Date: 10/05/06     Keywords: no keywords

Serious problem with Windows Shell already targeted by exploit code to be tackled by one of 11 updates.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6123211.html

Date: 10/05/06     Keywords: no keywords

U.K. documentary shows middlemen offering to sell credit card details to reporters, but Indian IT body defends industry.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6123067.html

Date: 10/04/06     Keywords: no keywords

Antipiracy tech to shut people out of their PCs if the OS isn't activated soon after installation.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6122462.html

Date: 10/03/06     Keywords: software, web

Flaw in how Net phone software handles Web links could enable an attacker to launch arbitrary code on some Macs.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6122390.html

Date: 10/03/06     Keywords: no keywords

Researcher who claimed to have found a serious zero-day bug now says he was never able to use it to hijack computers.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6122317.html

Date: 10/03/06     Keywords: spam

Two plead guilty to offenses under the Can-Spam Act after ISP finds they had sent out thousands of junk messages.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6122249.html

Date: 10/03/06     Keywords: no keywords

Acquisition, which is worth $60 million, is designed to expand McAfee's efforts in the regulatory-compliance market.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6122142.html

Date: 10/03/06     Keywords: no keywords

There is no need for serious alarm, but the exploit does appear to have been crafted before Apple patched the flaw.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6122015.html

Date: 10/02/06     Keywords: security, microsoft

In FT ad, McAfee joins Symantec in accusing Microsoft of hamstringing rivals working on Windows security tools.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6121799.html

Date: 10/02/06     Keywords: security

Spate of billion-dollar deals is prompting midsize IT security providers to offer themselves up as buyout candidates.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6121403.html

Date: 10/01/06     Keywords: security

Group of security professionals produces a patch for a flaw in Windows Shell that is being used in cyberattacks.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6121630.html

Date: 10/01/06     Keywords: browser, java, web

Mozilla is investigating hacker claims that the Web browser has a serious flaw in the way it handles JavaScript.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6121608.html

Date: 09/30/06     Keywords: no keywords

Days after sample attack code for a yet-to-be-patched flaw surfaced, malicious sites are popping up that exploit the hole.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6121584.html

Date: 09/30/06     Keywords: security, microsoft

Third-party fix available to repair a serious flaw in Windows for which Microsoft no longer provides security updates.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6121559.html

Date: 09/29/06     Keywords: no keywords

Mac OS X 10.4.8 fixes several flaws that could lead to remote code execution, the company says.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6121372.html

Date: 09/29/06     Keywords: microsoft

Sample code that exploits a yet-to-be-fixed Windows flaw is circulating. Microsoft plans to deal with it on the next Patch Tuesday.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6121236.html

Date: 09/29/06     Keywords: no keywords

Commercial online service was used to track e-mail sent to a reporter in Hewlett-Packard's leak probe, investigator testifies.
Images: Commercial e-mail tracking

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6121048.html

Date: 09/28/06     Keywords: security, microsoft

With Netscape's fate in mind, small European security firms are trying to gauge Microsoft's impact on their business.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6120476.html

Date: 09/28/06     Keywords: no keywords

Rare, out-of-cycle Windows patch fixes one flaw, but attacks through other known, yet-to-be-plugged holes continue.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6120481.html

Date: 09/27/06     Keywords: software, security, spyware, microsoft

Security rival says Microsoft is withholding spyware APIs for Windows update, but software giant denies it.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6120219.html