Hackers control PCs while users unaware   21 Sep 2007 13:00 GMT
Computer security experts estimate that tens of millions of personal computers are infected with malicious software. Some are keyloggers, recording every key stroke that the user enters -- sending valuable bank account information, passwords and credit card numbers to hackers.

Source: Computerworld

Q&A Part 2: Microsoft's Charney says consumers play 'a huge part' in security risks   21 Sep 2007 13:00 GMT
Although Microsoft Corp. has long been criticized for security flaws in its software, those days -- while not exactly over -- are receding, according to Scott Charney, corporate vice president of the company's Trustworthy Computing initiative. This is part 2 of a two-part interview.

Source: Computerworld

Analyst: Virtualization set to boost mobile security   21 Sep 2007 12:47 GMT
Technology to help tackle problem of data loss from corporate mobile devices, but the tools won't exist until 2012, Gartner says. LONDON--Virtualization will be a key technology to help companies beef up security on corporate mobile devices, Gartner says. The technology is predicted to be used to...
Source: ZDNet

Researcher sees potential iPhone security problems   21 Sep 2007 12:29 GMT
While there currently are no specific iPhone security threats, a researcher says that there are several security concerns that could lead to trouble.

Source: Computerworld

Hacker finds PDF bug as serious as Firefox flaw   21 Sep 2007 12:29 GMT
The same hacker who has found recent flaws in QuickTime and Windows Media Player claims to have discovered a PDF bug.

Source: Computerworld

News to know: Vista DRM; Flash drives; Adobe zero-day; Blacklisted iPhones   21 Sep 2007 10:14 GMT
Notable headline: Ed Bott: Everything you've read about Vista DRM is wrong (Part 3). Robin Harris: Will flash EVER replace disk? Ryan Naraine: 'High risk' zero-day flaw haunts Adobe Acrobat, Reader. Jason O'Grady: Apple blacklisting hacked iPhones? ...
Source: ZDNet

Skype troubleshooting tips: just one of many 'Net telephony eHows   21 Sep 2007 01:53 GMT
In the first Internet boom, the website eHow was an online community of experts who posted some 15,000 step-by-step how-to articles before eHow crashed and burned back around 2001. For four years, that archive was preserved on the Web as a frozen moment in time, a...
Source: ZDNet

'High risk' zero-day flaw haunts Adobe Acrobat, Reader   20 Sep 2007 23:30 GMT
Adobe's ever-present Acrobat/PDF Reader software is prone to a nasty code execution vulnerability that could expose Windows users to PC takeover attacks. Details of the flaw, which affects Windows XP SP2 with IE7 and Adobe Reader 8.1, 8.0 and 7 are being kept under wraps until Adobe...
Source: ZDNet

China leads Asia in malicious online activity   20 Sep 2007 16:14 GMT
Report finds that China topped the region in the first half of 2007, producing the most malicious code, spam zombies, bots and attacks. China leads Asia in malicious online activity, racking up 42 percent of the action in the first half of 2007, up from 39 percent last...
Source: ZDNet

VMware patch batch fixes 20 security flaws   20 Sep 2007 15:59 GMT
Virtualization software specialist VMware has shipped a batch of "critical" security updates to cover gaping holes in a wide range of its server and workstation products. An advisory from VMware lists a total of 20 different vulnerabilities affecting all supported versions of VMware ESX Server, VMware Server,...
Source: ZDNet