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Apple quashes eight QuickTime flaws
The consumer-technology company releases two patches to fix vulnerabilities in its media-player software for both Mac OS X and Windows. 2009-01-22 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Payment processor warns of network breach Heartland Payment Systems finds evidence of malicious software on its network, after Visa and Mastercard notified the credit-card and check processor of fraudulent activity. 2009-01-20 Read more ... | 3 Comment(s) | Post Comment Single drive wipe protects data, research finds A computer forensics specialist proves that hard drives only need to be overwritten with garbage data once to protect the information from prying eyes. 2009-01-16 Read more ... | 22 Comment(s) | Post Comment Downadup worm infects more than 3.5 million The latest data shows that the malicious program, which spreads through a flaw closed by Microsoft in October, has spread widely. 2009-01-14 Read more ... | 2 Comment(s) | Post Comment Oracle's patch overshadows Microsoft's light fix The enterprise database company churns out an update for 41 vulnerabilities, eclipsing Microsoft's single patch for three flaws in a file-sharing protocol. 2009-01-13 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment DARPA awards $30m to create security test bed Six companies and one university win federal funds from the research arm of the U.S. military to design a National Cyber Range, a testing ground for new cybersecurity technologies. 2009-01-12 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Army, NATO sites defaced by Mideast protesters Two high-profile Web sites — the U.S. Army's Military District of Washington's site and the NATO Parliament's site — join the hundreds of online targets defaced by vandals protesting Israel's military action. 2009-01-09 Read more ... | 2 Comment(s) | Post Comment Top cops urge greater focus on cybersecurity The United States and other nations must put more resources into solving the problems posed by Internet threats, top law enforcement officials say. 2009-01-08 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Celebrities mask malware on Twitter, LinkedIn Online scammers crack Twitter's security to post fake tweets to followers of 33 celebrities. The breach follows increased phishing activity on both Twitter and LinkedIn. 2009-01-06 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Researchers claim flaws in Intel's trusted platform Two researchers claim that they have successfully attacked the current implementation of Intel's Trusted Execution Technology. 2009-01-06 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Survey: One in seven SSL certificates are weak The latest survey by network-monitoring firm Netcraft finds that about 14 percent of certificates use the vulnerable MD5 hashing algorithm. 2009-01-05 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Microsoft's music players die for a day A bug in the clock driver freezes older 30GB Zune music players on December 31. The fix? Wait a day. 2009-01-02 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment Zune music players crashing en masse Irate posts on support forums indicate that at least one model of Microsoft's music player appears to freeze as soon as it is turned on. 2008-12-31 Read more ... | 2 Comment(s) | Post Comment Chinese schools, search sites host malicious code Two universities and two major search portals in China fall prey to attackers, who compromised the sites to host programs that attack online visitors. 2008-12-29 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Digital picture frame viruses back for Christmas Samsung warns consumers that a virus managed to hitch a ride on at least one model of its digital picture frames. 2008-12-24 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Microsoft flaw may add to SQL-injection troubles A published exploit for an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft's database software could help online criminals co-opt legitimate Web sites to launch attacks. 2008-12-23 Read more ... | 7 Comment(s) | Post Comment Hash contest moves on to mass free-for-all The National Institute of Standards and Technology publishes a list of 51 submissions for the next secure hashing standard. Next up: Cracking the proposed algorithms. 2008-12-22 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Microsoft issues out-of-band patch Faced with increasing attacks, the software giant produces a fix for a critical security issue in Internet Explorer in eight days. 2008-12-18 Read more ... | 2 Comment(s) | Post Comment Apple wraps up 21 flaws for holidays The consumer technology company releases an update to its Mac OS X operating system, closing security holes in the kernel, core services and Flash player plug-in. 2008-12-16 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Microsoft to push out emergency patch The software giant promises to deliver an update on Wednesday to fix a flaw in Internet Explorer that online criminals are currently exploiting. 2008-12-16 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment Google releases browser security handbook The document aims to teach Web developers about the quirks that could endanger security and the features meant to protect users. 2008-12-11 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Mozilla rolls out private browsing in beta The maker of the Firefox browser releases its second beta release for version 3.1, adding a feature that keeps the software from storing records of the user's browsing. 2008-12-10 Read more ... | 2 Comment(s) | Post Comment Microsoft's final fix for 2008 a big one The software giant's final Patch Tuesday plugs more than two dozen security holes, the majority in Internet Explorer, Word, Excel and Visual Basic. 2008-12-09 Read more ... | 2 Comment(s) | Post Comment Nearly all PCs run vulnerable software, firm says Security firm Secunia finds that less than two percent of all systems monitored by its software are fully updated. 2008-12-04 Read more ... | 4 Comment(s) | Post Comment Apple nixes antivirus recommendation The company 404s a technical article that "encourages" use of security software, says Mac OS X is safe out of the box. 2008-12-03 Read more ... | 3 Comment(s) | Post Comment Retroactive immunity for spying goes on trial The U.S. government and the Electronic Frontier Foundation face off in front of a federal judge over the constitutionality of granting immunity to firms for past wiretapping. 2008-12-03 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Apple "encourages" antivirus defense for Macs The company recommends Mac users install anti-malware software in an apparent break from its marketing. 2008-12-01 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment MySpace bullying trial ends in misdemeanors A federal jury finds Lori Drew guilty of three counts of computer fraud for taking part in a scheme that ended in the suicide of her daughter's one-time friend. 2008-11-28 Read more ... | 4 Comment(s) | Post Comment Microsoft warns of attacks on recent flaw A vulnerability fixed by the software giant late last month has become a target for two malicious programs. 2008-11-26 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment BotHunter aims to find bots for free A technology firm publicly releases its tool for hunting down compromised machines within computer networks. 2008-11-25 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment |
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