Hackers find use for Google Code Search
Google has inadvertently given online attackers a new tool.
Robert McMillan | 09 Oct | Read more
Google has inadvertently given online attackers a new tool.
Robert McMillan | 09 Oct | Read more
When Windows Vista ships next year, customers might have a tougher time getting their security software to work properly, according to executives from Symantec.
Robert McMillan | 21 Sep | Read more
Cisco Systems has been unable to reproduce a security flaw reported in its PIX firewall appliance earlier this month, the networking company said Tuesday.
Robert McMillan | 15 Aug | Read more
The Web site offered to sell stolen credit card information for US$100, but it was the title of the poster that caught FBI agent Thomas X Grasso Jr.'s attention. The cybercriminal identified himself as a "Capo di capo" -- a boss of bosses, in Mafia parlance.
Robert McMillan | 07 Aug | Read more
Cisco Systems just can't seem to make it through the Black Hat USA conference unscathed. On Wednesday a security researcher showed how an unpatched vulnerability in the company's PIX firewall appliances that could allow outside attackers to gain access to corporate networks.
Robert McMillan | 07 Aug | Read more
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is stepping up its fight against online fraud with a new initiative called Operation Identity Shield, according to a senior FBI official.
Robert McMillan | 03 Aug | Read more
A Seattle-based security researcher has devised a way to test for net neutrality.
Robert McMillan | 03 Aug | Read more
Microsoft's Vista developers can't catch a break these days. After years of warnings from security researchers that old code in Windows was creating security risks, the software giant decided to rewrite key parts of the operating system.
Robert McMillan | 25 Jul | Read more
Cisco Systems's products will again come under scrutiny again at this year's Black Hat USA 2006 conference, which kicks off later this month in Las Vegas.
Robert McMillan | 20 Jul | Read more
A little-known capability in Google's search engine has helped security vendor Websense uncover thousands of malicious Web sites as well as several legitimate sites that have been hacked, the company said.
Robert McMillan | 10 Jul | Read more
A free Web browser that bills itself as a tool for privacy protection is, in fact, a click-fraud engine for pornographic Web sites, security vendor Panda Software warned Friday.
Robert McMillan | 26 Jun | Read more
Security researchers have found a way to seize control of a laptop computer by manipulating buggy code in the system's wireless device driver.
Robert McMillan | 22 Jun | Read more
Soccer purists can breathe a sigh of relief. There is no Naked World Cup.
Robert McMillan | 21 Jun | Read more
Microsoft's foray into the corporate antivirus desktop space will come in the first half of 2007, company executives said Monday.
Robert McMillan | 13 Jun | Read more
The bad blood between Cisco Systems and organizers of the Black Hat conference appears to be a thing of the past.
Robert McMillan | 15 Jun | Read more