach. Several computer experts, however, said the code that took advantage of the Hotmail hole was actually quite simple. With 40 to 50 million users, Hotmail is the largest e-mail service....

Bugfinder uncovers new Hotmail hole. bugfinder uncovers new hotmail hole. A noted Bulgarian bugfinder claims to have found another way to crack open Microsoft's beleaguered Web-based e-mail system, Hotmail. A noted Bulgarian bugfinder claims to have found another way to crack open Microsoft's beleaguered Web-based e-mail system, Hotmail. Microsoft says the problem is not a Hotmail security issue, but rather "an example of people encouraging users to run malicious code on the Web." Guninski's discovery comes just weeks after a massive security breach left millions of Hotmail users' accounts unprotected for several hours....

Usernames and passwords entered by unsuspecting Hotmail customers could be collected, leaving their e-mail accounts unprotected....

Users of Microsoft's Hotmail service are complaining that a new controversial junk-email filter does not appear to be working. Users of Microsoft's Hotmail service are complaining that a new controversial junk-email filter does not appear to be working. Hotmail announced last week that it had subscribed to the Mail Abuse Prevention System's Realtime Blackhole List, which filters out messages from servers known to generate unsolicited commercial email, or spam. While Microsoft claims the RBL has reduced spam by thousands of emails a day, some Hotmail users say the amount of spam flowing into their inboxes has not only continued, but may even be increasing. Meanwhile, other critics say Hotmail has aligned itself with a "vigilante" group exercising inappropriate and possibly illegal control over Internet communications and business transactions....

Microsoft has fixed another JavaScript bug in its Hotmail free e-mail service, eliminating a potential security risk to users.The problem concerns a JavaScript applet that poses as a Hotmail login dialog box. Microsoft has fixed another JavaScript bug in its Hotmail free e-mail service, eliminating a potential security risk to users. The problem concerns a JavaScript applet that poses as a Hotmail login dialog box. When the applet is loaded, a bogus Hotmail login request box pops up. The ruse could be used to fool users into divulging their login information, allowing intruders to access customers' Hotmail accounts....

Microsoft says it has repaired a glitch in its free, Web-based Hotmail service that caused it to lose some forwarded messages. Microsoft says it has repaired a glitch in its free, Web-based Hotmail service that caused it to lose some forwarded messages. The problem prevented messages originally sent between two Hotmail accounts from being forwarded to a third non-Hotmail address - even though the email service would confirm that they had, in fact, been forwarded....

New flaw discovered in MS Hotmail. new flaw discovered in ms hotmail. A newly discovered flaw in Microsoft's Hotmail service could reportedly allow a hacker to tap into a user's account and read his or her e-mail. A newly discovered flaw in Microsoft's Hotmail service could reportedly allow a hacker to tap into a user's account and read his or her e-mail. The hacker can then insert the user's cookie into the Netscape cookies.txt file and use that authentication key to log in to Hotmail as the user....

Some Microsoft Hotmail users - unable to access their email since last week - found that their personal folders, address book entries and saved mail have been deleted. Some Microsoft Hotmail users - unable to access their email since last week - found that their personal folders, address book entries and saved mail have been deleted. A Microsoft representative said Hotmail is working "around the clock" on the problem and expects that the data will be restored. An unknown number of Hotmail users remain locked out of their accounts after a problem with one of its servers, which according to the company affected less than one-half of 1 percent of its 67 million users....

Microsoft has confirmed that a flaw in its Hotmail program inadvertently sends subscribers' email addresses to online advertisers. Microsoft has confirmed that a flaw in its Hotmail program inadvertently sends subscribers' email addresses to online advertisers. Microsoft said fixing the problem will require a complete redesign of Hotmail's technology, which it hopes to complete by next month....

Hotmail For Talkabout T900 Two-way Pager The news here is that Microsoft's MSN network has made a deal with Motorola and Arch Wireless to shoot Hotmail email messages and other web services directly to the devices - if you happen to be in Arch Wireless' service area. The Talkabout T900 2way with MSN Hotmail will use Arch Wireless' nationwide two-way data network. Unless, for example, Hotmail is your primary email service, people trying to get in touch with you either have to know which email address to contact you at if you're using the device or send messages to multiple email addresses....