The nation's capitol has topped the list of cities with the highest risk of cybercrime, according to a new report by Symantec.
- By Kevin McCaney
- 02/17/2012
Adobe on Wednesday released a security update that fixed seven Flash Player vulnerabilities, including a zero-day cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw found by Google researchers.
Microsoft's February Security Update included an antivirus and security software "fix" that told users that Google.com was infected with the Blackhole Exploit Kit.
Microsoft today released its Security Update for the month of February, featuring four bulletin items classified as "critical" and five "important."
Anonymous last week took credit for attacks on state servers in Alabama and Mexican government sites.
- By Kevin McCaney
- 02/13/2012
Hackers attacked Microsoft's store in India Sunday night, making off with usernames and passwords of customers who have previously placed orders on the site.
Symantec has spotted a specially crafted Trojan that can exploit an Office hole that had been previously patched.
An industry-produced survey suggested that Web site attacks motivated by political considerations may be on the rise.
- By Kathleen Hickey
- 02/10/2012
While this month's Patch Tuesday will land on Valentine's Day, Microsoft will be delivering nine not-so-sweet bulletin items.
Internal data of Foxconn was hacked and leaked online in light of recent reports of the company's poor working conditions.
Microsoft recently described some improvements it made to System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection.
The group Anonymous took credit for the attack against the Boston Police Department public outreach blog site BPDnews.com.
- By William Jackson
- 02/03/2012
A U.S. program that aims to assure greater identity trust in online transactions has received some research and development funding.
- By William Jackson
- 02/03/2012
Knowing the basics of this pervasive protocol can be critical in troubleshooting and solving Windows security problems.
Targeted cyber crime threats are a growing concern of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to officials testifying at a Senate hearing this week.
Microsoft this month described a test service designed to help SQL Azure users monitor the security of their databases housed in Microsoft's cloud.
Fifteen companies, including Microsoft, Yahoo, Google and Facebook, have come together to form DMARC.org.
- By Kevin McCaney
- 01/30/2012
Malware might have infected more than 5 million Android mobile devices via deliberately corrupted apps sold in the Android Marketplace, according to security firm Symantec.
Security firm Symantec is advising customers of its pcAnywhere to deactivate the remote desk software after individuals from the Anonymous hacker group allegedly stole the source code of the software.
The first set of guidelines for managing security and privacy issues in cloud computing has been finalized by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
- By Rutrell Yasin
- 01/25/2012