"Mr. Safety" keeps watch on MySpace   07 Mar 2007 14:00 GMT
Fending off predators, preteens and malware perpetrators on the most-visited Web site in the nation? Meet the guy who's got the job you're glad you don't have.
Source: Computerworld

ID theft forecast: gloomy today, worse tomorrow   07 Mar 2007 14:00 GMT
The fight against identity theft in the U.S. isn't going so well, according to new research released by Gartner Inc. And it doesn't look like it's going to get better anytime soon.
Source: Computerworld

Rinbot worm won't go away   07 Mar 2007 14:00 GMT
Rinbot, the on-again, off-again threat that exploits a pair of long-patched vulnerabilities, may be back. But security researchers differ over how serious a threat it actually is.
Source: Computerworld

Ain't no such thing as turnkey disaster recovery   07 Mar 2007 14:00 GMT
As one user found out, crisis may shake management up and send them scurrying to identify disaster recovery solutions that work out of the box, but there's no guarantee by the vendor that they can instantly recover the data with their product.
Source: Computerworld

Adult spam reaches all-time low   07 Mar 2007 14:00 GMT
The security firm said that adult spam -- which it describes as offensive and inappropriate e-mails targeting people over 18 -- accounted for just 3% of the total spam sent during February.
Source: Computerworld

Microsoft TechFest provides glimpse of future   07 Mar 2007 14:00 GMT
Researchers showed off security, search and other upcoming technologies at this week's TechFest, the first time the event has ever been open to the public.
Source: Computerworld

'Adult' spam hits all-time low   07 Mar 2007 02:10 GMT
"Offensive" or "inappropriate" spam has been steadily declining, and in February only constituted 3 percent of junk mail, Symantec says.
Source: ZDNet

Intruder adds backdoor to WordPress blog software   07 Mar 2007 00:45 GMT
Unknown attacker breaks into a WordPress server and adds a remote control tool to downloadable versions of widely used blogging software.
Source: ZDNet

Study: Identity theft keeps climbing   06 Mar 2007 18:19 GMT
Identity theft victims are also losing more money and getting less of it back, research shows.
Source: ZDNet

Security flaws found in fix for Firefox, SeaMonkey   06 Mar 2007 16:07 GMT
Mozilla Foundation says patch issued in mid-December introduced vulnerability to browser and application suite.
Source: ZDNet