Security News

Quantum cryptography to secure ballots in Swiss election 11 Oct 2007 13:00 GMT
Advanced encryption technology will be in play in the Geneva region of Switzerland later this month, as a new form of protection in development for a decade gets a test drive.

Source: Computerworld

Now it's Pfizer's employees' spouses' turn to suffer data compromise 11 Oct 2007 13:00 GMT
The fourth data compromise of the year for Pfizer employees afflicts their spouses as well -- but this time, it's probably not the company's fault.

Source: Computerworld

Word exploit loose, according to Microsoft, Symantec 11 Oct 2007 13:00 GMT
The attack, apparently crafted using a document created with the Mac version of Word, exploits a vulnerability in Word that Microsoft had patched just one day earlier.

Source: Computerworld

Update: Microsoft to patch Windows Uniform Resource Identifier bug 11 Oct 2007 13:00 GMT
Microsoft yesterday acknowledged a bug in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 that could let attackers hijack machines using malformed Uniform Resource Identifiers and said it would fix the problem.

Source: Computerworld

California state site can't shake porn problems 11 Oct 2007 12:03 GMT
A hacked Web site responsible for the near-shutdown of the state of California's Internet servers is hosting porn again.

Source: Computerworld

Student who disclosed security breach to campus paper barely escapes expulsion 10 Oct 2007 13:00 GMT
A Western Oregon University student who gave his student newspaper a file containing students' personal data found on a publicly accessible university server is... still a student at Western Oregon University.

Source: Computerworld

FTC targets spammers hawking weight-loss products 10 Oct 2007 13:00 GMT
Both CAN-SPAM and the new U.S. Safe Web Act are violated by an international group sending junk e-mails for human growth hormone (HGH) and hoodia weight-loss products.

Source: Computerworld

E-mail boosts productivity, IM poses threats, survey says 10 Oct 2007 13:00 GMT
Dimension Data study shows IT managers are more aware of the new risks associated with unified communications, while IT users may not be.

Source: Computerworld

France breaks deadlock on patent translation accord 10 Oct 2007 13:00 GMT
After protracted delay, France has ratified the Community Patent, an agreement that simplifies the translation requirements for all patent applicants in the European Union.

Source: Computerworld

Microsoft changes tune, may patch IE7 bug 10 Oct 2007 13:00 GMT
Microsoft has reopened an investigation into a protocol-handling bug in IE and may eventually offer a patch.