Security News

EU panel asks Swift to stop giving banking data to US 26 Nov 2006 14:00 GMT
An independent panel set up by the European Commission has ruled that the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication violated EU data-privacy laws by turning over information to U.S. authorities conducting terrorism investigations.

Source: Computerworld

Google defends against Belgian newspaper copyright case 26 Nov 2006 14:00 GMT
A trio of lawyers representing Google in a Belgian court on Friday made a spirited multi-faceted defense of the site's practices of caching and summarizing newspaper articles.

Source: Computerworld

Study: Oracle database software has more flaws than SQL Server 25 Nov 2006 14:00 GMT
Research by a British security firm shows that Oracle reported and fixed far more vulnerabilities in its database products compared to Microsoft's SQL Server database.

Source: Computerworld

Critical Firefox hole allows password theft 23 Nov 2006 14:00 GMT
A vulnerability in Firefox's Password Manager software earlier this week has been assigned a critical-level rating by project developers.

Source: Computerworld

Firefox, IE vulnerable to fake login pages? 22 Nov 2006 15:09 GMT
Flaw could enable attackers to compromise usernames and passwords, security researcher warns, citing exploit on MySpace.
Source: ZDNet

Microsoft lawsuits reeling in alleged phishers 22 Nov 2006 13:14 GMT
Company's 129 lawsuits filed in Europe and the Middle East over the past eight months include 97 criminal procedures.
Source: ZDNet

IBM, Cray win DARPA supercomputer contracts 22 Nov 2006 12:09 GMT
IBM and Cray will each get more than $240 million to design new supercomputer prototypes for DARPA.

Source: Computerworld

Attack code targets zero-day Mac OS flaw 21 Nov 2006 22:17 GMT
The unpatched security hole could be used by a remote attacker to compromise a vulnerable Mac, advisories say.
Source: ZDNet

Financial institutions urged to look beyond FFIEC rules 21 Nov 2006 14:00 GMT
Financial institutions looking to meet a Dec. 31 deadline calling for stronger online authentication need to consider other risk mitigation measures as well.

Source: Computerworld

AV software now a subscription situation 21 Nov 2006 14:00 GMT
Antivirus software is now generally sold as a subscription-type service, which is helpful for keeping users up to date but potentially nightmarish when it's time to cancel accounts.