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Security pros develop flaw database
News On Wednesday, the US presidential special adviser for cybersecurity, Richard Clarke, spoke in support of taking software makers to task for shoddy software. A broad group of hackers and security experts have banded together to create a new service...
[August 6, 2002, 8:04]
MySQL gets gold star on bug test
News Commercial code typically has anywhere from one to seven bugs per 1,000 lines of code, according to an April report from the National Cybersecurity Partnership's Working Group on the Software Lifecycle, which cited an analysis of development...
[February 7, 2005, 8:50]
Linux 'better than proprietary software'
News Proprietary software, in general, has one to seven flaws per thousand lines of code, according to an April report from the National Cybersecurity Partnership's Working Group on the Software Lifecycle, which cited an analysis of development methods...
[December 14, 2004, 10:30]
ISPs 'must do more' to combat cybercrime
News Yu's comments echo earlier remarks from ex-US cybersecurity chief Richard Clarke earlier this month. The chief technology officer of online gaming portal Betfair has called on more government and industry cooperation to combat the growing threat of...
[November 26, 2004, 15:15]
Antivirus firms consider protection against Sony DRM rootkit
News Rootkits are rapidly becoming one of the biggest issues in cybersecurity. Antivirus firms are considering protecting their customers from the digital rights management software used by Sony on some CDs.
[November 4, 2005, 16:35]
The dangers of scripting flaws in IE
News A Microsoft representative speaking at a recent cybersecurity conference in Wiesbaden, Germany, told the audience that virus writers are still winning the security war and costing the world's IT resources about $13bn every year.
[December 15, 2003, 17:00]
'Deceptive Duo' suspects hit in FBI raid
News In the first hack in late April, the Duo wrote: "We are two US Citizens that understand how sad our country's cybersecurity really is. As first reported by CNET News.com, agents raided the homes of two teenagers earlier this week.
[May 16, 2002, 9:11]
Labour peer bangs cyberterrorism drum
News Back in February, several experts including Richard Clarke, the former White House cybersecurity advisor, rejected claims that a World Security Organisation should be set up to tackle cyberterror. New legislation is needed to protect the UK's...
[April 27, 2005, 15:45]
Don't shoot the messenger
Leader We will have to wait - again - to discover what fate awaits the hacker, Gary McKinnon. On Wednesday, a judge postponed making a decision on whether McKinnon is to be extradited to the US to face trial on charges that he deliberately disrupted the...
[April 13, 2006, 15:10]
Blunkett warns of broadband fallout
News As the government promise of "broadband for all" plays out, and broadband becomes more ubiquitous, the UK should be prepared to face more cyberthreats, according to former home secretary David Blunkett, speaking to ZDNet UK at the Infosecurity...
[May 1, 2009, 15:33]
Training the cyberwar troops
News Systems administrator David Riebrandt's first hint that intruders had hacked the military network came from telltale electronic footprints. From the logs -- electronic records of the information passed on the network -- it quickly became evident...
[April 29, 2002, 12:38]
Experts warn on opportunistic malware avalanche
News Email users are being warned to be on the lookout for new social engineering techniques attempting to exploit the widely-publicised theft of up to 40 million credit card account details from a transaction processing firm.
[June 22, 2005, 11:35]
US looks beyond the perimeter for cyberdefence
News A more comprehensive response to cyberattacks is needed, looking at insider threats and compromised peripheral devices, Robert Jamison of the US Department of Homeland Security tells ZDNet UK.
[November 7, 2008, 14:56]
Clarke joins latest cyberterror debate
News Richard Clarke, the former White House cyber security advisor, has criticised a UK company for using the term "cyberterrorism". DK Matai, chairman of security consultancy company mi2g, put forward proposals to the Oxford University Internet...
[February 11, 2005, 13:25]
The End of the Internet as we know it!
Talkback This is all about control. Once again the US of A are getting others to do their dirty work. This will start a cyber war not stop it. One has a big stick, the others then get bigger sticks. LOL these people are stupid.
[June 25, 2009, 12:37]
We'll its a step in the...
Talkback Right direction if anything for bringing awareness to these issues that quite frankly need more awareness, but what will become of individual programs is anybody's guess hopefully something bloody useful.
[October 6, 2009, 20:32]
Anti-cybercrime centre opens for research
News The complex, one of the first Innovation and Knowledge Centres in the UK, is tagged as the country's lead cybersecurity research organisation and has funding for an initial five-year lifespan. A new £30m IT security research centre, which...
[September 24, 2009, 9:58]
BAE to develop secure mobile network for US military
News Cybersecurity presents a major operational challenge, precisely when our services are becoming increasingly dependent on seamless access to tactical information," Nils Sandell, vice president and general manager of advanced information...
[May 2, 2008, 10:35]
US primes cyberalert system
News The announcement comes about two months after officials met with technology industry experts to form plans in five areas: awareness for home users and small businesses, cybersecurity early warning, corporate governance and security, technical...
[January 28, 2004, 7:25]
