With China's economy cooling down, some of the country's IT professionals are turning to cybercrime, according to a Beijing-based security …
Adobe details secret PDF patches
Adobe Systems Inc. revealed today that it patched five critical vulnerabilities behind the scenes when it updated its Reader and …
Browsers: Good, fast or secure
When it comes to browsers, it seems that the main vendors are locked in the old design adage, but with …
A search is launched for Conficker’s first victim
Where did the Conficker worm come from? Researchers at the University of Michigan are trying to find out, using a …
IE 8 released, made available on Web
Microsoft Thursday released Internet Explorer 8, the next version of its Web browser that includes a number of corporate features, …
What it will take for mobile VoIP to get enterprise-ready
By all rights, mobile VoIP sounds like an enticing proposition for a lot of companies. After all, what enterprise wouldn't …
Researcher cracks Mac in 10 seconds at PWN2OWN, wins $5K
Charlie Miller, the security researcher who hacked a Mac in two minutes last year at CanSecWest's PWN2OWN contest, improved his …
HP, Cisco jab over virtualization bragging rights
Cisco's announcement Monday of a Unified Computing System for data centers quickly sparked a bragging battle about which vendor can …
Three reasons Microsoft shouldn’t port Windows to the ARM processor
Microsoft Corp. is facing increasing pressure to bring its mainstream Windows operating system to the ARM mobile CPU. But analysts …
Establishing End to End Trust
It is not an overstatement to say that the Internet has transformed the way we live. Social networking represents the …
Microsoft patches first critical bug in Windows 7 beta
Microsoft Corp. patched the first critical vulnerability in Windows 7 yesterday as it rolled out an update that fixes three …
Adobe patches zero-day PDF bug, mum on details
Adobe patched a critical vulnerability in its PDF viewing and editing software that hackers have been exploiting for more than …
Internet Explorer 8: Security Features for Enterprise Users
Over the past year, Internet Explorer has lost market share while browsers such as Mozilla's Firefox, Apple's Safari and even …
Microsoft won’t fix Excel bug on Patch Tuesday
Microsoft Corp. last week said that three Windows security updates, including one rated “critical,” will be released tomorrow. The company …
Unpatched PDF bug poses growing threat, say researchers
An unpatched bug in popular PDF viewing and editing applications is much more dangerous than first thought, according to security …
Security Implications of the Humble Computer Clock
Is the clock on every computer system in your organization set to the correct time? If your answer is no, …
Consider WAN optimization controllers, Gartner says
WAN optimization ranks among four technologies that research firm Gartner says have not been widely adopted in the midmarket – …
IBM looks to secure Internet banking with USB stick
IBM's Zurich research laboratory has developed a USB stick that the company says can ensure safe banking transactions even if …
Koobface worm to users: Be my Facebook friend
A worm that hit Facebook last December has resurfaced, a security researcher said today, and is now hijacking user accounts …
Getting network baselining right
While simple in concept, network baselining is often misunderstood. Baselining involves recording network traffic and performance, saving it for future …