Security News

Mac QuickTime exploit emerges 29 Nov 2007 14:00 GMT
Sample attack code that exploits the latest QuickTime vulnerability has been released, security researchers warned today.

Source: Computerworld

Cops raid lair of botmaster blamed for 1 million infections 29 Nov 2007 14:00 GMT
New Zealand police working with the FBI raided the home of person accused of conscripting over a million computers into an evil botnet army. No arrests were made -- and yet the U.S. agency believes the mission was a success.

Source: Computerworld

Google gets extension in Northeastern patent suit 29 Nov 2007 13:34 GMT
The patent-infringement suit filed against Google by Jarg and Northeastern University will be cooling its papery heels until after the holidays.

Source: Computerworld

Advertiser settles FTC 'test it, keep it' charges for $650,000 29 Nov 2007 13:34 GMT
Deceptive spam messages sent on behalf of the likes of Blockbuster, Netflix, Citibank and other clients will cost online advertiser Adteractive $650,000, according to the terms of an FTC settlement announced Wednesday.

Source: Computerworld

Q&A: Agencies were asked to hold back their smart-card rollouts, says fed CIO 29 Nov 2007 12:29 GMT
Karen Evans, the administrator of e-government and IT at the White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB), explains why it's not a bad thing that most federal agencies have missed their deadlines for issuing the tamper-proof smart card identity credentials called Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards.

Source: Computerworld

Study: 'Huge jump' in Microsoft flaws since last year 29 Nov 2007 08:00 GMT
The number of security holes found in Microsoft software between 2006 and 2007 has risen threefold, says vulnerability-scanning company Qualys. The past year has seen a massive increase in the number of flaws found in Microsoft software, according to vulnerability-scanning company Qualys. Between 2006 and...
Source: ZDNet

Insecurity in the digital world 28 Nov 2007 19:51 GMT
Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod examines what's become the soft underbelly of our increasingly electronic era. More and more, we are going paperless, with all sorts of information stored electronically. Of course, there are many advantages to maintaining information in electronic form. But this column is not...
Source: ZDNet

Google expunges malware sites from search results 28 Nov 2007 14:00 GMT
Researchers say Google now looks clean after massive search subversion, but the company won't even admit there was a problem.

Source: Computerworld

Three takeaways from the SANS Top 20 (sort of) Internet Security Risk List 28 Nov 2007 14:00 GMT
The yearly SANS Top 20 list of Net security risks may only have 18 entries this year, but don't mistake that for a sign that things are calming down.

Source: Computerworld

Hacker steals non-profits' data from marketing firm 28 Nov 2007 14:00 GMT
A slipup that revealed one employee's login and password information cascaded into a data breach that revealed sensitive information on nearly 100 nonprofit organizations -- and just in time for the giving season, too.