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Bot herder pleads guilty to 'zombie' sales
A 20-year-old California man plead guilty to federal charges that he sold access to networks of compromised PCs and made money from illicitly installed adware. 2006-01-23 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11370 Researcher: Sony BMG "rootkit" still widespread Even as media giant Sony BMG settles six cases in New York, a security researcher finds hundreds of thousands of networks appear to still contain PCs with the controversial copy protection installed. 2006-01-16 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11369 Zero-day WMF flaw underscores patch problems The Windows Meta File incident suggests that open-source efforts can result in quicker fixes but pose larger issues of trust, and highlights that companies can no longer depend on patches to protect their systems. 2006-01-12 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11368 Security flaws on the rise, questions remain After three years of modest or no gains, the number of publicly reported vulnerabilities jumped in 2005, boosted by easy-to-find bugs in Web applications. Yet, questions remain about the value of analyzing current databases, whose data rarely correlates easily. 2006-01-05 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11367 Data security moves front and center in 2005 YEAR IN REVIEW: High-profile data breaches leaked more than 50 million database records in the United States, while phishing, bot networks, and targeted Trojan horses compromised millions of PCs worldwide. 2005-12-29 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11366 Sober virus scares up child-porn confession A 20-year-old German man turned himself in to authorities after receiving a copy of the mass-mailing virus, which arrives attached to an e-mail message claiming that law enforcement is investigating the recipient. 2005-12-20 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11365 Researchers: Flaw auctions would improve security Online auctioneer eBay pulls a seller's second attempt to make money from a vulnerability in Microsoft Excel as security professionals argue that a free market in vulnerabilities could improve software security. 2005-12-15 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11364 eBay pulls vulnerability auction The online auction giant shuts down the bidding for a vulnerability in Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet program, saying that the sale of flaw research violates the site's policy against encouraging illegal activity. 2005-12-09 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11363 Consumers improving security, but gaps remain A study of Internet users finds that fewer home PCs had been compromised by spyware or a virus infection than the year before, but the large majority still lack spyware protection, up-to-date antivirus or a properly configured firewall. 2005-12-07 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11361 Federal flaw database commits to grading system The National Vulnerability Database adopts the Common Vulnerability Scoring System and assigns severity rankings to more than 13,000 published flaws. 2005-12-02 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11360 |
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