Recent Articles
January 16, 2008
Microsoft has warned Windows and Mac users that cyberattackers are remotely exploiting a flaw in Excel to take over computers.
January 16, 2008
Wireless LAN vendor AirDefense disparaged vendors at the National Retail Federation (NRF) Convention and Expo, which took place this week in New York, for slipshod airborne web-security practices.
January 15, 2008
A little-known cybersecurity intelligence organization is offering $20,000 to researchers who can provide exploitable vulnerabilities in Windows or a Windows Diffuse Application.
January 14, 2008
More than 10,000 trusted websites were infected last month by the random js toolkit, elusive crimeware designed to send victims' personal information to attackers via the web, according to Finjan.
January 14, 2008
A Congressional committee has slammed the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for giving a no-bid contract to a website developer that failed to implement cybersecurity procedures to protect the personal information of travelers.
January 11, 2008
An Italian researcher has identified a flaw in Apple's QuickTime media application that can allow an attacker to perform a DoS attack or take control of an affected PC.
January 11, 2008
A former Cox Communications employee has been sentenced to five months in federal prison for remotely shutting down portions of the company's system -- including 911 emergency services -- after being asked to resign his position.
January 10, 2008
Cyberattackers are on the verge of creating trojans that take advantage of social networking websites and Web 2.0 technologies, according to researchers at Finjan.
January 10, 2008
Government auditors this week slammed the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) cybersecurity infrastructure, saying the agency's lax response to previous recommendations has left taxpayer data at "increased risk of unauthorized disclosure, modification or destruction."
January 09, 2008
A rootkit attacking Master Boot Record (MBR) - a vector used more than a decade ago on MS-DOS operating systems -- in various Microsoft Windows operating systems is spreading in the wild, according to researchers.