Date: 01/03/08     Keywords: no keywords

The latest wrinkle on the controversy over importing Facebook data into Plaxo is that Facebook has reinstated Robert Scoble's 5,000 friend account per the following email and caveat (in bold): Hi Robert, Facebook's Terms of Use broadly prohibits the running of automated scripts on the...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=7476

Date: 01/03/08     Keywords: no keywords

Phishing attacks in the United States soared in 2007 as $3.2 bln was lost to these attacks, according to Gartner. 3.6 mln adults lost money in phishing attacks in the 12 months ending in August 2007, as compared with the 2.3 mln who did so the year before. Of consumers...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=13539

Date: 01/03/08     Keywords: security, microsoft

Microsoft plans a relatively light haul of two security bulletins on Patch Tuesday, but one of them is rated critical and dings Vista. Thursday's preview, which is an advance notice for folks that need to prepare for Microsoft's patches on Jan. 8, highlight two issues. ...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=778

Date: 01/03/08     Keywords: security

Firefox 2.0 has a vulnerability that can leave its users susceptible to an identity theft attack, according to Aviv Raff, a security researcher based in Israel. Raff outlined a bug in Firefox that allows spoofing and enables an attacker "to conduct phishing attacks, by tricking the user...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=777

Date: 01/03/08     Keywords: security

Jon Oltsik says 2008 will bring a new cluster of headlines about information security and the workplace. While you're still recovering from New Year's partying, here's something to think about: what should we expect from the world of information security over the next 12 months? In no...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2010-1009_22-6224384.html

Date: 01/03/08     Keywords: technology

Republican thinks a free market is key to broadband expansion and that feds should stay out of mergers and social networks.Special coverage: Election 2008 Iraq, immigration, taxes, and health care probably have been the four most pressing topics of the 2008 presidential campaign. Technology has made nary an...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6224161.html

Date: 01/02/08     Keywords: software

A Trojan is delivering an unpleasant surprise: Ransomware that takes over your desktop unless you fork over $35. The trojan--Backdoor.Win32.Delf.ctk--was highlighted Dec. 31 by Sunbelt Software with a screenshot walkthrough. First you get a warning--of course it's spelled wrong since hackers don't use spell check. The message: ...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=775

Date: 01/02/08     Keywords: software

You've gotta be careful when you install software nowadays - you install one thing and you end up with a couple of applications that you didn't expect to get.  Welcome to the world of applications bundling, and it seems that everyone is doing it nowadays. Over the...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=1103

Date: 12/28/07     Keywords: google

CNET reports on Google's efforts to expose Google Reader user's shared items to Google Talk contacts. The article compares this to the Facebook Beacon project, which would have made purchases and other personal preferences available to people who are Facebook friends. That's not an exact analogy,...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ratcliffe/?p=326

Date: 12/26/07     Keywords: security, microsoft

Here's a look at the most popular posts of 2007 based on traffic. It's a microcosm of the year in security. Hacker, Microsoft duke it out over Vista design flaw Wi-Fi hacking, with a handheld PDA Super Bowl stadium site hacked, seeded with exploits ...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=769

Date: 12/22/07     Keywords: database

Agency has already started compiling data to be used in the planned $1 billion project, according to a report. The FBI is embarking on a $1 billion project to build the world's largest computer database of biometrics to give the government more ways to identify people at home...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6223876.html

Date: 12/21/07     Keywords: virus, antivirus, microsoft

A false positive in company's antivirus products leads to quarantine or deletion of some Windows users' copies of explorer.exe. Windows Explorer, one of the most crucial components of Microsoft's operating system, was quarantined earlier this week after being falsely identified as malicious code by an antivirus company. ...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6223836.html

Date: 12/20/07     Keywords: google

Continent's top consumer group says the planned takeover's intrusion into individual privacy is over the top. Google's planned takeover of online ad giant DoubleClick for $3.1 billion will harm European citizens through greater intrusion into their privacy, the continent's top consumer group said Thursday. "The Google/DoubleClick...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6223610.html

Date: 12/19/07     Keywords: security

HiTrust (the Health Information Trust Alliance) has launched with great fanfare. Its mission is to "a common security framework for use by all parties that create, access, store or exchange personal health information." Sounds promising. Its common security framework (PDF) would establish...

Source: http://healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=593

Date: 12/19/07     Keywords: software, virus, antivirus, web, google

BitDefender says ads placed by Google on Web pages were being hijacked by Trojan software, redirecting inquiries to rogue server. Advertisements placed by Google in Web pages are being hijacked by so-called Trojan horse software that replaces the intended text with ads from a different provider, Romanian antivirus...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6223511.html

Date: 12/19/07     Keywords: no keywords

Corporate moves to completely block social-networking sites will only backfire, Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod says. With Facebook and MySpace.com participation growing by leaps and bounds, social-networking sites are making their way into the workplace too. Is that a good thing? Not necessarily if you...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2010-9588_22-6223458.html

Date: 12/14/07     Keywords: software

Hacking for fun has evolved into hacking for profit, and created a business model nearly as sophisticated as that of legal software. "Over the years, the criminal elements, the ones who are making money, making millions out of all this online crime, are just getting stronger and stronger....

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6222896.html

Date: 12/11/07     Keywords: technology, security

Business needs, personal security concerns will drive adoption of wireless tracking tech, says Juniper Research. Technology for wirelessly tracking vehicles and people is predicted to take off in Western Europe throughout the next five years. Business needs and personal security concerns will generate $4.85 billion in spending...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6222268.html

Date: 12/07/07     Keywords: browser, web, microsoft

Mozilla Europe president explains why having fewer disclosed vulnerabilities doesn't mean Internet Explorer is safer than the open-source Web browser. The Mozilla Foundation is perhaps best known for its Firefox Web browser, an open-source offering that was first developed to go head-to-head with Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Tristan...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6221954.html

Date: 12/07/07     Keywords: microsoft

The rate of piracy on Windows Vista is lower than its predecessor, and Congress moves to ramp up copyright infringement penalties. Also: Peeling Apple. Microsoft says it's gotten better at securing its products, but some observers question Redmond's perspective. Microsoft is seeing piracy rates for Windows...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6221868.html