Every company has precious data it needs to protect. While every organization's needs are unique, some best practices can go a long way toward preventing data leakage.
The most common software exploit type in the first half of 2011 was associated with vulnerabilities in Oracle's Java Runtime Environment (JRE), according to a Microsoft Security Intelligence Report, released last month.
Federal authorities seized control of 150 Web sites known to sell knockoff products today.
- By Kevin McCaney
- 11/27/2011
The World Wide Web Consortium has released a draft standard for establishing do-not-track preferences of Web users.
- By Kevin McCaney
- 11/17/2011
Windows 8 will arrive with a promise to minimize the amount of mandatory restarts needed after the installation of monthly and out-of-band Windows updates.
An academic study found that various tools designed to provide users with online privacy protections, including Microsoft's, were too difficult to use.
- By Kathleen Hickey
- 11/14/2011
U.S. federal authorities have taken down a malware operation that has been responsible for infecting millions of computers worldwide.
A workaround released by Microsoft to block a vulnerability that could lead to the Duqu worm installing itself is causing issues with graphics driver managing font displays.
- By William Jackson
- 11/08/2011
Microsoft released its security update for November today with only four bulletins -- one item deemed "critical," two "important" and one "moderate."
Redmond doubles down on its emerging client OS, which promises to support legacy and "Metro style" applications on two different hardware platforms.
- By Kurt Mackie, Jeffrey Schwartz, Keith Ward, Doug Barney
- 11/05/2011
Microsoft today released a workaround, documented in Security Advisory 2639658, that will prevent the Duqu malware from entering a targeted system through a Windows kernel issue.
Microsoft's Patch Tuesday is looking somewhat light for next week.
University of British Columbia researchers were able to gain access to Facebook with a herd of automated "socialbots."
- By William Jackson
- 11/03/2011
A zero-day vulnerability discovered on Tuesday by Microsoft is being targeted by attackers as an open door to spread the Duqu malware.
Your picks for 2011's best Windows IT products in a wide variety of categories.
Close to 50 industrial companies were attacked in recent months by a readily available Trojan designed for information gathering.
The Linux Foundation, along with Red Hat and Canonical, has staked out positions on the secure boot procedure.
A congressional report claiming that the Chinese military may have hacked into two U.S. satellites was denied by Chinese officials and said the U.S. government had unspecified "ulterior motives"in blaming the country.
- By Kevin McCaney
- 10/31/2011
Lawyers for Microsoft have come to an out-of-court settlement with Czech Republic-based Dotfree Group and its owner over involvement in the Kelihos botnet ring.
According to a report presented to Congress, China was the origin of an attack that targeted RSA security and 760 government agencies and companies in March.
- By Kevin McCaney
- 10/26/2011