Date: 09/21/05     Keywords: no keywords

If they don't improve protection, they risk losing customers aware of online-banking threats.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/EDS%3A+Banks+should+shape+up+on+security/2100-1009_22-5875906.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/21/05     Keywords: virus, antivirus, spam

New variants of the veteran pest have been sent out in two waves of spam, an antivirus firm says.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Bagle+attack+comes+in+two+waves/2100-1009_22-5875863.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/21/05     Keywords: browser, security

Security update to open-source browser patches several flaws. A similar revamp for Mozilla is on its way.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Fix+in+for+Firefox+bugs/2100-1009_22-5875797.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/19/05     Keywords: browser, security, microsoft

But security firm also finds that Microsoft's IE is the only browser widely exploited by hackers today.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Symantec%3A+Mozilla+browsers+more+vulnerable+than+IE/2100-1009_22-5873273.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/19/05     Keywords: software

The software giant used tips from customers to target eight companies in five states that allegedly sold pirated software.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Microsoft+sues+more+resellers+in+piracy+battle/2100-1009_22-5873069.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/19/05     Keywords: security

When surfing a leading security firm's site, check that url because a company appears to have set traps through typo-laden domain names.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Serial+typo-squatters+target+security+firms/2100-1009_22-5873001.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/17/05     Keywords: security

Common Vulnerability Scoring System would let companies take their own systems into account in assessing the risk from a security bug.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Plan+lets+users+be+the+judge+of+flaws/2100-1009_22-5869923.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/16/05     Keywords: no keywords

Businesses should no longer let IT staff dictate how a company secures itself, analyst firm says.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Don%27t+trust+security+to+techies+alone%2C+Gartner+says/2100-1009_22-5868906.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/16/05     Keywords: security, microsoft

Flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer could launch a remote attack on systems running Windows XP with Service Pack 2, says security firm.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/IE+flaw+puts+Windows+XP+SP2+at+risk/2100-1009_22-5868867.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/15/05     Keywords: security

Mozilla Foundation plans to release new versions soon to deal with a recently disclosed serious security flaw and other problems.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/New+Firefox%2C+Mozilla+releases+to+fix+bugs/2100-1009_22-5865882.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/15/05     Keywords: web

Teenager who admitted to hacking mobile-phone operator T-Mobile and posting data from Paris Hilton's Sidekick on the Web will serve 11 months in a juvenile facility.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Hilton+hacker+sentenced+to+juvenile+hall/2100-1009_22-5865391.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/14/05     Keywords: no keywords

Do the keys on the keyboard make different sounds? Kind of, UC Berkeley scientists discover. And that's a potential problem.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Keyboard+clicks+can+lead+to+security+hacks/2100-1009_22-5865318.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/14/05     Keywords: no keywords

Emerging threats mean that passwords are no longer an adequate means of authentication, Gartner analysts warn.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Companies+urged+to+move+beyond+passwords/2100-1009_22-5865013.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/14/05     Keywords: browser

Researchers claim they have found ways to exploit a serious flaw in Firefox and Mozilla browsers, a sign that attacks could be on the way.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Hackers+work+to+exploit+latest+Firefox+flaw/2100-1009_22-5863451.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/13/05     Keywords: software

The software maker misses Patch Tuesday but re-releases an update pack for Windows 2000 to fix several bugs.

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Date: 09/10/05     Keywords: browser

The patch protects against exploitation of a serious flaw by disabling the browser feature that contains the vulnerability.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Mozilla+offers+temporary+fix+for+Firefox+flaw/2100-1009_22-5857511.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/10/05     Keywords: software, security

A quality issue has moved the software maker to pull the security update that it planned to release on Patch Tuesday.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Microsoft+pulls+%27critical%27+Windows+update/2100-1009_22-5857338.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/09/05     Keywords: no keywords

Privacy proponents are calling for stricter policies on federal-government usage of information from commercial sources.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Panel%3A+New+rules%2C+tech+needed+for+data+privacy/2100-1009_22-5857176.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/09/05     Keywords: no keywords

At session hosted by Visa, expert offers tips. One eye-opener: Brick-and-mortar stores are favorite targets of thieves.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Putting+the+squeeze+on+credit+card+fraud/2100-1009_22-5856625.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 09/09/05     Keywords: no keywords

He lands a "reasonable" two-year prison sentence, given that he also had threatened to kill police officers chasing him.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Police+blotter%3A+Bogus+laptop+salesman+loses+appeal/2100-1009_22-5852866.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn