As Windows Vista becomes more secure against known threats, it's what hackers and cybercriminals devise in the next generation of attacks that keeps Microsoft on its toes.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/10/2006
Long-awaited update to Microsoft messaging platform goes RTM; security suite also gets rolling.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 12/08/2006
Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and other companies are preparing to push for data-privacy legislation next year.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/08/2006
Microsoft issued an Advance Bulletin today stating it will release six fixes for various flaws next Tuesday as part of its regularly scheduled "Patch Tuesday" update.
Embattled former and current HP execs expected to settle state lawsuit over pretexting scandal
- By The Associated Press
- 12/07/2006
A newly disclosed flaw in Microsoft Word could let malicious hackers take control of victims' computers by sending them e-mail with a Word document attached.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/06/2006
Here’s a script that enumerates all shared folders on all computers in your domain.
Plus: Yahoo! e-mail addresses getting rejected by U.K. site, and yet another Microsoft exploit -- this time for PowerPoint.
A Romanian national was indicted on charges of hacking into more than 150 U.S. government computers, causing disruptions that cost NASA, the Energy Department and the Navy nearly $1.5 million.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/03/2006
The government warned on Thursday of a possible Internet attack on U.S. stock market and banking Web sites from a radical Muslim group, but officials said the threat was unconfirmed and seemed to pose no immediate danger.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/01/2006
Common security practices -- debunked.
- By Joern Wettern
- 12/01/2006
Whether you're running virtual, remote or somewhere in between, safeguarding information is vital.
U.S. judge tosses most of SCO Group Inc. claims over Linux code
- By The Associated Press
- 11/30/2006
The government issued an alert Thursday to U.S. stock market and banking Web sites about a possible Internet attack
- By The Associated Press
- 11/30/2006
U.S. companies will need to know more about where they store e-mails, instant messages and other electronic documents
- By The Associated Press
- 11/30/2006
A Romanian national was indicted on charges of hacking into more than 150 U.S. government computers, including NASA and Energy Dept.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/29/2006
EU report says that 50-80 percent of all e-mails are junk e-mails, with much of it coming from outside the EU nations.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/27/2006
EU alleges that SWIFT violated data protection laws in transferring data to U.S. to aid in anti-terror investigations.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/23/2006
Guidance Software Inc. said Thursday it's settled Federal Trade Commission charges stemming from a 2005 security failure that allowed hackers to access the credit card information of thousands of customers.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/17/2006
A former Source Media Inc. executive was charged with hacking into the company's computer system three years after he was dismissed, and tipping off employees whose jobs were in jeopardy, prosecutors said Wednesday.
- By The Associated Press
- 11/16/2006