Quebec provincial police conducted raids on Wednesday, breaking up a hacking ring that police say is responsible for an estimated CDN$45 million (AUD$48 million) in damage to computer systems.
Robert McMillan | 22 Feb | Read more
The program is nasty. It deletes pictures and movies from your hard drive and then it teases you: "Even though Mr. Kaneko was found guilty, you are still using Winny. I really hate such people," taunts an animated woman on your screen.
Robert McMillan | 22 Feb | Read more
Microsoft released 11 security updates fixing critical flaws in its products, including a publicly known ActiveX bug that affects users of the Visual FoxPro database.
Robert McMillan | 13 Feb | Read more
Microsoft has thrown its weight behind OpenID, an emerging Web authentication standard.
Robert McMillan | 07 Feb | Read more
A group of hackers calling itself "Anonymous" has hit the Church of Scientology's Web site with an online attack.
Robert McMillan | 28 Jan | Read more
Criminals have been able to hack into computer systems via the Internet and cut power to several cities, a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency analyst said this week.
Robert McMillan | 21 Jan | Read more
Google is working to fix a bug in the Google Toolbar that could allow criminals to steal data or install malicious software on a system, a security researcher warned Tuesday.
Robert McMillan | 19 Dec | Read more
Researchers at Google and the Georgia Institute of Technology are studying a virtually undetectable form of attack that quietly controls where victims go on the Internet.
Robert McMillan | 12 Dec | Read more
The security features introduced in Apple's Leopard operating system need work.
Robert McMillan | 01 Nov | Read more
The Storm Worm botnet network may be shrinking in size, but it has managed to send out 15 million of those annoying audio spam messages in October, according to antispam vendor, MessageLabs.
Robert McMillan | 31 Oct | Read more
May was not a good month for geeks in Estonia.
Robert McMillan | 21 Sep | Read more
More than a year after claiming to have found a way to take over a Macintosh computer using a flaw in the system's wireless card, David Maynor has published details of his exploit.
Robert McMillan | 19 Sep | Read more
EMC's RSA group plans to acquire data leak protection vendor Tablus.
Robert McMillan | 10 Aug | Read more
Researchers are looking for formal European Union sponsorship of a new project that would keep an eye on malicious software and computer attacks around the world.
Robert McMillan | 02 Aug | Read more
Google believes that its consumer-grade Web applications represent the future of enterprise IT. But while Google is quick to trumpet its products' innovative features, the search giant hasn't said much about their security. Until recently, that is.
Robert McMillan | 12 Jul | Read more