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Security analysts warned Windows users about it -- and now it's happening. Hackers launched an attack against Windows PCs over the weekend. The attack came disguised as one-at-a-time bot pinpricks, instead of the massive worm some had feared. Also known as zombies, a bot is a type of malware that al...
Is identity theft on the rise, or is it a problem that has been vastly overhyped? Recent incidents of lost or stolen laptops have focused public attention on the huge amount of personal information that can very easily make its way outside the control of corporate IT. However, in spite of so many in...
In what appears to be a victory for plaintiffs, a decision was made last week to consolidate seventeen class action lawsuits against telecom providers that are cooperating with the U.S. government's widespread surveillance of its customers. These cases will be moved to the California federal court w...
In the wake of a foiled terrorism plot targeting aircraft departing from Great Britain, European researchers are pushing hard to create a non-hijackable plane. The security program could combat on-board threats by 2008. The non-hijackable plane would feature technology designed to serve as a last ba...
University network and IT environments are characterized by their diverse and constantly changing nature, large scale and wide scope. Today, that means wireless networks, Voice over Internet Protocol, mobile phones and other digital gadgets must be woven into existing network and computing infrastru...
Microsoft this week announced 23 security vulnerabilities related to various Microsoft products in its monthly Patch Tuesday release. It's the vulnerability in Windows Server Service, however, that has security analysts talking. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security warned Wednesday that the Mic...
AOL's accidental release of search term queries made by its members over the course of three months -- many of which were specific enough to identify actual users -- is bound to cause trouble for the search engine industry in Washington. Privacy advocates have already starting calling for stricter c...
As social networking sites such as MySpace.com continue to gain traction among today's youth, two new studies about online predators offer varying perspectives on the controversial issue. First, the results of a national survey of 1,500 young Internet users conducted by University of New Hampshire r...
Organizations that have installed BlackBerry servers behind their gateway security devices could be subject to a hacker attack, according to security researchers. Secure Computing is warning companies to prepare for security researcher Jesse D'Aguanno's release of hacking code for the BlackBerry ne...
In a record-breaking Patch Tuesday release, Microsoft issued 12 security bulletins to patch 23 vulnerabilities in Windows and Office, including nine critical flaws. Ten of the updates address flaws in the software giant's operating system. Several patches fix vulnerabilities that are currently being...
AOL on Monday launched a new antivirus program called Active Virus Shield for all of its users to access at no cost. Powered by Internet security solutions titan Kaspersky Lab, Active Virus Shield offers detection technology designed to stop viruses, spyware, malware and Trojans before they attack, ...
The wireless data transfer capabilities of radio frequency identification tags are intended to speed and assist transactions, but it appears the RFID chips of new U.S. passports are speeding and assisting circumvention, according to a German expert's demonstration at last week's Black Hat hacker con...
Google is issuing warnings to Web surfers when they are about to click on a Web site that could be hiding malware able to infect their computer. Google has launched this initiative as part of its partnership in StopBadware.org, a malware clearinghouse established by Harvard Law's Berkman Center for ...
While some applauded Microsoft for displaying its new Vista operating system among some of the world's top software security researchers at the Black Hat hacker conference in Las Vegas last week, others set out to give the software giant a black eye. Polish researcher Joanna Rutkowska of Singapore-b...
In a show of its changed approach to the security of its operating system, and in an effort to reach out to those who might be likely to poke through holes in its proprietary code, Microsoft handed out beta copies of its new Vista operating system and outlined its security features at the Black Hat ...
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