Hacker claims he can exploit Windows Update
The hacker who calls himself "Comodohacker" said this week that he could have used digital certificates stolen from a Dutch firm to issue fake updates to Windows PCs.
Gregg Keizer | 09 Sep | Read more
The hacker who calls himself "Comodohacker" said this week that he could have used digital certificates stolen from a Dutch firm to issue fake updates to Windows PCs.
Gregg Keizer | 09 Sep | Read more
The hacker with links to several breaches of SSL certificate-issuing networks this year admitted sharing stolen certificates with others in Iran, and threatened to extend future spy-style attacks to computer users in the U.S., Europe and Israel.
Gregg Keizer | 09 Sep | Read more
Have you been paying attention? <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/topic/17/Security">Security</a> threats around the world have changed over the past few years. One of the fundamental differences is that the motives for security breaches have multiplied.
Scot Finnie | 22 Aug | Read more
After the hacking gang Anonymous took credit for defacing Syria's Ministry of Defense website, a Syrian group today retaliated by posting gruesome photos on Anonymous' embryonic social network.
Gregg Keizer | 09 Aug | Read more
Anonymous, which has claimed credit for several high-profile cyber attacks in recent months, plans to launch what it says will be a new social networking site called AnonPlus.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 19 Jul | Read more
Hours after developers revealed they had exploited bugs in Apple's iOS to "jailbreak" iPhones and iPads, German government security authorities warned that one of the flaws could be put to malicious use.
Gregg Keizer | 08 Jul | Read more
A new and improved botnet that has infected more than four million PCs is "practically indestructible," security researchers say.
Gregg Keizer | 30 Jun | Read more
Email addresses and names of subscribers to DefenseNews, a highly-regarded website that covers national and international military and defense news, were accessed by hackers and presumed stolen, Gannett announced yesterday.
Gregg Keizer | 29 Jun | Read more
The CIA's main public facing web site appears to have been taken down by hacking group LulzSec earlier today.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 16 Jun | Read more
Eddie Schwartz, former chief security officer at Netwitness Corp., a company recently acquired by EMC, has been named chief security officer of the storage vendor's RSA security division.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 10 Jun | Read more
Microsoft said this week that it has evidence of a link between the fake security software now plaguing Mac users and a hard-charging family of similar software on Windows.
Gregg Keizer | 20 May | Read more
French security company Vupen said today that it's figured out how to hack Google's Chrome by sidestepping not only the browser's built-in "sandbox" but also by evading Windows 7's integrated anti-exploit technologies.
Gregg Keizer | 10 May | Read more
LastPass today rescinded its day-old order that all users of its online password management system reset their master passwords due to a database breach.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 07 May | Read more
Scammers are distributing fake security software aimed at the Mac by taking advantage of the news that al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has been killed by U.S. forces, a security researcher said today.
Gregg Keizer | 03 May | Read more
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory, home to one of the world's most powerful supercomputers, has been forced to shut down its email systems and all Internet access for employees since late last Friday, following a sophisticated cyberattack.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 20 Apr | Read more