A 17-year-old has been detained by Venezuelan authorities after hacking into multiple government Web sites.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/05/2007
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
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
E-commerce and online banking sites will be required to undergo extensive verification checks.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/25/2006
Spammers' focus has shifted from open relays to infected "zombie" computers.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/25/2006
Spanish police arrests 6 suspects for allegedly hacking financial data.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/21/2006
A computer administrator upset over the possibility of losing his job planted an electronic "bomb" in the systems of one of the nation's largest prescription drug management companies, prosecutors said Tuesday.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/20/2006
Sony BMG Music Entertainment will pay $1.5 million and kick in thousands more in customer refunds to settle lawsuits brought by California and Texas over music CDs that installed a hidden anti-piracy program on consumers' computers.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/20/2006
Systems administrator alleged to have planted logic bomb that could have wiped out critical patient data.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/19/2006
A computer worm is attacking some business PCs through a flaw in antivirus software by Symantec Corp., a security company warned Friday.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/18/2006