Security News

Yahoo Messenger zero-day exploits on the loose 07 Jun 2007 13:00 GMT
A researcher has posted exploit code that attackers can use to hijack Windows machines via Yahoo Inc.'s Messenger instant messaging software.

Source: Computerworld

The politics of wiretapping and encryption 07 Jun 2007 13:00 GMT
Before public-key technology, cryptography always required centralized facilities to manufacture and distribute keys,a feature particularly compatible with the top-down organization of the military. By contrast, public-key cryptography was developed to support the interactions of businesses in a community of equals.

Source: Computerworld

Resort dumps Symantec's antispam product 07 Jun 2007 11:20 GMT
Australia's Kingfisher Bay Resort, under attack from increasingly clever spammers, has gone public with its decision to switch from Symantec's antispam product to a competitor. The incident spotlights the difficulty of keeping such products "up to scratch."

Source: Computerworld

Zango zapped in first part of PC Tools legal battle 07 Jun 2007 11:20 GMT
A district judge has handed adware company Zango (the former 180Solutions) a defeat in its legal battle against antimalware company PC Tools.

Source: Computerworld

Microsoft grants Linux patent amnesty to LG Electronics 07 Jun 2007 10:17 GMT
A fifth cross-licensing agreement between Microsoft and a Linux-using company was announced late Wednesday. LG Electronics is the latest company to make a deal related to Microsoft's unproven claims to Linux-related patents.

Source: Computerworld

IBM to catch Watchfire security technology 06 Jun 2007 13:06 GMT
Acquisition designed to help IBM customers reduce security risks, ensure regulation compliance early in software development process.
Source: ZDNet

Guilty verdict dropped in spyware case against teacher 06 Jun 2007 13:00 GMT
After facing 40 years in jail for her response to a spyware infection, middle school teacher Julie Amero has been granted a new trial.

Source: Computerworld

Researchers: Maybe IIS issues not Microsoft's fault 06 Jun 2007 13:00 GMT
Security researchers say Google may be onto something with its research on whether IIS servers are more likely to be vulnerable to malware. But there could be a plethora of reasons why that's the case.

Source: Computerworld

Retailers urge caution in drafting of federal data breach law 06 Jun 2007 13:00 GMT
The National Retail Federation told lawmakers today to go slowly in adopting any federal data breach law that would impose the same data security requirements on retailers as they do on financial institutions.

Source: Computerworld

Missing UK bank customer data was not encrypted 06 Jun 2007 13:00 GMT
A lost CD-ROM with information on 62,000 mortgage customers of the UK's HBOS banking group shouldn't have been sent through the standard mail system, and it definitely should have been encrypted. But it was and it wasn't.