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Popular apps need better patching, says report
A report using data from two security vendors finds that ubiquitous applications, such as Apple's QuickTime and Adobe Flash, are not patched fast enough by their users. 2009-09-17 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11560 Hacker charged with Heartland, other breaches A federal grand jury indicts a Florida man already charged with stealing data from TJX with allegedly helping breach five more companies. 2009-08-18 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11557 Web attacks hit U.S., South Korean sites In its fourth day, a widespread distributed denial-of-service attack continued to inundate U.S. government and South Korean Web sites with network traffic. 2009-07-08 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11554 FTC persuades court to shutter rogue ISP A federal district court shuts down Triple Fiber Network, after the Federal Trade Commission documents the Internet service provider's cooperation with online criminals and child pornographers. 2009-06-05 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11552 Obama launches cybersecurity initiative The U.S. president announces that the nation's networks will be considered a "strategic national asset" and creates a top position in the White House to formulate a better cybersecurity policy. 2009-05-29 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11551 Browsers bashed first in hacking contest A security researcher keeps a vulnerability on ice for an entire year, before using it at the Pwn2Own contest to exploit Apple's browser. Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 falls soon after. 2009-03-18 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11549 Experts: U.S. needs to defend its "cyber turf" The United States must develop a Monroe Doctrine for the Internet, defining what constitutes its cyberspace and pledging to defend its virtual borders, security experts told Congress. 2009-03-11 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11548 Advisor: U.S. needs policy to defend cyberspace An Obama transition-team member argues that any future cyber policy needs to deal with the role of the intelligence community, the militarization of cyberspace and designating a lead disaster agency. 2009-02-19 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11547 Cabal forms to fight Conficker, offers bounty Microsoft offers $250,000 for information leading to the arrest of the author and, along with security firms and Internet service providers, pledges to work to prevent the prolific worm from spreading further. 2009-02-13 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11546 Group releases list to kill most-dangerous bugs Software makers, security vendors, and government agencies team up to create a list of the 25 most severe software issues, aiming to get developers to stop making mistakes. 2009-01-13 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11542 |
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