Police questioned the suspected teenage kingpin of an international cyber crime network accused of infiltrating 1.3 million computers and skimming millions of dollars from victims' bank accounts, officials said.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/30/2007
An electronic privacy group challenging President Bush's domestic spying program scored a minor victory after a judge ordered the federal government to release information about lobbying efforts by telecommunications companies to protect them from prosecution.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/29/2007
You can copy SQL Server logins from one box to another the hard way, or take the easy route by getting an assist from the SP_HELP_REVLOGIN proc.
- By Eric Johnson
- 11/28/2007
If the experience of the world's largest software vendor is any guide, the industry's best hope for reducing piracy rests with anti-copying technologies rather than in policing the legalistic user agreements that restrict how software can be used.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/26/2007
Microsoft finds itself continuing to fend off two security threats, both coming about during the Thanksgiving holiday.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/26/2007
If it's time for Christmas music in Wal-Mart, it must the season for that other time-honored tradition: year-end lists. To that end, IT security Goliath Symantec has released a list of the biggest security stories of the year.
Data breaches, ongoing integrity concerns about the Windows Vista operating system and spam, which reached record levels this year, topped Symantec's Top 10 Internet security trends of 2007 list.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/16/2007
The Internet is a powerful tool for free expression and dissent, but those freedoms have also helped child pornographers, predators, terrorists and other cybercriminals.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/15/2007
Plus: Check Point BOF; zombies and botnets; and rootkits
Responding to a soon-to-be released study revealing that as many as a half a million database servers aren't protected by firewalls, security experts contend the findings constitute a call to action for security pros and database administrators everywhere.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/14/2007
Microsoft announced that it plans to release today three non-security updates to Windows Vista, which will coincide with Patch Tuesday.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/13/2007
A grand jury has indicted 17 people and a corporation on charges of identity theft, worldwide trafficking in stolen credit card numbers and other crimes committed using the Internet, prosecutors said Wednesday.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/08/2007
November looks to be one of the thinnest patches releases of 2007 as Microsoft said it plans to release just two security bulletins.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 11/08/2007
Despite rise in malware, poll says fewer users prone to being infected. Also: hacking 911, phishing for fun and old hard drives and data.
Plus: Hackers working together to steal your identity; AIM hack just needs you to be logged in to work.
Flaws in VMware's products have been patched. Also, Apple WiFi hack gets published; inside reputation-based attacks.
McAfee Inc., a leading maker of computer antivirus software, said Tuesday it is buying ScanAlert Inc. for $51 million, adding to its Internet security offerings a service intended to help consumers feel safer shopping online.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/30/2007
Windows Live OneCare could be among the root causes of Microsoft's ongoing problems with unwanted automatic updates.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/25/2007
VBP files might not be as they seem. Plus: MySpace ad fix; Max Vision gets locked up.
The Windows Automatic Update might be a patch management and change control issue, observers say.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/19/2007