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Just hours after Microsoft posted details of a critical Windows bug, new attack code that exploits the flaw has surfaced.

Microsoft warned that attackers are exploiting a critical flaw in the Windows operating system that could be used in a worm attack and rushed out an emergency patch on Thursday.

Microsoft is releasing an emergency Windows security patch on Thursday. The company released few details but said the patch was for a flaw rated critical for users of Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.

With two weeks to go before the presidential election, the Electronic Privacy Information Center is warning voters to keep an eye out for Internet-based efforts to deceive them about voting rules.

Although Google has patched its Chrome browser to block a bug that can be used to trick people into downloading and launching malicious code, it needs to do more, according to the researcher who sounded the alarm.

The French government is investigating the theft of small amounts of money from the personal bank account of France's president, Nicolas Sarkozy.