Windows defense handcuffs good guys   10 Aug 2006 21:55 GMT
Microsoft's PatchGuard is designed to keep out malicious code. Security firms complain it's keeping them at bay, but not intruders.
Source: ZDNet

Rails users urged to fix flaw immediately   10 Aug 2006 17:45 GMT
Flaw is so serious that Ruby on Rails team is withholding specifics until users have had chance to apply patch.
Source: ZDNet

U.S. DOT laptop with personal data on 133,000 Floridians stolen   10 Aug 2006 13:00 GMT
A laptop with personal data and the Social Security numbers of about 133,000 Florida residents was stolen late last month from a U.S. government vehicle.
Source: Computerworld

Major cellphone service outage reported in New York   10 Aug 2006 13:00 GMT
Sprint Nextel Corp. said an outage of its cellphone service in parts of the New York borough of Queens was caused by water damage to network equipment due to a burst pipe.
Source: Computerworld

Technology for rescuing stolen laptops   10 Aug 2006 13:00 GMT
Internet tracking, kill switches or encryption, or a combination of the three can help find stolen laptops or prevent exposure of confidential data.
Source: Computerworld

CEO: AOL breach would not happen at Google   10 Aug 2006 13:00 GMT
Without going into details, he said there are security measures in place at Google that would prevent a company employee from releasing information about user search histories.
Source: Computerworld

U.S. pushes air security alert to red for first time   10 Aug 2006 11:50 GMT
The alert comes after Britain said it foiled a plot to blow up flights to the United States; 21 people are being held.
Source: ZDNet

Police: Bomb plot foiled for U.K.-U.S. flights   10 Aug 2006 11:46 GMT
Carry-on luggage and all liquids, including drinks, banned from commercial flights from Britain to U.S.
U.S. pushes air security alert to red for first time
Source: ZDNet

Symantec picks away at Vista's core   09 Aug 2006 22:01 GMT
In third report on Windows Vista security, Symantec lauds Microsoft's work, but finds some flaws. Redmond calls report old news.
Source: ZDNet

Homeland Security: Fix your Windows   09 Aug 2006 17:37 GMT
In rare alert, department urges people to plug a worm hole in the Microsoft operating system as soon as possible.
Source: ZDNet