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Jackson searches resemble attack to Google
The search giant sees a massive spike in search activity following the announcement of the death of pop-star Michael Jackson, initially calling the surge an attack. 2009-06-29 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Adobe re-patches Shockwave player The software firm fixes a flaw in its online multimedia player that the company had resolved in a previous version. 2009-06-25 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Pentagon signs off on Cyber Command The U.S. Secretary of Defense orders the creation of a unified command to act as the nation's central hub for cyber capabilities. 2009-06-24 Read more ... | 2 Comment(s) | Post Comment Firms atwitter over social-net threats Security firms warn that a variety of attackers — from phishers to rogue security applications — are now using social-network applications, such as Twitter and Facebook, to spread. 2009-06-23 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Microsoft's launches free AV offering The company plans to allow a limited number of users to download the beta version of it Security Essentials software, which will protect against viruses and rootkits. 2009-06-23 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment Security-software market shrugs off economy Worldwide revenue for security software grew at a double-digit rate in 2008 and, despite slowing economy, will continue to grow this year, Gartner analysts say. 2009-06-22 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment Not all apps equal in Iranian filtering An analysis of the traffic patterns coming out of Iran's national Internet provider shows that the country has severely curtailed SSH, Flash and Bittorrent communications. 2009-06-19 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment Looking back: GhostNet dismantled in a day Investigators took 10 months to investigate the surveillance network; once the gig was up, its creators took the botnet offline in about a day, says one researcher. 2009-06-18 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Coming to terms with cyber warfare The first step to waging war on the Internet is figuring out a working definition, say experts at NATO's cyber warfare think tank. 2009-06-17 Read more ... | 3 Comment(s) | Post Comment MSFT, Adobe and Apple patch together The three software companies issue major patches, fixing 31 vulnerabilities in Microsoft's operating system and applications, more than a dozen issues in Adobe, and over 50 serious flaws in Apple's Safari browser. 2009-06-10 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Data shows Grumblar still threatens A Web security firms finds that the drive-by-download threat compromised more than 80,000 Web sites by late May. 2009-06-08 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Microsoft warns of DirectX attacks The software giant is working to create a patch for vulnerability that exposes Windows 2000 and XP to attack. 2009-06-03 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment U.S. issues revised e-voting standards The National Institute of Standards and Technology hopes to address security issues by adding better accuracy and reliability testing and more rules to ease the auditing of paper trails. 2009-06-01 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Judge tosses BC "hacker" search warrant Investigators must return student's possessions after the court finds that Boston College police did not give adequate evidence of a crime. 2009-05-25 Read more ... | 6 Comment(s) | Post Comment Grumblar drive-by download attacks surge The malicious threat compromises Web sites and then uses the infected sites to spread malware, warns security firms and the US-CERT. 2009-05-22 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment Adobe moves to quarterly patch schedule Following criticism from security researchers for its slow response to serious vulnerabilities, Adobe commits to a quarterly patch schedule. 2009-05-21 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Much ado about Kylin The Kylin operating system, a Chinese version of FreeBSD, gets a flash of media attention after a consultant calls it a danger to U.S. cyber capabilities. 2009-05-18 Read more ... | 10 Comment(s) | Post Comment Financial districts a wireless hacker's paradise One security firm scans the wireless networks accessible in the financial centers of seven cities and finds the majority of access points have easy-to-break or nonexistent security. 2009-05-13 Read more ... | 7 Comment(s) | Post Comment PowerPoint gets hefty fix, Apple inundates Microsoft releases a single, massive update for its presentation software, while Apple closes at least 70 flaws the same day. 2009-05-13 Read more ... | 3 Comment(s) | Post Comment Cyber attack could bring U.S. military response The United States could respond to an online attack on critical systems with a more conventional military attack, says an Air Force general. 2009-05-11 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment Hackers steal UC Berkeley health records The University of California at Berkeley warns students and alumni that online thieves infiltrated restricted servers and stole more than 160,000 medical records, including health insurance information and Social Security numbers. 2009-05-11 Read more ... | 2 Comment(s) | Post Comment Air traffic systems vulnerable, IG states An audit of the Web applications used to support air traffic control systems finds hundreds of vulnerabilities and documents 150 incidents still unresolved, according to the DOT's Inspector General. 2009-05-08 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Freeze turns phones into passwords Walk away from your computer and it will lock automatically, if you install new software from BIOS maker Phoenix Technologies. 2009-05-07 Read more ... | 7 Comment(s) | Post Comment Reports: Thief holds Virginia medical data ransom An online thief compromises the network of the Commonwealth of Virginia's Department of Health Professionals allegedly stealing healthcare data on nearly 8.3 million patients. 2009-05-05 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment U.S. wiretaps fall for first time in five years The number of warrants for phone and electronic communications fell last year to 1,891, with only two incidents involving encrypted data. 2009-05-01 Read more ... | 3 Comment(s) | Post Comment Image spam up, flu keywords take off Spam accounts for 85 percent of all e-mail, reaching the highest level in 19 months as image spam rises again and flu-related keywords become common. 2009-04-30 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Companies slowest to fix Office, Acrobat flaws A collection of vulnerabilities scans show that companies are only marginally better at plugging security holes, while exploit writers produce attacks within days. 2009-04-29 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment JavaScript flaw reported in Adobe Reader The software company investigates a potential vulnerability in its Reader applications, and the United States' response group recommends turning off Javascript. 2009-04-28 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment Conficker holds lessons for security firms Microsoft, other operating system vendors, and security firms need to improve their immunity to the types of strategies employed by the widespread worm, say researchers. 2009-04-24 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Chief: NSA has no wish to control cybersecurity The National Security Agency intends to play well with industry and other federal agencies, such as the DHS and the FBI, to share responsibility for protecting cyberspace. 2009-04-22 Read more ... | 2 Comment(s) | Post Comment |
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