Date: 12/21/05     Keywords: no keywords

At this time of year, cyberscams take on a holiday flavor and credit card fraud gets a snowball effect.
Images: Holiday phishing

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6003322.html

Date: 12/20/05     Keywords: security

Fix comes after security expert finds clues in online profiles that could let intruders reset passwords.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6002882.html

Date: 12/20/05     Keywords: software

IM.GiftCom.All tries to trick instant-messaging users into clicking on a link that delivers malicious software to PCs.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6002790.html

Date: 12/19/05     Keywords: no keywords

As controversy grows over electronic spying on Americans, Bush asserts that taps will continue.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6001241.html

Date: 12/17/05     Keywords: browser, security

Tuesday's security update for Internet Explorer is causing trouble for people who have been testing the new IE 7 browser.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5999193.html

Date: 12/17/05     Keywords: no keywords

First cracks give glimpse of game code, but the hacks don't let you run pirated games or homebrewed code on the new console--yet.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5999169.html

Date: 12/17/05     Keywords: software

Network worm now hitting PCs spreads spying software via a recently patched hole in Windows.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5999114.html

Date: 12/16/05     Keywords: security

Tool is designed to identify bugs related to a security feature in Windows Vista that lets users run with fewer privileges.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5998726.html

Date: 12/16/05     Keywords: no keywords

Updates lower risk of "format string" vulnerabilities, which two weeks ago were found to be more serious than initially thought.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5997378.html

Date: 12/15/05     Keywords: no keywords

Agency grapples with crashes and incompatible computers as it struggles to reshuffle former INS functions.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5995856.html

Date: 12/15/05     Keywords: software

Windows OneCare Live has been found to disable Absolute Software's Computrace LoJack software.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5995763.html

Date: 12/15/05     Keywords: no keywords

Fixes for PDF file reader and Flash player will be released on set dates so customers can prepare for them.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5995550.html

Date: 12/14/05     Keywords: no keywords

Available to AT&T Internet Protect subscribers, new service includes alerts and updates 24 hours a day.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5994978.html

Date: 12/14/05     Keywords: software, browser

Publication of exploit code for older flaw underscores the need to keep browser software up to date.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5994026.html

Date: 12/13/05     Keywords: microsoft

Microsoft fixes a clutch of Internet Explorer flaws, including one already being exploited in attacks.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5993789.html

Date: 12/13/05     Keywords: security

Q&A Travis Schluessler, an Intel security architect, explains how the chipmaker's labs plan to take on sophisticated threats.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5992837.html

Date: 12/13/05     Keywords: no keywords

Next year will bring self-deleting e-mails and photo messages, too, thanks to Staellium and its StealthText service.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5992251.html

Date: 12/13/05     Keywords: technology, security, virus, antivirus

eEye Digital Security may adopt and improve the open-source Clam AntiVirus technology to add to its intrusion-prevention product.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5992194.html

Date: 12/13/05     Keywords: browser

The problem is a bug rather than a flaw, the open-source browser maker insists, but still warns people about the buffer overflow glitch.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5992215.html

Date: 12/12/05     Keywords: no keywords

Commentary--Declan McCullagh wonders how cigarette taxes and drug testing relate to catching terrorists.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5991773.html