Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Anonymous threatens Sony, spares customers The hacker collective threatens to expose private information of Sony executives, promising to spare customers and the PlayStation Network
Thursday, September 08, 2011
Is your car safe from hackers? McAfee isn’t saying that your car is unsafe, or at least not yet, but a new study by the security technology company suggests car makers and owners should at least start paying attention
Friday, September 17, 2010
Enterprises to clamp down on downloads, predicts HP Organizations will have to institute a 'default deny' policy to keep malware out of their systems, the company's security division says
Friday, September 10, 2010
Cyber jihad group linked to 'Here you have' worm SecureWorks Inc. says the worm, which causes users’ e-mail software to send messages to their colleagues in the hopes they will download a malicious attachment, is similar to malware released by a hacker who uses the handle Iraq Resistance
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Iran was prime target of SCADA worm The Stuxnet worm affecting supervisory control and data acquisition systems made by Siemens AG may have been spreading since as early as January. Symantec Corp. says most systems affected by the worm are in Iran
Monday, September 28, 2009
SMBs courting disaster with inadequate DR plans A recent survey of SMBs in North America indicate that majority of companies are lulled by a misplaced sense of confidence in their disaster recovery plans. Here are 10 essentials of a SMB disaster recovery tool kit...
Friday, July 10, 2009
Microsoft promises to stymie hackers next week with new patches Microsoft Thursday said it would deliver six security updates next Tuesday, including The software giant is confirming fixes for bugs including Direct Show and ActiveX vulnerabilities. Two Windows fixes, also available July 14, will be labeled critical ...
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
FBI warns of new Storm Worm attacks The Internet Crime Complaint Centre has received warnings about spam e-mails with links on the FBI and Facebook. How simple security practices can combat botnets
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Norton AV 11 works well on the Mac This virus scanner protects your machine in the background and lets users exclude volumes from auto-scanning. But scanning a 170 GB drive takes a while
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
So you think you know security Security is one of the biggest issues on the CIO’s agenda. But how good is your basic knowledge around this vital subject? Well, here’s your chance to find out. Prominent security vendors and consultants from across the country sent us the following questions for our National CIO Security Test. So sharpen your pencil and prepare to be challenged.
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Microsoft security team probing new Word flaw Microsoft's software security team is examining a new flaw in Word but is uncertain when it can release a patch to the vulnerability that opens a gateway for hackers to grab control of a victim's computer. 
Thursday, October 26, 2006
One threat contained -- on to the next While old stalwart security threats of worms and viruses are becoming a thing of the past, threats such as mobile viruses and router worms — not to mention everyone’s favourite current bugaboo: spam — are already doing a fine job of replacing their predecessors. 
Thursday, May 25, 2006
New worm tries to score in wake of World Cup World Cup soccer fans should be aware of a new worm being circulated by e-mail with the German-language message "WM-Tickets" or "Weltmeisterschaft," security vendor Sophos PLC warned.
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Linux not viewed as vulnerable When the Indiana Department of Education rolled out PCs running Linux to schools last year, it installed open-source antivirus software on the servers connected to the desktop systems to scan incoming e-mail. But it didn’t bother to put antivirus tools on the PCs themselves.
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
RFID not immune to viruses, says study Three computer science researchers are warning that viruses embedded in radio tags used to identify and track goods are right around the corner, a danger so far overlooked by the industry's high interest in the technology.
Thursday, March 02, 2006
India becomes spam target Malware writers are starting to target regions with growing numbers of new Internet users in a belief that computer users in those areas are less likely to protect themselves from spam and viruses, MessageLabs Ltd. said.
Thursday, December 08, 2005
Does zero-day mean zero response? The time it takes for a known vulnerability to be exploited by some sort of malware has fallen precipitously in the past three years. From the time that the vulnerability became known, the Slammer worm took six months to hit, Sasser took three weeks, and the Witty worm took two days. One of 2005’s best-known worms, Zotob, started making the rounds six days after the vulnerability was identified.Today, many IT security observers believe that zero-day attacks are imminent – if, in fact, they haven’t already happened.
Sunday, August 28, 2005
IDF: Intel demos worm cut-off technology Intel researchers have demonstrated a new hardware system designed to rapidly and automatically quarantine PCs infected with worms of viruses. Announced at this week’s Intel Developer Forum (IDF), the Manageability Engine technology -- internally referred to as "Circuit Breaker" -- is designed to monitor the number of connections being made by a PC, and assess the integrity of the machine’s security software.
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Experts see new variants of Windows 2000 worm Security vendors have reported several new variants of the worm infecting PCs running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 2000 operating system. Groups of virus writers are competing to cause the most damage, according to one security company, although the worm appears less severe than some first feared.
Sunday, February 20, 2005
Sober worm starts running amok A new version of the Sober worm wriggled out of its hole early on Monday and set about quickly attacking computers in Europe and the U.S., a security services company said. The worm is a mass-mailer, meaning it spreads itself via e-mail using contacts listed in the address books of computers it infects. 
Thursday, September 16, 2004
HP puts choke hold on virus throttling After unveiling cutting-edge technology for choking off the spread of viruses in March, Hewlett-Packard Co. is quietly shelving the project, citing conflicts with Microsoft Corp.’s Windows operating system, a company executive said. 
Monday, August 23, 2004
HP puts choke hold on virus throttling product After unveiling cutting-edge technology for choking off the spread of viruses in March, Hewlett-Packard Co. is quietly shelving the project, citing conflicts with Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system, a company executive said.
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
HP moves network scanning software into beta Hewlett-Packard Co. has moved its Active Counter Measures network security software into beta tests with a select group of European and North American customers in hopes of readying the product for a 2005 release, an HP executive said at the HP World conference in Chicago Wednesday.
Sunday, July 04, 2004
Spam balloons in Australia despite legislation Since the introduction of antispam legislation in Australia in April this year, the spread of unsolicited junk e-mail has increased and continues to rise.
Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Viruses nip Russia after the Cold War For all its disadvantages, the former Soviet Union had one hugely overlooked advantage: it kept hackers, crackers and virus writers confined inside the country by restricting their access to the Internet.