More than 1,700 state workers recently learned that some of their personal information had been inadvertently posted on the Internet.
- By The Associated Press
- 02/19/2007
Malaysian authorities have begun raiding computer retail outlets offering pirated software amid concerns that illegal copies of Windows Vista are already on sale.
- By The Associated Press
- 02/16/2007
How secure is your AJAX? This book can help you avoid the security pitfalls.
- By Rita Zurcher
- 02/15/2007
Worms being identified on systems based on speed of proliferation, which in turn is allowing easier containment, say university researchers.
- By The Associated Press
- 02/14/2007
Change in Daylight Savings Time this year may cause many software programs to malfunction, warns software makers.
- By The Associated Press
- 02/13/2007
Anti-virus (AV) specialist Trend Micro Inc. last week warned of a flaw in its AV scanning engine that could result in denial-of-service (DoS) or system takeover.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 02/13/2007
Microsoft Corp. today published 12 new security bulletins that address vulnerabilities in its Windows, Office and Internet Explorer products.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 02/13/2007
FBI losing an average of three to four computers a month, some with highly sensitive information.
- By The Associated Press
- 02/12/2007
Microsoft Corp. plans a launch this spring of its next-generation operating system for wireless devices, Windows Mobile 6.
- By The Associated Press
- 02/08/2007
Microsoft announced this week it is shipping the public beta for its forthcoming Forefront Server Security Management Console. The announcement came at the RSA Conference in San Francisco.
- By The Associated Press
- 02/08/2007
Microsoft Security Response Center plans to publish 12 security bulletins next Tuesday, according to Thursday's advance notification.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 02/08/2007
Microsoft is preparing a spring release for an identity management infrastructure tool aimed at simplifying credential administration across the enterprise, officials said this week at the RSA Conference in San Francisco.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 02/07/2007
VeriSign will spend more than $100 million in a massive infrastructure upgrade to combat a new wave of computer attacks and manage a surge in online activity.
- By The Associated Press
- 02/07/2007
Microsoft Corp., responding to a plea from former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, said Tuesday it had no role in Russia's investigation of a school principal on charges of buying pirated Windows software.
- By The Associated Press
- 02/07/2007
Microsoft Corp.'s Vista operating system might well be Redmond's most secure client operating environment to date, but that doesn't -- and couldn't -- mean Vista is completely unassailable.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 02/07/2007
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has asked Microsoft chairman Bill Gates to intervene in the case of a Russian school principal facing a prison term for buying pirated Windows software for his students, according to a statement.
- By The Associated Press
- 02/06/2007
Police cannot secretly search suspects' computer hard drives over the Internet, a German court ruled Monday.
- By The Associated Press
- 02/06/2007
Microsoft said it had no role in Russia's investigation of a school principal on charges of buying pirated Windows software.
- By The Associated Press
- 02/06/2007
Microsoft last week added another to a running tally of Office zero-day exploits that currently includes four known Word attacks.The software giant confirmed that it was investigating reports of a new round of "very limited" Excel zero-day attacks that exploit vulnerabilities in Office 2000, Office 2002 (XP), Office 2003 and Office 2004 Mac Edition.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 02/06/2007
Hackers briefly overwhelmed at least three of the 13 computers that help manage global computer traffic Tuesday.
- By The Associated Press
- 02/06/2007