In what the "hacktivism" group Anonymous is calling the largest operation in the group's history, it is targeting government and multimedia sites in response to today's arrests and shut down of the file-sharing site Megauploads.
Research by Alienvault Labs has found a variant of the Sykipot Trojan that can be used to compromise the Defense Department's Common Access Cards.
- By Kevin McCaney
- 01/17/2012
Many Web sites will shut down Wednesday in opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), currently under consideration by the U.S. Congress.
In celebration of Bill Gates' Trustworthy Computing's (TwC) decade of operation, Microsoft released a retrospective of the company's quality assurance strategy.
As promised in its advance notification last week, Microsoft released seven security bulletins for this month.
The FBI is sounding out about a new variant of the Zeus Trojan that could allow hackers to access bank accounts by malicious e-mail.
- By Kevin McCaney
- 01/09/2012
Malware Suxnet and its sibling Duqu may be just the first of many malicious code attack programs discovered, according to Kaspersky Lab researchers.
- By William Jackson
- 01/09/2012
January's Security Update from Microsoft, arriving next Tuesday, will feature six fixes for Windows and one fix for Microsoft developer tools, according to the company's advance notice.
The "Lilupophilupop" SQL injection campaign has infected 1,070,000 URLs as of last weekend, according to the SANS Internet Storm Center.
A recently released Microsoft security bulletin targeted flaws in Microsoft .NET Framework which, if unpatched, could lead to an elevation of privilege attack.
Members of the Army Knowledge Online portal are being warned that their personal information may be at risk due to the recent hack of intelligence analysis company Strategic Forecasting by the online group Anonymous.
- By Kevin McCaney
- 01/03/2012
The BeyondTrust application is great for putting files on lockdown and preventing data leakage.
Microsoft announced today that it will automatically update users' Internet Explorer to the latest version their OS can support.
We run down the top security concerns of the year and speculate what their meanings will be for the future.
The FBI is working closely with international law enforcement agencies to fight cyber criminals on their own turf, said Shawn Henry, executive assistant director of the FBI's Cyber Response and Services Branch.
- By Henry Kenyon
- 12/13/2011
December's security update arrived today with 13 items to fix in Microsoft products, ranging from Windows to Office, and Internet Explorer too.
Microsoft is preparing lumps of coal for IT pros in the form of 14 bulletin items for next week's release of December's Security bulletin.
Adobe is warning of a new issue in Adobe Reader on Windows that could lead to attackers hijacking a system.
A newly introduced bill that aims to encourage the sharing of Internet security threat intelligence information between government and industry has gone to the House Intelligence Committee for markup.
- By William Jackson
- 12/02/2011
The Microsoft technical fellow discusses his new novel about dangerous malware a security expert must eliminate.