Computer malware has been a big problem for decades, but it seems to be on the upswing lately, requiring a thorough response.
The hacker group Lulz Security has claimed responsibility for breaking into the U.S. Senate's Web site over the weekend.
- By Kathleen Hickey
- 06/15/2011
What some security pros are calling the beginning of a long hot summer for Windows security jumped off in earnest with the June patch that features 16 bulletins -- nine "critical" and seven deemed "important."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 06/14/2011
According to market research firm Gartner's newly revised forecast, growth of PC shipments will dip down into the single digits this year due to shifts in consumer spending.
According to Turkey's government news organization, Anadolu Agency, the Turkish authorities had arrested 32 Anonymous members in 12 cities in connection with attacks on government Web sites, Computerworld reported.
- By Kevin McCaney
- 06/14/2011
Windows IT pros can expect a really busy June if the advance notification for this month's security update is any indication.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 06/09/2011
Citigroup has confirmed that over 200,000 Citibank credit card users have had their names, e-mail addresses and account numbers stolen by hackers.
The recent attack on Lockheed Martin, the defense contractor, was done with stolen data from RSA Security SucurID authentication token, the RSA confirmed.
- By William Jackson
- 06/07/2011
Spearphishing and malware attacks via mobile systems, particularly targeting the Android platform, are on the rise, according to a report from software security firm McAfee.
- By William Jackson
- 06/06/2011
According to Google, Jinan, China-based hackers accessed hundreds of users, including U.S. government officials, military personnel, journalists, Chinese political activists and officials of several Asian countries, most of them in South Korea.
- By Kevin McCaney
- 06/02/2011
According to Rosario Valotta, an Italian security researcher, a security breach of Internet Explorer could occur if a hacker hijacks session cookies from users' visits to a Web site.
Google today has released Chrome version 11.0.696.71 which fixes four vulnerabilities in its browser.
Security management is possible in Windows, but it's not always easy.
The U.S. Government's guidelines for interagency and international cooperation to establish norms for responsible behavior in cyberspace, called International Strategy for Cyberspace, was released on Monday.
- By William Jackson
- 05/17/2011
Bloomberg News is reporting this morning that the hackers who attacked Sony's PlayStation Network -- which was down for almost a month -- used Amazon's cloud service to stage their attacks.
Sony is showing competing technology companies how not to handle an outage.
Google is speaking out after Monday's news that a French security firm had found a zero-day exploit in Chrome's code.
Microsoft's May patch arrived as expected, with just two security bulletins, one deemed "critical" and one considered "important."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/10/2011
French security firm Vupen claimed today that it discovered a zero-day exploit of the Google Chrome Web browser running on Windows.
According to a recent study by the Ponemon Institute, and sponsored by CA, cloud computing customers and venders may not be paying enough attention to cloud security issues.
- By Kathleen Hickey
- 05/09/2011