Hackers have been exploiting a critical bug in Adobe Reader, the popular PDF-viewing software, for at least nine days, researchers …
9 Dirty Tricks: Social Engineers’ Favorite Pick-Up Lines
What the average guy might call a con is known in the security world as social engineering. Social engineering is …
Conficker worm gets an evil twin
The new variant, dubbed Conficker B++, was spotted three days ago by SRI International researchers, who published details of the …
Researchers detail Intel TXT hacks at Black Hat
Two security researchers fleshed out details today at the Black Hat conference in Washington D.C. of a method they disclosed …
Dangerous mobile phone viruses surge
Viruses and spam attacks targeting mobile phone users are on the increase, says McAfee. According to the security firm's annual …
Hackers jump on newest IE7 bug
Attackers are already exploiting a bug in Internet Explorer 7 that Microsoft Corp. patched just last week, security researchers warned …
Cisco, Trend Micro put security in home routers
Through a partnership announced Tuesday, two models of Linksys by Cisco Wireless-N routers will come with software for the Home …
Microsoft announces $250,000 Conficker worm bounty
The spreading Conficker/Downadup worm is now viewed as such a significant threat that it's inspired the formation of a posse …
Conficker worm draws a counter-attack
In addition to the team's mission to grab domain names Conficker (aka Downadup) might try to use, Microsoft is offering …
Apple issues massive security update for Mac OS X
Apple issued multiple updates for Mac OS X and Java that patched 55 bugs, including one for its Safari Web …
BlackBerry bug threatens Windows users
Research In Motion Ltd., maker of the popular BlackBerry smartphone, yesterday warned users of a critical bug that can expose …
Human error caused Google search bug
Human error caused a search results glitch that returned the message “this site may harm your computer” for about an …
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 …
A versatile NAC
Few customers of network access control use it for what it was intended, preferring instead to deploy the security technology …
Social networking sites a hotbed for cyber crime
The distribution of malware on social networking sites first occurred in small amounts towards the end of 2007, but that …
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 …
Barack Obama catches attackers fancy: Cyberoam report
Cyberoam announced the Q4 2008 email threat trend report, prepared in collaboration with its partner Commtouch. The main highlight of …
Downadup worm infects 1 in every 16 PCs, says Panda Security
The computer worm responsible for the biggest attack in years has infected at least one out of every 16 PCs …
1 in 3 Windows PCs vulnerable to worm attack
The worm that has infected several million Windows PCs is causing havoc because nearly a third of all systems remain …