Security tools ready for Vista launch   17 Jan 2007 23:28 GMT
It might be the most secure version of Windows yet, but Vista will still require outside help in protecting against common cyberthreats.
Source: ZDNet

MySpace developing parental-notification software   17 Jan 2007 17:22 GMT
"Zephyr" is designed to give parents access to their children's names, ages, and locations as listed on their profiles.
Source: ZDNet

Police maintain uneasy relations with cybervigilantes   17 Jan 2007 17:13 GMT
London-area police are working with certain cybervigilante groups as sources of information in the fight against online fraud.
Source: ZDNet

Dutch prosecutors seek jail time for botnet duo   17 Jan 2007 14:00 GMT
Two men charged in a computer hacking scheme that is believed to have infected more than one million computers also engaged in phishing, keylogging and denial-of-service attacks, according to Dutch prosecutors, and they need to go to jail for it.
Source: Computerworld

Privileged User Monitoring for SOX Compliance   17 Jan 2007 14:00 GMT
Source: Tizor. This white paper on database activity auditing for SOX compliance discusses the why and how of activity auditing including privileged user monitoring, tracking access failures, direct data SQL access events and database schema changes. It also provides insight into a best practices approach to segregation of duties without diminishing productivity.
Source: Computerworld

Oracle plugs 51 security flaws   17 Jan 2007 01:59 GMT
As part of its quarterly patch cycle, company on Tuesday released fixes for vulnerabilities that affect many of its software products.
Source: ZDNet

Attack code out for 'critical' Windows flaw   17 Jan 2007 01:09 GMT
Code that exploits a recently found flaw in the way Windows handles Vector Markup Language documents has been published.
Source: ZDNet

AOL phisher faces up to 101 years in prison   16 Jan 2007 23:14 GMT
Found guilty by a jury, a California man faces time in federal prison for sending out e-mail scams and related crimes.
Source: ZDNet

President signs pretexting bill into law   16 Jan 2007 22:05 GMT
Federal law makes it illegal to buy, sell or obtain personal phone records through fraudulent means.
Source: ZDNet

Persistent zombie attacks target Symantec corporate software   16 Jan 2007 21:17 GMT
Worm attacks are hitting users of the company's corporate antivirus software; its Norton consumer software is not affected.
Source: ZDNet