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Microsoft releases three critical patches

In Applications - By Jim Carr, 11 June 2008 10:32 AM

Microsoft on Tuesday unleashed seven patches, three for critical vulnerabilities, in its June Patch Tuesday round of bug fixes.

Faster, cheaper iPhone portends IT security headaches

In Web/client - By Jim Carr, 11 June 2008 10:32 AM

IT professionals are gearing up for more security headaches from the Apple's latest smart phone.

Microsoft to patch seven vulnerabilities -- three critical

In Applications - By Jim Carr, 10 June 2008 10:06 AM

Microsoft said on Thursday it plans to release seven patches -- three of them rated "critical" -- in the June Patch Tuesday round of bug fixes this week.

VMware patches software flaws

In Applications - By Jim Carr, 3 June 2008 11:52 AM

VMware has released updates to its hosted virtualisation software products that shore up a variety of vulnerabilities.

Microsoft's CardSpace ID technology: breached

In Applications - By Jim Carr, 2 June 2008 11:56 AM

Three security researchers in Germany have reportedly broken Microsoft's CardSpace, which was designed to beef up the security of users' personal information while browsing the ...

Californian indicted in US$50,000 scam of E*Trade, Schwab.com

In Risk - By Jim Carr, 30 May 2008 2:37 PM

The FBI has indicated a California man for an ingenious scam that bilked US$50,000 -- a few pennies at a time -- from online brokerage companies E*trade and Schwab.com.

Apple releases latest Leopard OS update

In Applications - By Jim Carr, 29 May 2008 10:15 AM

Apple on Wednesday fixed some 70 problems - including more than 40 vulnerabilities - in its Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) operating system and associated components.

Blame XP SP3 problems on Microsoft, Symantec says

In Applications - By Jim Carr, 26 May 2008 9:57 AM

Security researchers at Symantec have placed the blame for a variety of problems users are experiencing with Microsoft's Windows XP Service Pack 3 squarely on Microsoft.

DHS report: Open-source code "quality" is up

In Applications - By Jim Carr, 21 May 2008 8:55 AM

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security-sponsored project has not only discovered that the quality of open-source software code has improved significantly over the past two ...

Counterfeit networking gear: A security threat?

In Web/client - By Jim Carr, 14 May 2008 10:29 AM

Counterfeit networking equipment could jeopardize the security of U.S. military and other government systems, according to an FBI PowerPoint presentation posted on a website ...

Microsoft fixes six flaws, three critical in its May Patch Tuesday

In Applications - By Jim Carr, 14 May 2008 10:15 AM

Microsoft fixed six vulnerabilities, three of them rated critical, with four patches in its May Patch Tuesday round this week. All were file-format vulnerabilities impacting ...

Report says C-level execs more involved with security

In Risk - By Jim Carr, 12 May 2008 10:18 AM

The major data breaches that have received mass media coverage are driving so-called "C-level" executives to become actively involved in their organization's security policies, ...

Report: Vista more vulnerable than Windows 2000

In Applications - By Jim Carr, 12 May 2008 10:04 AM

A vendor of anti-spyware and anti-virus software has released a report saying that Windows Vista, the latest version of Microsoft's latest operating system, is more susceptible ...

Website attacks continue

In Web/client - By Jim Carr, 9 May 2008 9:55 AM

Security researchers at the Shadowserver Foundation have discovered another round of SQL injection attacks, this one affecting more than 4,000 web pages that are based on ...

Tech coalition asks judge to toss out Zango appeal

In Hackers - By Jim Carr, 8 May 2008 9:43 AM

A coalition of technology organisations and vendors has asked a federal appeals court to reject a lawsuit that adware maker Zango has continued to pursue against Kaspersky Lab, ...

Mozilla Messaging fixes five bugs in Thunderbird email client

In Applications - By Jim Carr, 6 May 2008 8:57 AM

The Mozilla Foundation's Mozilla Messaging subsidiary has released patches for five flaws in its Thunderbird e-mail client.

"Byzantine" botnet uses military, education servers for spam

In Messaging - By Jim Carr, 5 May 2008 11:02 AM

Researchers at an Eastern European security company have uncovered a spam-sending scheme of "Byzantine complexity" that attempts to use military and university email servers to ...