California report slams e-voting system security   27 Jul 2007 13:00 GMT
Security teams were able to bypass both physical and software security in every electronic voting machine tested at the behest of the California Secretary of State's office, according to a report released Friday. The state's review is the most thorough yet taken of voting machine technology in the U.S.

Source: Computerworld

Opinion: Are Chinese gadgets deadly, too?   27 Jul 2007 04:33 GMT
A rash of tainted food and toxic toys from China raise questions about the safety of cell phones.

Source: Computerworld

Researchers reveal another Firefox flaw   26 Jul 2007 13:00 GMT
Two security researchers posted proof-of-concept code that exploited another URL protocol-handling bug in the Firefox and Netscape browsers.

Source: Computerworld

Database admin at Fidelity National stole more data than thought   26 Jul 2007 13:00 GMT
Fidelity National Information Services now says that data on as many as 8.5 million consumers -- not just 2.3 million -- may have been exposed in a recent data breach.

Source: Computerworld

Symantec's first-quarter income falls to $95.2 million   25 Jul 2007 21:20 GMT
Reports lower profit as stock-based compensation costs, restructuring costs and acquisition-related adjustments reduced earnings.
Source: ZDNet

Real ID funding called inadequate   25 Jul 2007 13:00 GMT
Congress needs to allocate more money to states if they are to properly implement the requirements of the federal Real ID law, according to the National Governors Association.

Source: Computerworld

McAfee sets Rootkit Detective free   25 Jul 2007 13:00 GMT
The freeware program promises the ability to find and remove so-called rootkits -- self-cloaking malware attacks that install themselves as kernel modules or drivers and are most often used to hide other types of threats such as keyword-logging programs -- and send data about the attacks that are discovered back to McAfee.

Source: Computerworld

Study: Largest vendors account for fewer software flaws   25 Jul 2007 13:00 GMT
The top 10 most vulnerable software vendors are contributing a smaller percentage of all vulnerability disclosures per year compared to five years ago, a study by IBM's Internet Security Systems X-Force team has found.

Source: Computerworld

Classified U.S. military info, corporate data available over P2P   25 Jul 2007 13:00 GMT
A wealth of sensitive -- and in some cases classified -- government and corporate data is available on P2P networks after being leaked by users who installed file-sharing software on their computers, a House committee was told Tuesday.

Source: Computerworld

Spammers turn to Excel attachments   25 Jul 2007 13:00 GMT
Commtouch, which makes anti-spam and email security products, said it first began detecting Excel spreadsheet-based spam on 21 July. The

Source: Computerworld