Date: 08/23/06     Keywords: security, microsoft

Microsoft's most recent security update for Internet Explorer introduces a serious security flaw on some Windows systems.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6108490.html

Date: 08/22/06     Keywords: no keywords

Malicious code that exploits a recent Windows hole is leading to growth in the number of hijacked PCs, CipherTrust says.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6108409.html

Date: 08/22/06     Keywords: no keywords

Company's lobbyist says "very specific" law authorized surveillance cooperation, possibly letting the company off the hook in suits.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6108386.html

Date: 08/22/06     Keywords: no keywords

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says carmakers will need to notify buyers about the recorders.
Photos: Watched at the wheel

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6108126.html

Date: 08/22/06     Keywords: security

The famed hacker-turned-security-consultant has the tables turned on him when a hacker attacks his site and posts a vulgar message.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6108032.html

Date: 08/21/06     Keywords: no keywords

Law enforcement will take care not to overstep privacy bounds as intelligence gathering is increased, Michael Chertoff says.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6107942.html

Date: 08/21/06     Keywords: no keywords

German chipmaker says it's won a contract to supply "several million" RFID chips for e-passport system.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6107586.html

Date: 08/19/06     Keywords: no keywords

High-tech eye candy, yes. But law enforcement intelligence center still relies on human communications to connect the dots.
Photos: Inside JRIC

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6107464.html

Date: 08/18/06     Keywords: no keywords

The "hotfix" is designed to address a problem in a patch for a flaw that is already being used by worms.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6107191.html

Date: 08/17/06     Keywords: security, microsoft

Two of the security bulletins sent out this month affect the beta of the Windows update, according to a Microsoft blog.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6106974.html

Date: 08/17/06     Keywords: software

Bug hunters have listened to software firms about how to make flaws public. Now it's time for those companies to give them something back, they say.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6106593.html

Date: 08/17/06     Keywords: virus, antivirus, microsoft

Vincent Gullotto, former head of McAfee's Antivirus and Vulnerability Emergency Response Team, AVERT, will join Microsoft.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6106603.html

Date: 08/16/06     Keywords: browser, security, web, microsoft

Latest security update for Internet Explorer can make the Web browser crash. Microsoft plans to release a revamped patch.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6106039.html

Date: 08/15/06     Keywords: no keywords

PCs of suspected terrorists, pedophiles gather dust as investigators struggle to decrypt hard-drive data, they say.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6105680.html

Date: 08/15/06     Keywords: no keywords

Tech titan warns video game developers on Monday that their PC games are now a target for criminals.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6105609.html

Date: 08/14/06     Keywords: security, web

Free Web-based PC-scanning service made available worldwide, part of an international push for its security tools.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6105538.html

Date: 08/14/06     Keywords: no keywords

Encryption plan is latest attempt at recovering from thefts that potentially exposed personal data on millions of service members.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6105477.html

Date: 08/14/06     Keywords: no keywords

Cybercrooks unleash two worms based on a serious Windows flaw, but the attacks don't seem widespread.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6105405.html

Date: 08/14/06     Keywords: security

Commentary--As companies where the next security breach is coming, Intrusic's Jonathan Bingham advises ways to close holes caused by ever-expanding networks.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6105339.html

Date: 08/14/06     Keywords: security

French researchers pinpoint security issues, but OpenOffice.org says only bug discovered has already been fixed.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6105176.html