Securing Virtualized Infrastructures   15 Mar 2007 04:22 GMT
(Source: Blue Lane) Building production-ready security for virtualized environments requires new security thinking. This Nemertes issue paper explains the new challenges inherent with virtualized environments and how to address those challenges.
Source: Computerworld

Microsoft probes possible IE 7 phishing hole   15 Mar 2007 01:06 GMT
Vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7 error message could help cybercrooks obscure phishing scams.
Source: ZDNet

Google adding search privacy protections   14 Mar 2007 22:07 GMT
Privacy experts say the plan is a step in the right direction, but more could be done.
Source: ZDNet

Trend Micro acquires HijackThis antispyware tool   14 Mar 2007 21:39 GMT
Updated version of HijackThis and a new Trend Micro safe-browsing tool are due next week.
Source: ZDNet

OpenBSD hit by 'critical' IPv6 flaw   14 Mar 2007 18:17 GMT
A security hole in the way OpenBSD handles IPv6 data packets exposes systems running the open-source OS to serious attack.
Source: ZDNet

Google to make search logs anonymous   14 Mar 2007 13:00 GMT
After talks with leading privacy thinkers, Google has announced that it will start making its records about users' searches anonymous after 18 to 24 months.
Source: Computerworld

Researcher: Cingular, Travelocity tied to spyware outfits   14 Mar 2007 13:00 GMT
An antispyware activist has uncovered proof that Travelocity and Cingular, despite having agreed to not use advertising services that distribute adware and spyware, have done so recently.
Source: Computerworld

McAfee, Trend Micro fix flaws in their antivirus software   14 Mar 2007 13:00 GMT
McAfee and Trend Micro yesterday confirmed flaws in their security software that could let hackers hijack systems or crash the operating system. The vulnerabilities have now been patched.
Source: Computerworld

Democrats grill FCC about neutrality, surveillance, more   14 Mar 2007 13:00 GMT
Surveying the FCC's accomplishments in the three years since commissioners were last been required to make an account before a House oversight committee, some representatives question whether recent Republican supervision on such issues as emegency preparedness, NSA surveillance and Net neutrality wasn't somewhat lax.
Source: Computerworld

Forget hackers; companies responsible for most data breaches, study says   14 Mar 2007 13:00 GMT
Corporate errors are more likely to be behind the spate of data breaches in recent years -- not hackers -- according to a study by the University of Washington, Seattle.
Source: Computerworld