Date: 03/30/05     Keywords: no keywords

Program will develop analytical tools to help international police forces fight phishing and other crimes.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Cops+get+cybercrime+help+from+Microsoft/2100-1009_22-5647254.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/30/05     Keywords: software, security

Security specialist reveals vulnerabilities in its products that could let hackers attack PCs running the software.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Symantec+details+flaws+in+its+antivirus+software/2100-1009_22-5646871.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/30/05     Keywords: virus

Plans to hold a $25,000 competition to write a virus designed to infect the Apple OS X have been scrapped after the company sponsoring it backed down.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Write+a+Mac+virus+competition+halted/2100-1009_22-5646719.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/30/05     Keywords: microsoft

Jeffrey Lee Parson, teen convicted of writing variant of MSBlast worm, won't have to pay restitution to Microsoft.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Microsoft+drops+MSBlast+writer%27s+%24500%2C000+penalty/2100-1009_22-5646709.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/29/05     Keywords: no keywords

PC stolen from UC Berkeley graduate admissions office held sensitive data on thousands of people, stretching back three decades.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Laptop+theft+puts+data+of+98%2C000+at+risk/2100-1009_22-5645362.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/29/05     Keywords: security

The mass-mailing varmint makes up in numbers what it lacks in heft, security watchers say.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Mytob+e-mail+worm+proliferating+quickly/2100-1009_22-5644978.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/29/05     Keywords: spyware

Research firm Gartner has issued a warning to companies using Mac OS to guard against malicious code attacks and spyware.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Gartner%3A+Beware+of+Mac+OS+spyware/2100-1009_22-5644762.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/29/05     Keywords: virus

Six years ago, the virus taught companies and PC users to distrust e-mail. The outbreak still has lessons to teach us, experts say.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Melissa%27s+long+gone%2C+but+lessons+remain/2100-1009_22-5643900.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/28/05     Keywords: security

Recently formed industry alliance creates committee to define security requirements for Internet telephony networks.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Industry+group+to+map+VoIP+security/2100-1009_22-5643061.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/28/05     Keywords: no keywords

Group of well-known telecom and networking companies, including BT, Cisco, EarthLink and MCI, band together to share data on hackers.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Telecom+giants+join+forces+against+hackers/2100-1009_22-5642840.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/25/05     Keywords: no keywords

Move will also improve communication between the two countries on e-commerce, an official says.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Politicians+form+transatlantic+spam+alliance/2100-1009_22-5637131.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/25/05     Keywords: security

Commentary--A new report which says the cyber-sky is falling got sent to the president, but no matter: The cybersecurity mess won't get fixed.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Changes%3F+Wait+until+the+next+disaster/2100-1009_22-5637017.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/25/05     Keywords: software

Cerulean's instant messaging software comes under fire for vulnerabilities as concerns continue to mount over IM-borne threats.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Trillian+IM+flaw+exposed/2100-1009_22-5637029.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/25/05     Keywords: no keywords

Four federal finance agencies have issued rules that force banks to tell customers when their personal data has been exposed

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Banks+ordered+to+tell+customers+about+breaches/2100-1009_22-5635399.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/24/05     Keywords: no keywords

Commentary--Computers often act as "witnesses" providing digital evidence. But, asks cybercrime expert Neil Barrett, how can we know whether to trust machines?

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Can+computers+survive+cross-examination%3F/2100-1009_22-5634315.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/24/05     Keywords: yahoo

Phony messages direct people to a site that asks people for their Yahoo usernames and passwords.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Phishers+target+Yahoo+Messenger/2100-1009_22-5634007.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/23/05     Keywords: browser, security

The open-source browser maker rushes out a security patch for a previously unknown flaw and advises all users to update.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Mozilla+fixes+risky+Firefox+flaw/2100-1009_22-5632148.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/23/05     Keywords: no keywords

Commentary--Securing passwords for personal accounts is good practice but shoddy administrative password practices can result in heavy loses.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Root+out+the+administrative+password+menace/2100-1009_22-5631837.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/23/05     Keywords: software, security

Many businesses are ignoring the emerging security threat posed by instant messaging software, a survey shows.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Report%3A+Companies+unprepared+for+IM+attacks/2100-1009_22-5631658.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/23/05     Keywords: security

Greasemonkey extension lets surfers insert links, change a look and feel, and more. But at what cost to security?

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Firefox+add-on+lets+surfers+tweak+sites%2C+but+is+it+safe%3F/2100-1009_22-5631009.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn