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Microsoft to replace OneCare with free service
The software giant plans to make security a free add-on for users of its Windows operating system and will phase out its current security offering, Windows Live OneCare. 2008-11-18 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Microsoft sees value in exploitability index The software giant reviews its predictions of which software flaws will be exploited and finds, after the first month, that it seems to be making the right calls. 2008-11-17 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment McColo takedown nets massive drop in spam The depeering of an Internet service provider has resulted in a drop in Internet-wide spam of nearly 75 percent, security firms say. 2008-11-13 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Firm offers $1 million bounty for blackmailers Drug-benefits provider Express Scripts establishes a large fund to reward information leading to the capture and prosecution of the online attackers that stole its customers' data and attempted to extort money. 2008-11-13 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Patch Tuesday a fairly minor one for Microsoft The software giant releases patches to fix four security flaws, including problems in the core library that handle extensible markup language. 2008-11-12 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Anti-malware testing group release standards A coalition of security-software companies, testing firms and information-technology publications issue two sets of guidelines setting out the responsibilities of each group during software tests. 2008-11-11 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Benefits firm reveals breach after extortion threat Pharmacy benefits-management firm Express Scripts warns that data thieves sent a letter to the company demanding cash and revealing sensitive information on 75 customers. 2008-11-07 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Obama, McCain get a lesson in cybersecurity Both the Obama and McCain campaigns' computer systems were breached over the summer, allegedly by a foreign attacker, Newsweek reports. 2008-11-05 Read more ... | 3 Comment(s) | Post Comment Microsoft sees fewer flaws but higher severity In its latest security intelligence report, the software giant sees a continued drop in the disclosure of vulnerabilities and a greater focus on flaws in applications. 2008-11-05 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Concerns continue to shadow e-voting As the United States gets ready to elect a new president, stories of vote flipping have worried some citizens and the lack of a meaningful check on many election machines has some experts calling for changes. 2008-11-03 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment EstDomains' defrocking delayed by ICANN The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers temporarily stays its judgment to end ESTDomains' status as a registrar, after the firm takes issue the complaints leveled against it. 2008-10-30 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment Web security firm warns of obfuscated code In its monthly whitepaper on Internet threats, Finjan describes a recent compromise at a corporation that succeeded because static software defenses failed to catch an encrypted attack. 2008-10-29 Read more ... | 2 Comment(s) | Post Comment Microsoft flaw attracts only minor malicious acts Researchers have created proof-of-concept attacks, but -- aside from a previous existing Trojan horse -- the latest Windows vulnerability remains unexploited ... so far. 2008-10-27 Read more ... | 2 Comment(s) | Post Comment Microsoft issues priority patch for wormable flaw The software giant releases a fix for a security flaw that could be used to automatically spread malicious code to systems running Windows XP and earlier operating systems. 2008-10-23 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment McAfee antes up against cybercrime The security firm calls for more action from authorities, creates a cybercrime response unit and advisory council, and will hand out grants to anti-crime organizations. 2008-10-22 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment Ohio searches for state-site attacker A security breach into the Web site of Ohio's Secretary of State has local law enforcement investigating the attack, which may have been motivated by election issues. 2008-10-21 Read more ... | 4 Comment(s) | Post Comment Researchers find keyboards to be tattletales Two researchers at a Swiss university survey standard computer keyboards and find all of them to leak information. 2008-10-20 Read more ... | 7 Comment(s) | Post Comment Adobe shutters Clickjacking flaw The multimedia software maker releases its latest version of the Flash player, closing several serious software vulnerabilities. 2008-10-17 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Insiders dodge security for productivity, RSA says In its latest survey of IT workers, the company finds that more than half found ways to work around security policies to get their work done. 2008-10-15 Read more ... | 3 Comment(s) | Post Comment Microsoft patches Host Integration Server, Office The software giant fixes at least 20 vulnerabilities in its code with its first release to qualify the exploitability of each of the flaws. 2008-10-14 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Apple closes open-source flaws with latest patch The consumer technology company shuttered at least 40 software vulnerabilities affecting its Mac OS X operating system. 2008-10-13 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Lawmaker's son indicted for Palin e-mail hack David C. Kernell, the 20-year-old son of Tennessee state representative Mike Kernell, pleads not guilty to a single count of unauthorized access to an e-mail account. 2008-10-09 Read more ... | 9 Comment(s) | Post Comment Privacy survey urged for counterterror programs The National Research Council calls for all U.S. agencies to evaluate their programs based on how effective they are and whether they protect privacy. 2008-10-07 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Researcher calls for peer review Partial disclosure prompts too many questions in the press and amongst researcher, and would benefit from independent evaluation, says flaw finder Dan Kaminsky. 2008-10-06 Read more ... | 5 Comment(s) | Post Comment Report claims surveillance of Chinese messaging A Chinese messaging and voice-over-IP client logs chat conversations based on certain keywords and other criteria, a security researcher claims. 2008-10-03 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Second bill tackles laptop border searches Three U.S. lawmakers propose a law to limit the searches of laptops or other electronic devices to cases where customs agents have reasonable suspicion of illegal activity. 2008-10-02 Read more ... | 3 Comment(s) | Post Comment TCP flaws allow deadly DoS attacks, finders say Two security researchers claim that flaws in the network stacks used by most operating systems could allow attackers to send a low-bandwidth denial-of-service attack that could leave victims' systems unresponsive. 2008-10-02 Read more ... | 2 Comment(s) | Post Comment Washington AG files spyware lawsuits The Attorney General of Washington files, with the help of Microsoft, its seventh lawsuit against a purveyor of misleading spyware. 2008-09-30 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Hack-and-tell student quits school, awaits trial The 20-year-old student that allegedly hacked a college's e-mail system refuses to agree to sanctions, quit school and awaits his trial on computer-intrusion charges, according to a local news report. 2008-09-29 Read more ... | 8 Comment(s) | Post Comment Apple, Cisco fix serious security flaws The consumer technology maker pushes out a large patch for Java on Mac OS X, while Cisco publishes a dozen updates to fix serious issues in its networking hardware. 2008-09-25 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment |
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