Two months after much of Estonia's online infrastructure was targeted by an online attack, the U.S government is sending cyberinvestigators to help the Baltic state better understand what happened.
Robert McMillan | 04 Jul | Read more
When Apple introduced the latest version of its Safari browser two weeks ago, it took the hacking community just hours to start reporting bugs in the beta code. On Friday, the iPhone is likely to get even closer scrutiny from many of the same security researchers. Here's a list of the top items on the typical iPhone hacker's to-do list.
Robert McMillan | 03 Jun | Read more
A Microsoft security executive released data Thursday showing that, six months after shipping Windows Vista, his company has left more publicly disclosed Vista bugs unpatched than it did with Windows XP.
Robert McMillan | 22 Jun | Read more
Online criminals looking for new areas to attack in the next few years will find green fields in the Internet infrastructure and the digital home, researchers with McAfee's AVERT labs said this week.
Robert McMillan | 21 Jun | Read more
Web sites running Microsoft's Web server software are twice as likely to be hosting malicious code as other Web sites, according to research from Google.
Robert McMillan | 06 Jun | Read more
Security has been a bit of a black art at Google. Unlike rival Microsoft, which publishes detailed information on its monthly patches and has openly evangelized the steps it takes to secure software, Google has generally been quiet when it comes to talking about security and it has kept the team that keeps Google's Web sites secure under wraps. Douglas Merrill, Google's vice president of engineering and chief information officer explains what Google gets from its security investments, and why his company believes that locking down the enterprise PC is not the way to go.
Robert McMillan | 06 Jun | Read more
Users of the open-source Samba software are being urged to patch their code following the discovery of a critical bug in the file-and-print software.
Robert McMillan | 15 May | Read more
Software that could be used to turn a Web browser into an unwitting hacker's tool has been posted to the Internet, after it was downloaded by a quick-thinking attendee at last month's Shmoocon hacker conference.
Robert McMillan | 03 Apr | Read more
The accused mastermind behind the Panda Burning Incense worm has not done a very good job of making amends, according to security vendor Symantec.
Robert McMillan | 30 Mar | Read more
Developers have released a major update to the Metasploit security testing tool designed to run more smoothly on the Windows operating system.
Robert McMillan | 28 Mar | Read more
Robert McMillan learns a couple of lessons in security at last week's RSA conference in San Francisco.
Robert McMillan | 12 Feb | Read more
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is planning a large-scale test of the nation's response to a cyberattack, to be held in early 2008.
Robert McMillan | 13 Feb | Read more
Online attackers have briefly disrupted service on at least two of the 13 "root" servers that are used to direct traffic on the Internet.
Robert McMillan | 07 Feb | Read more
The U.S. agency best known for eavesdropping on telephone calls had a hand in the development of Microsoft's Vista operating system, Microsoft confirmed Tuesday.
Robert McMillan | 10 Jan | Read more
Hackers are developing new software that will help hide browser attack code from some types of security software.
Robert McMillan | 18 Oct | Read more