Schneier: Steps to combat file-sharing are misguided
Q&A So-called 'three strikes' laws ignore due process and are technologically unfeasible to implement, according to security guru Bruce Schneier [09 Dec 2009]
Microsoft, Adobe ready critical security patches
News Microsoft will issue one bulletin on Patch Tuesday, while Adobe plans to fix a targeted Reader and Acrobat vulnerability [08 Jan 2010]
Expert calls for comms security alert on mobiles
News Craig Heath of the Symbian Foundation suggests a mobile app could alert users when their communications security has been compromised [06 Jan 2010]
Symantec updates blocked by date-stamp bug
News Symantec Endpoint Protection has been affected by a glitch that means enterprise customers are unable to use malware definitions dated 2010 [05 Jan 2010]
Kingston flash drives suffer password flaw
News Secure USB-stick firm Kingston Technology has asked customers to return certain models of its drives for an update following the discovery of a flaw [04 Jan 2010]
China says thousands arrested over web porn
News The Chinese government says it arrested more than 5,000 people in 2009 in an effort to crack down on web porn use, according to Reuters [04 Jan 2010]
Hacker Gonzalez pleads guilty to further breaches
News Albert Gonzalez has pleaded guilty to breaches at companies including Heartland Payment Systems and convenience-store chain 7-Eleven [31 Dec 2009]
McAfee: Facebook, Twitter targets for attack in 2010
News McAfee Labs 2010 Threat Predictions report warns of increased attacks on social networks, as well as Adobe Reader and Google's Chrome OS [30 Dec 2009]
Microsoft denies IIS vulnerability claims
News The software giant says it has investigated claims of a flaw in Internet Information Services 6, but has found 'no vulnerability' [30 Dec 2009]
GSM crypto code cracked, says computer engineer
News Karsten Nohl claims to have deciphered the secret algorithm used to encrypt most of the world's mobile phone calls [29 Dec 2009]
Amazon, other sites hit by DDoS attack
News An attack on a major DNS provider in the US hobbled service to sites such as Amazon, Wal-Mart and Expedia for about an hour, two days before Christmas [24 Dec 2009]
White House names Howard Schmidt as cyber tsar
News Schmidt, a former cybersecurity advisor to the Bush administration, will co-ordinate many security activities across the US government [22 Dec 2009]
Firefox, Adobe lead list of buggiest software
News The Mozilla browser is first and Adobe software knocks Microsoft out of second place on the list of products with the most reported flaws [18 Dec 2009]
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Adobe to plug zero-day Reader, Acrobat hole
News The company will release the patch on 12 January, allowing it to stick to its quarterly security update schedule. In the meantime, users can disable JavaScript [17 Dec 2009]
Symantec confirms zero-day Acrobat, Reader attack
News A malicious Acrobat PDF is being distributed via an email attachment that drops the Trojan, affecting Windows systems when the file is opened [16 Dec 2009]
Facebook sues over alleged phishing, spamming
News The lawsuit accuses three men of gaining access to Facebook user accounts by phishing and then sending spam from their accounts [16 Dec 2009]
Adobe looking into Reader, Acrobat exploit reports
News Security vendor partners partners have warned Adobe of an exploit in the wild targeting a hole in Reader and Acrobat 9.2 [15 Dec 2009]
Microsoft issues patch for Office 2003 bug
News The software maker has posted a download that resolves an issue that was keeping users from accessing some rights-managed files [15 Dec 2009]
Cloud will bring new threats, warns Trend Micro
News Cloud infrastructure and connectivity, as well as devices reliant on it, will lead to new vulnerabilities for enterprises, according to Trend Micro [14 Dec 2009]
Botnet gangs collaborate on malware
News The criminal groups behind the Zeus and Avalanche botnets appear to have struck a deal to use each other's infrastructure [11 Dec 2009]
