Research In Motion Ltd., maker of the popular BlackBerry smartphone, yesterday warned users of a critical bug that can expose …
Microsoft plugs critical Exchange, IE holes
Microsoft Corp. today patched eight vulnerabilities — three of them marked “critical” — in Internet Explorer, Office, Exchange and SQL …
Don’t be a data loss victim
Somebody was siphoning customer financial data from a chain of gas station/convenience stores. The perpetrator covered his tracks so well …
Kaspersky says Web hack ‘should not have happened’
It's the worst thing that can happen to a computer security vendor: This weekend, Moscow's Kaspersky Lab was hacked. A …
HP urges LaserJet users to patch printers
Hewlett-Packard Co. has warned owners of some of its laser printers to update their devices' firmware or risk having remote …
Security problems still plague retailers’ wireless LANs
A large-scale scan by Motorola's AirDefense group has found that wireless LAN vulnerabilities in retailer networks though much improved over …
Critical Flaw in RealPlayer, Firefox Fixes
A serious flaw in the RealPlayer media player from RealNetworks could allow an attacker to take control of a victim …
Cisco warns of four WLAN controller vulnerabilities
Cisco issued a security alert warning of a quartet of vulnerabilities affecting all of its wireless LAN controllers, including the …
Google faces criminal charges in Italian court
In what is believed to be the first instance of a privacy executive being held accountable for his firm's actions, …
Automated healthcare can reduce medical complications
The level of technology deployed by hospitals to help doctors and nurses automate their work can mean the difference between …
How secure is Firefox?
Mozilla's open source Firefox browser has made a significant dent in Internet Explorer's dominant market share. Much of its popularity …
Malicious Web sites on the rise, AVG notes
Web sites rigged with malicious code are becoming more numerous by the day, but the time those sites are online …
3G networks don’t deliver speeds, Gartner says
The 3G networks of all four major U.S. wireless carriers deliver slower speeds than customers expect, according to Gartner Inc., …
Cisco delivers security, storage, UC for small business
The products include security, storage and unified communications platforms (compare unified communications products) designed to be inexpensive and easy to …
Monster.com reports theft of user data
Monster.com is advising its users to change their passwords after data including e-mail addresses, names and phone numbers were stolen …
Virtual desktops getting security boost
Businesses looking for safer virtual desktops can cut the risk of attacks if they run their virtual-machine hypervisors directly on …
Conficker hitting hardest in Asia, Latin America
Computer networks in Asia and Latin America are the most susceptible to a fast-spreading computer worm, which has infected between …
Are you prepared for war?
Granted, a degree of hyperbole might exist in the above statements but then again it is not entirely far from …
Holiday season saw spike in Trojan & spam activity
The year-end holiday season saw a surge in Trojan activity and spam worldwide, according to network security provider Fortinet. According …
Brocade’s new CTO takes aim at Cisco
Just a few months ago, Dave Stevens began his second stint as CTO of Brocade. But this time, the company …