Date: 08/05/06     Keywords: no keywords

New passports and ID cards with RFID are surprisingly easy to clone, researchers at Black Hat and Defcon said.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6102608.html

Date: 08/04/06     Keywords: no keywords

The search giant teams with university-backed Stop Badware to caution people about sites that may be distributing malicious code.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6102529.html

Date: 08/04/06     Keywords: software, security

Researcher bypasses a security mechanism designed to prevent some driver software from running in the Windows update.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6102458.html

Date: 08/04/06     Keywords: security

Multifunction printers are not dumb devices, but are computers that require a security regimen, an expert at Black Hat contends.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6102367.html

Date: 08/04/06     Keywords: rss, java

Popular RSS and Atom feeds could carry malicious JavaScript code that would compromise a PC, an expert warned.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6102171.html

Date: 08/03/06     Keywords: microsoft

The bulletins, some of which are rated "critical," will be distributed next Tuesday in Microsoft's usual fashion.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6102073.html

Date: 08/03/06     Keywords: no keywords

Talks go down well with hackers looking to find out just what the company's doing to make Vista its most secure operating system ever.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6102068.html

Date: 08/03/06     Keywords: no keywords

Attackers could use the tools to disconnect calls, reassign extensions or flood VoIP systems with bogus calls.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6101610.html

Date: 08/02/06     Keywords: software, technology, security

Flaws in Centrino device drivers and ProSet management software compromise security of the wireless technology.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6101488.html

Date: 08/02/06     Keywords: software

Flaws in software that runs wireless-networking hardware could let attackers take over PCs, including Macs, Black Hat warns.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6101523.html

Date: 08/02/06     Keywords: security

At Black Hat security confab, FBI official says the agency needs help from the security world to fight cybercrime.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6101475.html

Date: 08/02/06     Keywords: no keywords

A recent upturn in Apple's sales of its Mac computers has added fuel to concerns the Mac community's days of claiming a secure upper-hand may be numbered.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6101226.html

Date: 08/02/06     Keywords: no keywords

Some of the vulnerabilities are serious and could be used in malicious attacks to commandeer Macs.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6101192.html

Date: 08/02/06     Keywords: security

InCard Technologies has found a new way to validate online logins or transactions--credit cards that generate one-time passwords.
Photos: Credit card security
Video: Here's DisplayCard

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6101121.html

Date: 08/01/06     Keywords: microsoft

Code targets command line interface shell and scripting language product being developed by Microsoft.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6101106.html

Date: 08/01/06     Keywords: software, technology, security, microsoft

Updated security products based on Falcon technology are designed to rival Symantec and Microsoft software.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6101020.html

Date: 08/01/06     Keywords: security

The vulnerabilities in SecurityCenter could have let intruders commandeer consumer PCs.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6100891.html

Date: 08/01/06     Keywords: microsoft

The annual hacker event usually focuses on breaking into systems. This year, a series of Microsoft-themed sessions takes a different tack.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6100607.html

Date: 07/31/06     Keywords: security, virus

According to security vendor Cybertrust, a new type of virus is programmed to delete itself before it gets caught.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6100172.html

Date: 07/29/06     Keywords: java, security, web

JavaScript is playing a major role in the Web 2.0 boom, but increased use of the scripting language is raising security questions.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6100019.html