Proposed US law would single out cybercrime havens
A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate Tuesday would compel the White House to identify international cybercrime havens and establish plans for cleaning them up.
Robert McMillan | 25 Mar | Read more
A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate Tuesday would compel the White House to identify international cybercrime havens and establish plans for cleaning them up.
Robert McMillan | 25 Mar | Read more
Criminals are stepping up their attacks leveraging an unpatched flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, using it to install fake antivirus products and malicious back doors on victim's computers.
Robert McMillan | 25 Mar | Read more
In a bid to cut down on fraud and inappropriate content, the organization responsible for administering Russia's .ru top-level domain names is tightening its procedures.
Robert McMillan | 22 Mar | Read more
At the RSA Conference in San Francisco last week, security vendors pitched their next-generation of security products, promising to protect customers from security threats in the cloud and on mobile devices. But what went largely unsaid was that the industry has failed to protect paying customers from some of today's most pernicious threats.
Robert McMillan | 12 Mar | Read more
Companies should take extra steps to secure their source code from the type of targeted attacks that hit Google, Adobe, Intel and others over the past few months.
Robert McMillan | 05 Mar | Read more
Former Mozilla security chief Window Snyder has been hired by Apple.
Robert McMillan | 03 Mar | Read more
The hackers who broke into Google two months ago have gone after more than 100 companies, according to an estimate by security vendor Isec Partners.
Robert McMillan | 01 Mar | Read more
Adobe Systems is working to fix a glitch in software it uses to speed up downloads of its products that could give hackers a way to push malicious programs onto a victim's PC.
Robert McMillan | 22 Feb | Read more
The Microsoft executive who managed the company's Trustworthy Computing security program has left for a new role at Amazon.
Robert McMillan | 18 Feb | Read more
Just weeks after patching a critical flaw, Adobe Systems is rushing out another patch for its Reader and Acrobat software. The company also patched a critical issue in Flash Player Thursday.
Robert McMillan | 15 Feb | Read more
A former security researcher turned criminal hacker has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for hacking into financial institutions and stealing credit card account numbers.
Robert McMillan | 15 Feb | Read more
The malicious software used to steal information from companies such as Google contains code that links it to China, a security researcher said Tuesday
Robert McMillan | 21 Jan | Read more
Hackers have managed to deface several hundred Web sites hosted by Network Solutions, the company said Tuesday.
Robert McMillan | 21 Jan | Read more
The dangerous Internet Explorer attack code used in last month's attack on Google's corporate networks is now public.
Robert McMillan | 16 Jan | Read more
A coordinated hacking campaign targeting Google, Adobe Systems and more than 30 other companies raises serious concerns, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday.
Robert McMillan | 14 Jan | Read more