Security News

New Web scam: Pssst... wanna buy a house? 07 Aug 2007 12:25 GMT
A new scam turning up online combines a 419-style e-mail pitch with information gleaned over time from victim's participation on online property forums.

Source: Computerworld

Aussies rage against the Microsoft machine over Vista security feature 07 Aug 2007 10:22 GMT
Fuming over Microsoft's refusal to allow the company to load unsigned drivers into Vista, Australian security company Linchpin Labs suggested Tuesday that Redmond get its own security house in order before lobbing accusations of threatening behavior at other vendors' products.

Source: Computerworld

Mozilla: 10-day patch guarantee 'not our policy' 07 Aug 2007 10:22 GMT
Cooler heads appear to have prevailed at Mozilla after Black Hat, with company officials backpedaling from Mike Schaver's claim that the company would patch any critical-level vuln in Firefox within "ten [bleep]ing days."

Source: Computerworld

Kittens could sink their teeth into spam deluge 07 Aug 2007 10:22 GMT
Visual mechanisms for sorting the humans from the spammers are gaining ground among those looking to battle back the bots. Microsoft has been working on the problem, and have a few tricks up its sleeve -- as well as a nice gesture for an animal-adoption charity.

Source: Computerworld

E-voting must stop, warns UK Electoral Commission 07 Aug 2007 09:20 GMT
Electronic voting's terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad summer continues, as voting officials in the United Kingdom call for a halt to e-voting unless the systems can be provably improved and secured.

Source: Computerworld

Judge reverses Microsoft patent award 07 Aug 2007 09:20 GMT
A pitched battle over patents related to MP3 technology saw a major reversal Monday, as a district judge reversed one ruling against Microsoft and said that the court making the original ruling didn't have jurisdiction in the other.

Source: Computerworld

Sharp hits Samsung with LCD patent suit 07 Aug 2007 09:20 GMT
Two flat-panel display giants appear set to square off, as Sharp on Monday filed a patent-infringement suit against rival Samsung.

Source: Computerworld

Patches in ten f***ing days? Not really, says Mozilla 06 Aug 2007 18:37 GMT
Mozilla has moved swiftly to put the kibosh on late-night chatter that it can turn around patches for security flaws within ten days.The "ten f-ing days" boast came directly from Mozilla Director of Ecosystem Development Mike Shaver during a Black Hat party conversation with hacker Robert "RSnake" Hansen.We showed up,...
Source: ZDNet

Apple 'negligent' in patching OS X's open-source parts, says researcher 06 Aug 2007 13:00 GMT
Apple Inc.'s lackadaisical updating of the open-source components it uses in Mac OS X is inexcusable and negligent, according to Charles Miller, a researcher with Independent Security Evaluators.

Source: Computerworld

Microsoft becoming 'software police,' say users 06 Aug 2007 13:00 GMT
In a move that annoyed some users, Microsoft Corp. last week had the digital certificate of a free utility yanked because the program circumvented a security feature in Windows Vista.