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Google reported this morning that it had locked down a security hole in its e-mail software. A week ago the Israeli online magazine Nata NetLife reported an exploitation of Google's Gmail e-mail service, currently in beta testing. Attackers, likely through a phishing approach that included a harmles...
A new flavor of the Bagle worm that reared its head Thursday is spreading rapidly around the Internet through e-mail and file-sharing programs. The difference between Bagle.bb and the other variants that surfaced since the initial attack is the way they are packed or which files drop onto the machin...
Biometric technology has been around for more than a decade with little fanfare. However, interest is heating up for biometric security devices in communications. Iris scanners, voice recognition modules and fingerprint readers promise to raise the bar on locking down access to computers, networks, ...
An investigation coordinated by the U.S. Secret Service netted 28 people suspected of operating an international cybercrime clearinghouse. Authorities made 21 arrests in the United States; seven others were arrested in six different countries. The suspects allegedly operated a sophisticated identity...
This month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a microchip that can be implanted in humans to provide access to medical records. Privacy regulation advocates were predictably horrified, but the chip does not create the privacy crisis some might imagine. The VeriChip, made by Applied Dig...
A group of tech heavyweights have joined forces to push a mobile security specification they say will clear the way for a boom in m-commerce. Wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo, chipmaker Intel and IBM said the spec they call "Trusted Mobile Platform" will protect mobile devices against viruses and other a...
Since September 11, 2001 the Department of Homeland Security has implemented many changes to the way the government protects Americans. However, most of the changes have, until now, addressed only physical protection and security. Recent legislation called the "Department of Homeland Security Cybers...
The hack into a UC Berkeley computer that compromised the personal information of hundreds of thousands of people may not be uncommon, according to analysts. The amount of information compromised, however, is huge. "University computers in general are notoriously open to attack," Steve Hunt, vice pr...
Less than a handful of zombie network operators are responsible for all the phishing attacks in the world, according to CipherTrust, an Atlanta-based message security firm. In an analysis of its global customers' e-mail traffic patterns during the first two weeks of this month, CipherTrust researche...
Microsoft and Cisco Systems today announced they would share security and network health technologies in an effort to better stop, isolate and eliminate viruses and other malicious codes on Windows-based networks. The agreement calls for Cisco and Microsoft to share key information about their respe...
IBM and Cisco announced software security updates designed to further protect networks from worms and viruses. The updates to IBM's Tivoli software will enable it to work more closely with Cisco's Network Admission Control technologies. IBM's Tivoli Security Compliance Manager scans devices that plu...
Microsoft released a total of 22 patches in its monthly security update, labeling seven of them "urgent" and imploring companies to download them. The software giant called three other patches "important," one level less severe than "urgent." The security flaws affect Windows XP, the Internet Explor...
Antivirus software is a required component for safe computing. Security experts warn that an unprotected computer straight out of the box and connected to the Internet will catch multiple virus infections in its first twenty minutes online. Antivirus software programs, however, are only reliable if ...
The integration of a fingerprint scanner into IBM's new ThinkPad T42 series of notebooks opens the door for a whole host of secure transactions, but some analysts suggest that there are still flaws in the system. Using fingerprints to confirm identification has become pervasive in the public sector,...
When was the last time you updated your anti-virus software? Even if you update your AV software frequently, there's still a gap between the time a virus is released into the wild on "day zero" and when virus fighters can update their programs to squash the malware. To truly secure a network, what's...
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