Universities have become attractive targets for hackers who are taking advantage of the openness of the schools' networks, their decentralized security and the personal information they keep on millions of young adults.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/18/2006
UCLA breach latest among several universities to have student records hacked. Breach went undetected for more than a year, affects about 40,000 students.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/17/2006
Worm hits some systems using Norton Antivirus, even though company issued patch back in May.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/15/2006
A former UBS PaineWebber systems administrator was sentenced Wednesday to eight years and one month in prison for attempting to profit by detonating a "logic bomb" program that prosecutors said caused millions of dollars in damage to the brokerage's computer network in 2002.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/14/2006
Microsoft Corp. today announced a bevy of patches -- seven, in all -- that address vulnerabilities in its Visual Studio IDE and Windows operating environments.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 12/12/2006
Payless ShoeSource, Burlington Coat Factory pay up for using unlicensed software.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/12/2006
Microsoft Corp. took great pains to improve security in its newly released computer operating system, Windows Vista, redesigning it to reduce users' exposure to destructive programs from the Internet. Outside researchers commend the retooled approach -- yet they also say the changes won't make online life much safer than it is now.
- By The Associated Press
- 12/11/2006
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