A private investigator who had a role in HP's boardroom spying scandal was charged Wednesday with federal identity theft and conspiracy charges.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/10/2007
EDITOR'S NOTE: After this story was published, the DOD issued a statement saying that the report about the spy coins was flawed and the incidents never happened.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/10/2007
Microsoft Corp. released three security patches for Office and one for Windows on Tuesday, fixing holes that could let an outsider take control of an unwitting victim's computer.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/10/2007
Microsoft Corp. started the new year by announcing four new patches that address not-so-new vulnerabilities in several flavors of its Office and Windows products.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 01/09/2007
A Singapore court charged a man for posting a bomb hoax online while illegally tapping into a wireless Internet network.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/08/2007
A 17-year-old has been detained by Venezuelan authorities after hacking into multiple government Web sites and posting playful photos of President Hugo Chavez and his close ally, Cuba's Fidel Castro.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/08/2007
A University of Utah student who admitted hacking into a university computer system to change his grades was sentenced to four months in jail or a halfway house.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/08/2007
A Singapore court charged a man for posting a bomb hoax online while illegally tapping into a wireless Internet network.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/05/2007
A 17-year-old has been detained by Venezuelan authorities after hacking into multiple government Web sites.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/05/2007
Computer security researchers said Wednesday they have discovered a vulnerability in Adobe Systems Inc.'s ubiquitous Acrobat Reader software that allows cyber-intruders to attack personal computers through trusted Web links.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/04/2007
Cisco Systems Inc. said Thursday it has agreed to pay $830 million in cash and stock to acquire privately held IronPort Systems Inc., a maker of anti-spam and antivirus security products.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/04/2007
Flaw found in Adobe' Acrobat PDF format appears to target IE, Firefox browsers.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/03/2007
With a little prioritization, setting up a network security plan doesn't have to eat up all your time.
- By Joern Wettern
- 01/01/2007
Microsoft's assault on a myriad of markets leaves third parties scrambling.
- By Carolyn April and Ed Scannell
- 01/01/2007
The PWDMan tool can help make changing the password settings on multiple systems a breeze.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 01/01/2007
Resolution: Be hacker-safe.
The Open Relay Database, a tool e-mail service providers used for years to
help curb the spread of spam, is ceasing operations, a death partly attributable
to its own success.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/28/2006
Beginning next month, version 7 of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer browser
will start flagging certain e-commerce and banking sites as green for "safe."
- By The Associated Press
- 12/28/2006
Windows Vista, the new computer operating system that Microsoft Corp. is touting as its most secure ever, contains a programming flaw that might let hackers gain full control of vulnerable computers.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/28/2006
Company officials maintain that the flaw's risks are low.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/25/2006