Threats
New alliance aims to unite malware fight
The group, which is part of the IEEE and includes several security heavyweights, hopes that formalizing information sharing can help combat attacks.2009-08-19 15:25:00 source: CNET News.com
New virus infects programs built with Delphi
Win32.Induc targets systems running the Delphi development software and spreads by infecting any programs compiled on the machine.2009-08-19 02:06:00 source: CNET News.com
Photos: Code machines at Bletchley Park
Enigma and other vintage cipher machines will be on display in the U.K. as part of a commemoration of the efforts of Allied codebreakers in World War II.2009-08-18 20:53:00 source: CNET News.com
Three men indicted in largest U.S. data breach
Florida man accused of stealing credit card data from TJX is among those named in breach involving Heartland, 7-Eleven, Hannaford Brothers, and others.2009-08-17 23:28:00 source: CNET News.com
How 10 digits will end privacy as we know it
Just 10 digits of distinctive personal info are enough to strip away our anonymity. The technologies that advance us into omniscience will also bring us backward.2009-08-17 15:01:00 source: CNET News.com
Researchers prove kernel is secure
An Australian research organization says it has absolute mathematical proof of the security of an operating system core.2009-08-15 19:00:00 source: CNET News.com
Security firms discover botnet on Twitter
An account on the microblogging service can be used to host and control a botnet of infected computers, Symantec and Arbor Networks say.2009-08-14 21:10:00 source: CNET News.com
Targeted Twitter user blames Russia
Georgian blogger blames KGB in attack that downed Twitter and affected his accounts on Facebook, Blogger, and LiveJournal.2009-08-07 22:28:00 source: CNET News.com
FAQ: The ins and outs of DoS attacks
Twitter was offline for hours after suffering a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that targeted one user. Facebook and some Google sites also were hit. What happened and why?2009-08-07 08:00:00 source: CNET News.com
Twitter, Facebook attack targeted one user
Accounts of pro-Georgian blogger were targeted in denial of service attack that led to outage at Twitter and problems at Facebook, Blogger and LiveJournal, Facebook CSO says.2009-08-07 01:32:00 source: CNET News.com
Symantec: Phishing activity up in July
Phishing levels rose 52 percent while spam as a percentage of all e-mail stayed about the same compared with the previous month, according to reports out from Symantec.2009-08-06 21:28:39 source: CNET News.com
Microsoft to fix critical Windows, Office holes
Patch Tuesday next week will feature fixes for nine vulnerabilities, five of which are critical and affect Windows, Office, and Visual Studio.2009-08-06 21:09:00 source: CNET News.com
Is Adobe the next (pre-2002) Microsoft?
From a security perspective, Adobe looks an awful lot like Microsoft did back when Windows was getting blasted by viruses and vulnerabilities and before the company beefed up its defenses.2009-08-06 13:00:00 source: CNET News.com
Apple fixes hole with Mac OS X image viewing
Apple security update fixes problems with image handling and other issues that could allow an attacker to take control of a Mac using remote code execution.2009-08-06 00:54:00 source: CNET News.com
Hacking the Defcon badges
Defcon badges, specially designed to be hacked, were turned into a polygraph, blue box dialer, sound sensitive blimp navigator and a device for defeating facial recognition systems at the hacker conference this year.2009-08-05 13:00:00 source: CNET News.com
Denial-of-service attack downed Gawker Media
The attack was launched at Consumerist, a blog that Gawker no longer owns but which is still hosted on the same servers.2009-08-04 16:17:00 source: CNET News.com
Using software updates to spread malware
Researchers warn that attackers could put malware on machines by intercepting software updates on Wi-Fi networks.2009-08-02 01:17:00 source: CNET News.com
Researchers offer tools for eavesdropping and video hijacking
UCSniff can be used to spy on video conference calls while VideoJak allows for hijacking of video streams.2009-08-01 02:51:00 source: CNET News.com
Jailbreaking software already works for 3.0.1 iPhone update
Usually when Apple updates the iPhone OS, jailbreakers have to wait until the Dev Team comes out with a new version of jailbreaking software before they can update. Not this time around.2009-08-01 02:26:00 source: CNET News.com
Apple fixes iPhone SMS flaw
Vulnerability in iPhone software allowed hackers to take control of the device via an SMS message, as demonstrated at Black Hat.2009-07-31 20:50:00 source: CNET News.com