A blind Boston-area teenager was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison Friday for hacking into the telephone network and harassing the Verizon investigator who was building a case against him.
Robert McMillan | 30 Jun | Read more
Less than 24 hours after Michael Jackson's death, fraudsters are exploiting public interest with their attempts to spread spam and malware. Security researchers say they've observed hundreds of cases of malicious messages masquerading as information about Jackson's death. Some of them, they say, popped up within minutes of the news.
JR Raphael | 27 Jun | Read more
Adobe Systems has released a patch for its Shockwave Player to fix a critical vulnerability, the company wrote on its security blog on Tuesday.
Jeremy Kirk | 25 Jun | Read more
Microsoft's free security software passed a preliminary antivirus exam with flying colors, an independent testing company said today.
Gregg Keizer | 25 Jun | Read more
The Pirate Bay is the target of yet another legal case -- the Dutch antipiracy organization BREIN wants to close the file-sharing site in the Netherlands, and wants to see its founders appear in the Amsterdam district court on July 21, it said Tuesday.
Mikael Ricknäs | 25 Jun | Read more
The European Commission took a big step toward creating an enhanced pan-European system of security and surveillance Wednesday when it launched a proposal to set up a new independent agency to manage massive IT systems used by border control authorities.
Paul Meller | 25 Jun | Read more
Symantec has taken a relatively hands-off approach with its integration of hosted messaging provider MessageLabs since its acquisition of the company in November 2008, according to MessageLabs' former CEO.
Jeremy Kirk | 25 Jun | Read more
When security expert Bruce Schneier tried to sell a used laptop on eBay, he thought it would be easy. Instead, a sale was aborted twice -- first by a scammer using a hacked eBay account and then by a buyer who tried to trick Schneier into sending her the laptop after she cancelled payment.
Sumner Lemon | 23 Jun | Read more
Microsoft has taken aim at a rogue antivirus program called Internet Antivirus Pro.
Robert McMillan | 10 Jun | Read more
Businesses in North America and Europe remain broadly worried about the security of open-source software, according to new data from Forrester Research.
Chris Kanaracus | 09 Jun | Read more
CA has acquired for an undisclosed sum the assets of data center automation vendor Cassatt, perhaps salvaging the technological innovation developed earlier this decade at the financially struggling start-up.
Denise Dubie | 03 Jun | Read more
Up to 40,000 Web sites have been hacked to redirect unwitting victims to another Web site that tries to infect PCs with malicious software, according to security vendor Websense.
Jeremy Kirk | 03 Jun | Read more
Apple on Monday patched 10 critical vulnerabilities in QuickTime, including one that was hinted at in a Mac hacking book three months ago.
Gregg Keizer | 03 Jun | Read more
Network administrators and security specialists have long had tools and software for analyzing the streams of traffic that course through company systems, but now a Marlborough, Massachusetts, startup wants to make the process a lot easier.
Chris Kanaracus | 04 Jun | Read more
U.S. President Barack Obama's announcement Friday of a new cybersecurity push by the U.S. government won widespread praise from the technology industry, with many people saying his attention to the issue is a major step toward better securing the nation's computer networks.
Grant Gross | 01 Jun | Read more
NSW Police will have access to a new forensic information database within nine months along with a suite of centralised records management and field imaging systems.
Darren Pauli | 02 Jun | Read more
Spammers seem to be working a little bit harder these days, according to Symantec, which reported Tuesday that unsolicited e-mail made up 90.4 percent of messages on corporate networks last month.
Robert McMillan | 27 May | Read more
The Defence Science Technology Organisation (DSTO) is running facial recognition trials which will underpin biometric initiatives across the Department of Defence, Immigration and new smartcard driver's licences.
Darren Pauli | 28 May | Read more
Kaspersky Lab's latest mobile security software due to be released next week can wipe data with a text message command even if a thief has swapped out the phone's SIM card.
Jeremy Kirk | 28 May | Read more
Senator Stephen Conroy has used his keynote speech at the 2009 AusCert conference, held this week on the Gold Coast, to call for a renewed emphasis on cyber security.
Joshua Gliddon | 18 May | Read more