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Sony, Gracenote sound alarm over Microsoft flaw
Date: 09/18/06
Keywords: software, security
Customers with Windows PCs warned to update their music-playing software or run the risk of a security breach.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6116928.html
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Google plugs phishing hole
Date: 09/18/06
Keywords: no keywords
Code that lets organizations put search tool on their own pages could have given a toehold to scammers.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6116852.html
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Cisco exec: Windows Vista is scary
Date: 09/18/06
Keywords: asp, security, microsoft
A senior security expert at the networking giant says that aspects of Microsoft's new operating system are worrying.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6116823.html
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EMC acquires Network Intelligence
Date: 09/18/06
Keywords: security
Deal valued at about $175 million adds to products offered by EMC's information security division.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6116807.html
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Vista's European battleground
Date: 09/18/06
Keywords: security, microsoft
As the slippery due date draws near for the Windows release, Microsoft and the EU are now at odds over security features.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6116354.html
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Microsoft sued over Forefront security brand
Date: 09/15/06
Keywords: software, security, microsoft
Maker of software for construction companies wants Microsoft to pick a different name for its business security software.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6116339.html
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Firefox update patches security holes
Date: 09/15/06
Keywords: browser, web
The update tackles seven flaws in the open-source Web browser, including four rated "critical."
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6116267.html
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Surfing a bigger risk than spam to company networks
Date: 09/15/06
Keywords: virus, web
Businesses are more likely to pick up a virus via employee Web surfing than from e-mail attachments, study says.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6116244.html
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Cybercrime becoming more organized
Date: 09/15/06
Keywords: no keywords
There's been a distinct shift in criminals that online detectives encounter, Justice Dept. official says.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6116167.html
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Nikon magazine hit with security breach
Date: 09/15/06
Keywords: no keywords
Incident reveals personal and financial information of 3,235 subscribers who had registered for the magazine online.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6116105.html
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Is open source getting to Microsoft?
Date: 09/15/06
Keywords: web, microsoft
Pledge not to sue over Web services patents reflects the spread of the collaborative development model--as far as Microsoft, even.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6115914.html
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Spam fighter hit with $11 million judgment
Date: 09/15/06
Keywords: spam
Manager of an antispam blacklist was hit with a multimillion dollar judgment, but the order may not be enforceable.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6116009.html
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Attack code targets new IE hole
Date: 09/15/06
Keywords: browser, web, microsoft
Code that exploits a serious, yet-to-be-patched hole in Microsoft's Web browser has been posted on the Net.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6115966.html
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FTC shuts down four spam rings
Date: 09/14/06
Keywords: spam
In two cases, spammers sent sexually explicit e-mail messages using "zombie" computers, the agency says.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6115948.html
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What the HP affair really says about privacy
Date: 09/14/06
Keywords: no keywords
Commentary--CNET News.com's Charles Cooper writes that HP's "non-denial denial" was a missed opportunity to make a grander statement about privacy.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6115805.html
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Microsoft pitches InfoCard for businesses
Date: 09/14/06
Keywords: technology, microsoft
New technology in Windows Vista can bring down access management barriers, according to Microsoft.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6115527.html
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Microsoft wins record amount from spammer
Date: 09/13/06
Keywords: spam
Company wins $84,177 over term violation; U.K. individuals, though, are virtually helpless against spammers, lawyer says.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6115328.html
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Third time a charm for IE patch?
Date: 09/13/06
Keywords: microsoft
Microsoft issues a third version of a troubled Internet Explorer patch to fix a bug in an earlier update.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6115275.html
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Symantec updates Norton products
Date: 09/13/06
Keywords: no keywords
New 2007 editions of products promise improved protection and better use of computing resources.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6115109.html
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Rival behind Schwarzenegger Web flap
Date: 09/13/06
Keywords: no keywords
Democratic rival to California's governor admits aides nabbed a controversial audio file. But his camp calls it fair game.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6115082.html