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
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
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
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
Bad things can happen when administrators don't put their users first.
- By Joern Wettern
- 11/01/2007
Track computer exploits and learn how they work through LinkScanner Pro and the Exploit Prevention Labs Web site.
- By Peter Varhol
- 11/01/2007
A coalition of privacy groups Wednesday called for creation of a "Do Not Track List," that would prohibit advertisers from tracking online movements of consumers.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/01/2007
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
Colleges and universities have done little over the last three years to improve information security, according to report.
Windows Live OneCare could be among the root causes of Microsoft's ongoing problems with unwanted automatic updates.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/25/2007
The Windows Automatic Update might be a patch management and change control issue, observers say.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/19/2007
In October, for the second time in as many months, Microsoft's "Patch Tuesday" gave way to "Exploit Wednesday."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/12/2007
Recently discovered security hole in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 uses Internet Explorer (IE) 7 as the attack vector; fix is coming.
Microsoft rolled out six security bulletins on its "Patch Tuesday" today, one fewer than expected.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/09/2007
Microsoft expects to release seven security patches with four "Critical" and three "Important" bulletins as part of its upcoming Patch Tuesday release.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 10/04/2007
Microsoft Corp. launched a Web site Thursday for managing personal health and medical information, jumping into an industry whose digital future is clouded by privacy worries.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/04/2007
During a two-hour period on June 24, something unusual and a bit worrying turned up in e-mail security firm MessageLabs Inc.'s filters: 514 messages tailored to senior executives of corporate clients that contained malicious programs designed to steal sensitive company data.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/03/2007
Online videos aren't just for bloopers and rants -- some might also be conduits for malicious code that can infect your computer.
- By The Associated Press
- 10/02/2007