Date: 11/04/05     Keywords: software, security

Q&A Reformed criminal takes the measure of today's hackers and the current state of software security.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Mitnick%3A+It%27s+a+new+breed+of+hackers/2100-1009_22-5932859.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 11/04/05     Keywords: security, microsoft

A single security update for the operating system will come on Patch Tuesday, Microsoft says.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/%27Critical%27+Windows+fix+coming+for+PCs/2100-1009_22-5931829.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 11/03/05     Keywords: security, web, microsoft

Web sites that use certain custom applications won't display as expected in Internet Explorer after installing two Microsoft security updates.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Microsoft+patches+may+break+Web+sites/2100-1009_22-5929689.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 11/03/05     Keywords: no keywords

Update fixes a serious flaw and helps secure a key part of network and Internet infrastructure.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Cisco+squashes+%27critical%27+Net+attack+bug/2100-1009_22-5929498.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 11/02/05     Keywords: no keywords

ACLU asks judges to uphold lower court rulings that would eliminate gag provisions on "secret" FBI requests for information.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/ACLU+challenges+Patriot+Act/2100-1009_22-5928827.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 11/02/05     Keywords: security, virus

Messaging security company says its data shows a 1,500 percent increase in worms, viruses and other pests targeting IM networks.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Study%3A+IM+threats+zooming+up/2100-1009_22-5928790.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 11/02/05     Keywords: virus, antivirus

Facing fears that its piracy-proofed CDs could help virus writers, record label is working closely with antivirus companies to offer patch.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Sony+to+patch+copy-protected+CD/2100-1009_22-5928608.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 11/02/05     Keywords: no keywords

Judge rules that denial-of-service attacks are not outlawed by the U.K.'s Computer Misuse Act.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/British+teen+cleared+in+%27e-mail+bomb%27+case/2100-1009_22-5928471.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 11/02/05     Keywords: security

Acquisition of hosted secure enterprise instant messaging provider is MessageLabs' ticket into the instant messaging security fray.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/MessageLabs+to+buy+OmniPod+for+IM+security/2100-1009_22-5927144.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 11/02/05     Keywords: virus

Anticopying tools used by SonyBMG could be adapted by virus writers, researchers say.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Sony+CD+protection+sparks+security+concerns/2100-1009_22-5926657.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 11/01/05     Keywords: database

Proof-of-concept pest is believed to be the first to target Oracle databases.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Halloween+treat+for+Oracle%3A+A+database+worm/2100-1009_22-5926641.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 11/01/05     Keywords: no keywords

In a test of the U.K.'s Computer Misuse Act, youth will be tried for attempting a denial-of-service attack on his former employer.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/British+teen+in+court+over+%27e-mail+bomb%27+charges/2100-1009_22-5925918.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 11/01/05     Keywords: web

After a flaw was found in a decade-old algorithm used to create and verify digital signatures in e-mail and on the Web, the U.S. government is trying to find a solution.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/U.S.+mulls+new+digital-signature+standard/2100-1009_22-5924982.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 11/01/05     Keywords: security, virus, antivirus

Security researcher says an issue in several antivirus products could let malicious files pass undetected, but some in the industry say it's not a flaw.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Evasion+bug+bites+virus+shields/2100-1009_22-5924738.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 10/31/05     Keywords: security

No plans to get into identity management but more megadeals on the horizon, a top executive at the security giant says.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Symantec%3A+No+end+in+sight+for+acquisitions/2100-1009_22-5924193.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 10/29/05     Keywords: security

New approach to selling services is aimed at getting customers to buy more than just security testing, code review.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Symantec+looks+to+sell+more+services/2100-1009_22-5920597.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 10/29/05     Keywords: security, spyware

Pest spreading via America Online's network delivers a cocktail of spyware, security company warns.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/AIM+worm+plays+nasty+new+trick/2100-1009_22-5920403.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 10/28/05     Keywords: database

Mechanism to secure passwords is weak, making it no challenge for an attacker to recover passwords for Oracle database users, experts warn.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Oracle+password+system+comes+under+fire/2100-1009_22-5918305.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 10/28/05     Keywords: spyware

Anti-Spyware Coalition gives final definition of spyware, as it works toward industry standards.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Group+pitches+anti-spyware+guidelines/2100-1009_22-5918113.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 10/27/05     Keywords: spam

Campaign against junk e-mail is expanded to target criminals who hijack PCs to send spam messages.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Microsoft+takes+on+spam+zombies/2100-1009_22-5917817.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn