Date: 06/01/06     Keywords: no keywords

Hackers modify a home theater message board in an attempt to install malicious code on PCs of unknowing visitors.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6079203.html

Date: 06/01/06     Keywords: no keywords

Windows update beta aims to foil attacks by loading key system files in different locations each time the PC starts.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6079101.html

Date: 06/01/06     Keywords: no keywords

Norton Confidential, due later this year, promises to protect consumers as they conduct business on the Internet.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6078797.html

Date: 05/31/06     Keywords: virus

Plans to send out alerts on data leaks as part of increased push against ID theft, viruses and other digital wrongdoing.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6078657.html

Date: 05/31/06     Keywords: virus, microsoft

In a blast from the past, a new macro virus infects OpenOffice and StarOffice, open-source rivals to Microsoft's Office.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6078475.html

Date: 05/31/06     Keywords: software, security

Symantec's next-generation security software, now offically named Norton 360, faces a possible delivery delay.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6078391.html

Date: 05/31/06     Keywords: virus, antivirus, microsoft

Windows OneCare Live will be available for sale in the U.S. this week, marking Microsoft's official entry into the consumer antivirus arena.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6078249.html

Date: 05/30/06     Keywords: virus, antivirus

Company works through the holiday weekend to fix hole in corporate antivirus products that could let a worm spread.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6078160.html

Date: 05/30/06     Keywords: software, security, microsoft

Consumer security software due out this summer is pitted against Microsoft's OneCare and Symantec's upcoming 'Genesis.'

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6078036.html

Date: 05/30/06     Keywords: no keywords

The European Court of Justice declares as illegal deal for data transfers used to compile no-fly lists.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6077893.html

Date: 05/28/06     Keywords: no keywords

Users could download as many of the songs and films as they liked after paying a $2.50 monthly fee.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6077699.html

Date: 05/27/06     Keywords: no keywords

In private meeting at the DOJ, attorney general and FBI director pressure Internet providers to record their customers' activities.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6077654.html

Date: 05/27/06     Keywords: no keywords

Researchers rate threat as "high" since attacker could take over a user's computer and destroy critical programs and files.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6077616.html

Date: 05/26/06     Keywords: no keywords

New materials that can change the way light bends around an object may provide a way to make objects invisible.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6077255.html

Date: 05/26/06     Keywords: no keywords

TV station says personal information of 135,000 possibly exposed, including people who were never associated with the university.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6077212.html

Date: 05/26/06     Keywords: security

After Veterans Affairs leak, a congressional panel votes on data security bill. But it may let federal agencies off the hook.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6077199.html

Date: 05/25/06     Keywords: no keywords

As callers flood veterans' department call center, lawmakers say stolen drive may be part of larger problem.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6077062.html

Date: 05/25/06     Keywords: spam

Okopipi project aims to continue antispam campaign launched by now-defunct Blue Frog effort, which suffered a DOS attack.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6076617.html

Date: 05/24/06     Keywords: no keywords

More than 565 people have been arrested over the past year as part of a global operation targeting mass-marketing fraud.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6076059.html

Date: 05/24/06     Keywords: no keywords

Following at least one targeted attack that exploits a flaw, company suggests running Office application in restricted mode.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6075907.html