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A Norwegian court is again hearing the case of prominent cracker Jon Johansen, known as "DVD Jon" for his 1999 software program that circumvents DVD copy protection, the publication of which launched a swarm of lawsuits against Web publishers, including hacker site 2600.com. While a three-judge pane...
Despite holding the threat of legal action over college students and ISPs involved in publishing information about flaws in its electronic voting systems, Diebold has now retracted its threats and is looking to settle a suit brought against the company by those it threatened. North Canton, Ohio-base...
Software pirates in Malaysia are reportedly selling an illegal version of Microsoft's next-generation Windows desktop operating system -- codenamed Longhorn -- which is not scheduled for official release for another two years at least. In October, Microsoft gave out previews of Longhorn at its devel...
Internet security experts are divided on the source and purpose of computer viruses and worms like Blaster and SoBig. But some government agencies are investigating a possible connection between the increasing spread of infected computers and organized crime. Recent trends are leading many experts t...
The disclosure of a handful of critical security holes reported in Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser is conjuring up an old debate about the process of reporting security vulnerabilities as well as the usual concern over hacker attacks and compromised computers. The five scripting vulnerabil...
Apple Computer lured millions of PC users into its online music store when it released a version of its popular iTunes software for Windows, but it also attracted a less savory element -- hackers. Just 10 days after the release of "WinTunes," a crafty codesman at Trinity College began distributing M...
Incessant, unsolicited e-mail brought out the worst of a Sunnyvale, California programmer who is now charged with 11 federal counts of illegal interstate communications after he graphically threatened to harm, torture and kill the alleged spammer in a series of e-mails and telephone messages. As it ...
Computer Associates announced this week at Comdex that it will offer a free one-year subscription to its eTrust EZ Armor antivirus and firewall desktop security suite. TechNewsWorld turned to Ian Hameroff, Security Strategist and Director of Research and Response at Computer Associates, to talk abou...
A bill to take the "spy" out of spyware got a public hearing before a Congressional subcommittee Wednesday. The legislation filed by Rep. Mary Bono (R-California) would require spyware purveyors to inform computer users of the presence, nature and function of their applications, as well as seek perm...
In an effort to turn the tables on computer worms that can clog and confound corporate networks, Cisco has teamed with three major antivirus vendors to make networks smarter -- and therefore safer -- with trusted agents that can cut off infected or compromised nodes while keeping the overall network...
Marking a trend in which large security players are among the last to the party, Internet Security Systems released the first of its new Proventia G Series intrusion-prevention appliances this week, promising proactive protection and ease of use. Atlanta-based ISS said the G200 -- the first of its i...
Hoping to shift industry focus to the company's new "kindler, gentler" business approach, Microsoft has announced the availability of royalty-free licensing of its Office 2003 XML reference schemas and documentation. Long resented for its closed, proprietary software and facing increased competition...
With more than mere reputation on the line, virus writers are using the MiMail worm as the basis for more advanced attacks aimed at identity theft. Security experts said the latest MiMail-I variant -- which spoofs official PayPal correspondence -- began to spread early Friday morning, and while it i...
A patent that critics say will vitiate the Web will be reexamined in a rare move by the U.S. Patent Office. The patent, No. 5,838,906 -- or 906 for short -- governs the embedding of components into Web pages, a practice that, among other things, enables use of such popular applications as RealAudio,...
The Liberty Alliance has locked up an open standard for federated identity management with new specifications that let companies share login and other information as they deploy and use Web services. Touting accompanying policy recommendations in a "best practices" guide, the alliance -- a consortiu...
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