Exposed McDonald's data may be linked to third-party 

Exposed McDonald's data may be linked to third-party

In Risk - By Angela Moscaritolo, 17 December 2010 11:36 AM
Possibly part of broader attack.
American Express may have failed to encrypt data 

American Express may have failed to encrypt data

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 26 May 2010 12:53 PM
Credit card information not secured.
Google hackers may have targeted 100+ firms 

Google hackers may have targeted 100+ firms

In Web/client - By Phil Muncaster, 1 March 2010 2:18 PM
New research shows scale of attacks was much wider than at first thought.
Apple releases patches for 12 flaws 

Apple releases patches for 12 flaws

In Applications - By Phil Muncaster, 21 January 2010 9:48 AM
Latest security update.
Radisson reveals details of data hack 

Radisson reveals details of data hack

In Risk - By Iain Thomson, 21 August 2009 6:35 AM
Credit card details compromised?
Spam accounted for 90 percent of all email in May 

Spam accounted for 90 percent of all email in May

In Messaging - By Dan Kaplan, 27 May 2009 10:48 AM
Spam is back on the rise, according to Symantec's MessageLabs monthly report.
Swedish hacker indicted for Cisco attack 

Swedish hacker indicted for Cisco attack

In Hackers - By Iain Thomson, 7 May 2009 2:47 PM
A 21 year old Swedish hacker has been indicted for attacks on Cisco that saw the networking giant’s source code stolen.
Adobe PDF vulnerability fix slated for May 12 

Adobe PDF vulnerability fix slated for May 12

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 5 May 2009 9:53 AM
Adobe said it plans to release an update by May 12 for the recently disclosed Reader and Acrobat vulnerability.
Conficker E set to become dormant on May 3 

Conficker E set to become dormant on May 3

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 17 April 2009 10:08 AM
Shavlik Technologies has predicted that the E variant of the Conficker worm will be killed off on the 3rd of May.
Hackers may face death penalty in Pakistan 

Hackers may face death penalty in Pakistan

In Hackers - By SC Australia Staff, 7 November 2008 9:59 AM
Hackers whose efforts cause the death of a person will face the death penalty in Pakistan.
Oyster card hackers may have their research blocked 

Oyster card hackers may have their research blocked

In Crypto - By Richard Thurston, 27 June 2008 10:25 AM
HMRC has radically improved its data security measures since the breach which caused it to lose 25 million child benefit records in October last year.
Floods may encourage internet scams 

Floods may encourage internet scams

In Messaging - By Dan Kaplan, 16 June 2008 9:41 AM
The twisters and historic floods sweeping across the US will give rise to malicious attacks, the SANS Storm Center warned on Friday.
Government hacker may avoid extradition to US 

Government hacker may avoid extradition to US

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 23 October 2007 10:48 AM
Gary McKinnon, accused of hacking into US government computers, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage, can protest his extradition to America in Britain's highest ...
Storm Worm may have blown itself out 

Storm Worm may have blown itself out

In Applications - By Matt Chapman, 23 October 2007 6:53 AM
A security researcher at the University of California says the Storm Worm could be coming to an end, based on his tracking data.
SecureWorks: Storm worm may be for sale 

SecureWorks: Storm worm may be for sale

In Applications - By Jim Carr, 17 October 2007 10:07 AM
The infamous storm worm trojan, which first hit inboxes in January, is poised to become a for-sale spam botnet system, complete with fast-flux DNS and hosting capabilities.
Postini partners may jump ship 

Postini partners may jump ship

In Risk - By Iain Thomson, 12 July 2007 1:13 PM
Google takeover could cause problems, say anaylsts.
Malware goes back to the future in May 

Malware goes back to the future in May

In Applications - 6 June 2007 12:52 PM
New versions of old threats come back to haunt users.
Apple patches 17 flaws in third May security bulletin 

Apple patches 17 flaws in third May security bulletin

In Applications - By Frank Washkuch, 28 May 2007 9:40 AM
Apple on Thursday released 13 patches, fixing 17 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X.
Some Windows users get system freeze with May patches 

Some Windows users get system freeze with May patches

In Applications - By Jim Carr, 15 May 2007 9:22 AM
An unidentified number of Windows users got more than they bargained for with Microsoft's latest round of Patch Tuesday security fixes when their PCs froze for hours while ...
Child porn suspects may have been fraud victims 

Child porn suspects may have been fraud victims

In Risk - By Fiona Raisbeck, 11 May 2007 9:44 AM
Hundreds of people questioned by police as part of an internet child pornography inquiry may have been innocent victims of credit card fraud, an investigation has found.
Microsoft: DNS patch likely for May Patch Tuesday 

Microsoft: DNS patch likely for May Patch Tuesday

In Applications - By Frank Washkuch, 1 May 2007 9:28 AM
Microsoft will likely have a fix available for a sparsely attacked flaw in Windows Server 2000 and 2003 DNS Service as part of the 8 May Patch Tuesday distribution, according ...
Microsoft works against the clock to ready DNS fix 

Microsoft works against the clock to ready DNS fix

In Applications - By Frank Washkuch, 20 April 2007 9:49 AM
While stopping short of a guarantee, a prominent Microsoft security researcher said this week that the software superpower is working around the clock to have a patch for the ...
Virginia Tech massacre may spawn phishing scams 

Virginia Tech massacre may spawn phishing scams

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 19 April 2007 9:40 AM
Information security experts warned users today to be on the lookout for legitimate-looking websites exploiting Monday's massacre at Virginia Tech.
Hacker cracks University of Arizona network 

Hacker cracks University of Arizona network

In Risk - By Frank Washkuch, 10 January 2007 6:34 PM
A hacker may have obtained the personal information of University of Arizona employees, as well as details of the institution's financial transactions.
New iPods may contain virus 

New iPods may contain virus

By Negar Salek, 18 October 2006 4:00 PM
A percentage of recently shipped iPods may be infected by the Windows virus, RavMonE.exe, according to a statement made by Apple Computer today.
Postini: IM attacks on the rise in May 

Postini: IM attacks on the rise in May

By Ericka Chickowski, 8 June 2006 4:27 AM
The number of instant messaging (IM) attacks increased by 500 percent in May, Postini reported this week.
Firm: BSA may unintentionally encourage piracy 

Firm: BSA may unintentionally encourage piracy

By William Eazel, 10 May 2006 10:01 AM
The Business Software Alliance (BSA) today came under fire for launching a U.K. anti-piracy program that appeals to disgruntled employees by offering generous financial ...
Your tax info may not be as secure as you think 

Your tax info may not be as secure as you think

By Ericka Chickowski, 14 April 2006 9:22 PM
A rule change proposed by the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has come under fire from privacy advocates who have taken issue with a clause ...
Sony rootkit may be more dangerous on the way out 

Sony rootkit may be more dangerous on the way out

By Frank Washkuch, 15 November 2005 10:30 PM
Uninstalling Sony-BMG Entertainment’s spyware-like application from a PC could be more harmful than having downloaded it in the first place, a Princeton University professor ...
Sober hits hard come what May 

Sober hits hard come what May

By David Quainton, 2 June 2005 11:23 AM
Virus-infected email rose almost four-fold in May as the Sober virus took hold.
Spamalot fans may get spam a lot 

Spamalot fans may get spam a lot

By René Millman, 23 March 2005 3:50 PM
Fans of hit Broadway musical Spamalot could end up getting lots of spam after a security glitch exposed names and email addresses of 31,000 visitors to the show's website.
DDoS teens may have to sulk in jail 

DDoS teens may have to sulk in jail

By David Quainton, 23 March 2005 2:45 PM
The FBI has arrested two teenagers in connection with a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against a New Jersey sporting goods firm.
Sasser tops May virus chart 

Sasser tops May virus chart

By Marcia Savage, 1 June 2004 4:59 PM
The Sasser worm was the most prevalent malware in May, a month which was inundated by new viruses, according to antivirus vendor Sophos.
Microsoft issues single security advisory for May 

Microsoft issues single security advisory for May

By Marcia Savage, 11 May 2004 11:17 PM
Microsoft on Tuesday posted one security bulletin for May, a stark contrast to the rash of vulnerabilities it warned of in April.
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