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Microsoft and its customers got no holiday break from security concerns as Symantec said it had confirmed three more yet-to-be-patched vulnerabilities in Windows, some of which can be used to launch denial-of-service attacks. Symantec said all three of the flaws are considered serious, and Denmark-b...
A group dedicated to preserving civil liberties on the Internet announced this week that it's throwing its weight behind the development of a technology to foster anonymity in cyberspace. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is sponsoring the Tor Project, which has created an open-source applica...
Renewed interest in biometric security is heating up the cell phone industry in Asia. Industry watchers report that advanced security devices using biometrics are already popular in technology hungry countries in Asia and Europe. However, new biometric products already available to businesses and co...
Google helped shut down a spreading computer worm this week by denying the malicious software's use of its search engine, but the Santy.A worm still marks a troubling trend toward attack via Web sites and search technology, security experts warned. Santy.A started spreading Tuesday and attempted to ...
In a bid to display its suitability for consumer users, antivirus giant Trend Micro has announced it will provide antivirus scanning and cleaning protection for Microsoft's MSN Hotmail Internet e-mail customers, who number nearly 190 million. Such services had been provided by McAfee. Trend Micro, b...
Search engine leader Google has been forced to respond to a security vulnerability in its Google Desktop Search software, which reportedly made it possible for computer intruders to view desktop search results via the Web. The hole was discovered by security researchers at Rice University and report...
Microsoft beefed up its security offerings, buying the anti-spyware company Giant and announcing it would make available for free a beta version of the software for Windows 2000 and later. The test version will be available within a month, Microsoft said. Microsoft will use Giant's intellectual prop...
IT managers tend to look at wireless local area networks, or WLANs, much like adults view groups of loud teenagers -- with at least a little bit of trepidation and sometimes some fear as well. That's because while the wireless technology potentially offers companies the ability to enhance productivi...
They've become another symbol of the holiday season -- the menorah, the Christmas tree, the colors of Kwanzaa, and now the holiday worms that hide in online greetings, e-mails and Web sites. This year's malicious software, or malware, arrived yesterday in the form of a new Zafi worm variant, Zafi.D,...
As attention focuses on the increasing spyware threats to enterprise networks, vendors are beginning to view the enterprise landscape as fertile ground for anti-spyware protection. Webroot Software, a developer of Internet privacy and protection software, recently completed the first audit of spywar...
In an attempt to get a jump on the spread of malware through instant messaging, a group of security firms has banded together to create a community of watchdogs that will share information about potential threats. IMlogic has set up a free "threat center" where it will post information on viruses, w...
Trend Micro is giving away its antivirus and anti-spam software for smartphones until June, the company announced today, but how necessary that software is remains unclear. "It's a solution in search of a problem," analyst Ed Moyle of SecurityCurve told TechNewsWorld. Moyle added, however, that the ...
A new generation of anti-spam artillery is helping Internet Service Providers fight more successful battles in the war against spammers. IronPort Systems is arming some of the largest ISPs with a new type of Reputation Filter powered by the SenderBase E-mail Traffic Monitoring Network. This filterin...
Two weeks before its regularly scheduled round of security updates for Windows, Microsoft released an out-of-cycle patch for its Internet Explorer browser in response to a month-old critical hole. The vulnerability -- an HTML handling issue referred to as an "iframe" flaw that affects mostly older v...
Universities have begun thwarting the operation of software that promises to accelerate Internet performance and protect its users from malware infections because they feel the program is actually spyware. A number of schools, including Columbia University, Cornell, Indiana State and Penn State, hav...
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