Robert McMillan

An intrusion prevention systems vendor, NitroSecurity Inc., claims it can add malicious data to legitimate portable document format files to spread malware all over a PC. Find out how to change preferences in Adobe Systems Inc.'s reader software to block this attackrn

A networking error has caused computers in Chile and the U.S. to come under the control of the Great Firewall of China, redirecting Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube users to Chinese servers.

Vincenzo Iozzo and Ralf Weinmann scored US$15,000 at the annual Pwn2Own hacking contest for bypassing tough security measures introduced in iPhone 2.0. It is the first fully functioning attack on an iPhone since Apple released version 2 in 2008, said Charlie Miller.

Open source browser provider Mozilla has released Firefox 3.6.2, which is meant to fix a bug that could potentially crash your browser. The bug was discovered by Evgeny Legerov, who said it affected Firefox browsers running on Windows XP and Vista.

The company's Hone technology works with NarusInsight to connect different profiles to one person. Narus plans to hype the technology, which is geared toward tracking anonymous criminals on the Internet, later this week at the RSA conference in San Francisco

Two months after Google Inc. got hacked, a security firm says another 68 command-and-control servers have been identified. The code that was used, dubbed Operation Aurora, allowed miscreants to access corporate networks for months without detection.

Live PC has online support designed to convince victims that the product is legitimate. The agent answers queries by instant message. Symantec Corp. warns support staff try to persuade users to buy products for up to US$100.

Some default settings mean third parties can see who Buzz users have been e-mailing. Not good if you want to keep your e-mail communication a secret