A two-day outage that left millions of Skype users unable to use the popular Internet phone service was caused by an abnormally high number of restarts after people had downloaded a Windows security update, the company said Monday.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/20/2007
HP guilty this time, and so is AMX NetLinx. At least HP's buffer overflow flaws come with fixes.
Security for the service-oriented architecture (SOA) was described by Brian V. Cummings of Tata Consultancy Services at the IBM SHARE conference this week.
Whenever a doctor, nurse or administrator in Georgia's DeKalb Medical Center sends an e-mail, the message detours through a special box in the three-hospital system's computing cluster. The box analyzes the e-mail, scanning for sensitive information like patient names, prescription histories and Social Security numbers.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/20/2007
The nation's emergency communication system is inadequate, and the government has come up with a solution -- a nationwide wireless broadband network that will operate on a highly valuable portion of the publicly owned airwaves.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/15/2007
Plus: Spaniard nabbed for hacking cell phones; NASA hacker in court.
Six of the patches fix critical vulnerabilities that could give an attacker full control of a machine.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 08/14/2007
Also: RealPlayer, HelixPlayer flaws show hackers casting wider OS net; open-source imaging software gets fix.
Microsoft will be releasing a host of patches next week, including six "Critical" and three "Important" updates, in its monthly Patch Tuesday releases.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 08/09/2007
Here's a quick, handy guide to some important resources for working with Microsoft's newest operating system.
Microsoft on Tuesday officially released several updates for Windows Vista -- fixes that were initially released to the public last week, before being pulled down.
Plus: MPACK goes wild; Trojans on YouTube; 419 scammers busted in Holland; insecure SSL v2.
Terrorists and other criminals could exploit a newly discovered software flaw to hijack massive computer systems used to control critical infrastructure like oil refineries, power plants and factories, a researcher said Saturday.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/06/2007
Vista no longer includes it as a native tool, so you'll have to go back to the original source if you're inclined to still use it for admin work.
- By Greg Shields
- 08/06/2007
IRS employees ignored security rules and turned over sensitive computer information to a caller posing as a technical support person, according to a government study.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/03/2007
Apple Inc. has issued a software patch to fix some security holes that independent security researchers recently discovered for the company's vaunted iPhone.
- By The Associated Press
- 08/02/2007
Security group wants to change law that prevents most forms of Web penetration testing. Plus: on the wrong side of leaky P2P.
Microsoft's continuing infatuation with Windows Vista secrecy continues, with the company posting some updates on its Windows Connect site, then pulling them down.
Plus: Symantec releases bot killer beta; are surveys spreading spam?
Plus, buffer overflow vulnerabilities abound; Microsoft IIS still a target; more