Apple fixes iTunes for Vista, patches QuickTime bugs   06 Mar 2007 14:00 GMT
Apple Inc. has updated iTunes to better run on Windows Vista -- although "a few" problems still remain -- and released a security update for QuickTime.
Source: Computerworld

How to protect your network against Skype   06 Mar 2007 14:00 GMT
Skype expert and author Michael Gough details several tips to lessen Skype security risks, including using his own specialized scripts.
Source: Computerworld

How dangerous is Skype?   06 Mar 2007 14:00 GMT
Skype expert Michael Gough examines the top five security misconceptions about the free peer-to-peer VoIP/IM application.
Source: Computerworld

McAfee names ex-EMC executive as new CEO   06 Mar 2007 00:53 GMT
The security company, which has been without a permanent CEO since October, taps Dave DeWalt to be its new chief.
Source: ZDNet

Microsoft patches Xbox 360   05 Mar 2007 23:32 GMT
Vulnerability could have let Xbox owners run their own applications or operating systems like Linux on the console.
Source: ZDNet

Apple plugs eight QuickTime holes   05 Mar 2007 22:47 GMT
Vulnerabilities in Apple's widely used QuickTime media player software can expose both Macs and Windows PCs to attack.
Source: ZDNet

Hacker steals data from French presidential candidate   05 Mar 2007 18:30 GMT
Hacker used the Internet to steal list of officials who had agreed to back far-right presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen.
Source: ZDNet

Wal-Mart fires technician who recorded phone calls   05 Mar 2007 14:00 GMT
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said it fired a systems technician for intercepting text messages of people who were not Wal-Mart employees and for recording telephone conversations with a New York Times reporter without authorization.
Source: Computerworld

Vista activation crack a 'joke,' says hacker   05 Mar 2007 14:00 GMT
An anonymous hacker who claimed last week to have found a way to generate valid Windows Vista activation codes now says his crack was a joke. But some users who tried it say it worked for them.
Source: Computerworld

‘Back-hacker’ Says Sandia Tried to Keep Probe of Breach Quiet   05 Mar 2007 14:00 GMT
Q&A: Shawn Carpenter, a former security analyst at Sandia National Laboratories who has been awarded $4.3 million for wrongful termination, claims that Sandia tried to block him from disclosing information about a Chinese hacking ring.
Source: Computerworld