Google has responded to calls from antivirus firms to stop the spread of an Internet worm that was using the search engine’s technology to spread among online bulletin boards.
IBM plans to start shipping its PCs with a new chip designed to thwart hackers by safeguarding passwords and other sensitive identity information.
An attempt to pinch user information from banking sites using a malicious pop-up program has been nipped in the bud, says Symantec.
Microsoft is claiming that its US$250,000 reward was responsible for the Sasser author's arrest, but experts say money alone will not stop the virus and spam problem.
High-speed Internet service providers are increasingly putting their customers in the security hot seat, as they try to fight recent virus attacks that turn computers into spam factories.
The MyDoom computer virus knocked out SCO Group's Web site on Sunday in the U.S., and the company expects the massive denial-of-service attack to continue until February 12.
A Web site that published a third-party patch to fix a security hole in Microsoft's Internet Explorer has had to reissue the patch, after the original was found to be flawed.
Red Hat is nearing completion of a critical certification process that should speed adoption of its Linux operating system by governments and security-conscious businesses.
Say what you want about how great OS X is, but Apple dropped the ball when it found out there were vulnerabilities in its flagship operating system. It didn't release a patch when the issues became public, didn't ask the company that found the flaws, @Stake, for any time to produce a free fix, and has resorted to spin to save itself further embarrassment.
Over the weekend, a denial-of-service attack took down the Web site of The SCO Group, which is caught in an increasingly acrimonious row with the open-source community over the company's legal campaign against Linux.
As the MSBlast worm makes it clear that something must be done about insecure PCs, Microsoft has said this may be the time to take more control of the Windows update mechanism.
The software giant eliminates the Windowsupdate.com address that the self-propagating MSBlast worm was set to attack.
Holes in Exchange 2000 and Windows 2000 could allow hackers to view the system registry or gain control of servers. Meanwhile, Microsoft continues to struggle with its reputation for lax security.
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