Conficker Working Group identifies successes and failures 

Conficker Working Group identifies successes and failures

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 28 January 2011 12:23 PM
More co-operation needed.
Russia and US working together to shut down stock hacker 

Russia and US working together to shut down stock hacker

In Hackers - By Iain Thomson, 22 March 2010 1:05 PM
Cooperative effort to combat stock manipulators.
Social network providers working to stop attacks 

Social network providers working to stop attacks

In Web/client - By Sue Marquette Poremba , 11 August 2008 2:34 PM
After the recent worm outbreak on Facebook and MySpace, the social networking sites and security experts are working to prevent future attacks.
Oracle working on out-of-cycle fix for WebLogic flaw 

Oracle working on out-of-cycle fix for WebLogic flaw

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 30 July 2008 10:54 AM
For the first time in more than three years, Oracle has issued an alert warning customers about a zero-day vulnerability.
Aniti-phishing bill working its way through U.S. Senate 

Aniti-phishing bill working its way through U.S. Senate

In Hackers - By Sue Marquette, 10 March 2008 10:40 AM
A group of U.S. senators have introduced a bi-partisan bill aimed at stopping phishing, but some privacy advocates are worried that website registrants will have to forfeit too ...
Mobile working is grave concern for IT managers 

Mobile working is grave concern for IT managers

In Networks - By Fiona Raisbeck, 2 October 2007 10:04 AM
More than three quarters of IT managers are concerned about the security risks posed by remote working, new figures suggest.
Google working to patch Gmail message-forwarding flaw 

Google working to patch Gmail message-forwarding flaw

In Web/client - By Frank Washkuch, 27 September 2007 9:48 AM
A flaw in Gmail can allow an attacker to forward all messages with attachments to another email address.
Survey: Mobile working erodes security 

Survey: Mobile working erodes security

In Risk - By Fiona Raisbeck, 20 July 2007 3:39 PM
Nearly two-thirds of IT security professionals still rely on passwords to protect their corporate networks, despite growing numbers of people working remotely, new figures show.
Adobe working on Reader, Acrobat vulnerabilities 

Adobe working on Reader, Acrobat vulnerabilities

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 30 November 2006 7:51 PM
Adobe said it is working on a fix for multiple vulnerabilities in its Reader and Acrobat programs that could be exploited by hackers to take control of an affected system.
McAfee and Microsoft working on Vista antivirus  

McAfee and Microsoft working on Vista antivirus

In Applications - By Negar Salek, 15 November 2006 3:04 PM
Security vendor McAfee is now “actively working” with Microsoft in developing security software for Windows Vista, and has downplayed any earlier rifts with the software giant.
Microsoft working on Word vulnerability fix 

Microsoft working on Word vulnerability fix

By Frank Washkuch, 22 May 2006 7:12 PM
Microsoft’s security experts are working on an update for the new zero-day vulnerability for Microsoft Word.
Working for easier, but accurate, biometrics 

Working for easier, but accurate, biometrics

By Ericka Chickowski, 28 February 2006 8:24 PM
Biometrics researchers at the University of Buffalo have paved the way to make fingerprint authentication more reliable, even with incomplete prints.
Spammers and criminals working hard to trick Christmas shoppers  

Spammers and criminals working hard to trick Christmas shoppers

By William Eazel, 14 December 2005 9:47 AM
Security fears have made 69 percent of shoppers more cautious about purchasing goods online, a newly published survey has claimed.
Working group aims to lock down VoIP Security  

Working group aims to lock down VoIP Security

By William Eazel, 27 October 2005 11:29 AM
The Voice over IP Security Alliance (VOIPSA) today released what it claims is the first comprehensive list of Voice over IP (VoIP) security threats.
Virus authors take a vacation, phishers keep working 

Virus authors take a vacation, phishers keep working

By René Millman, 4 August 2005 12:12 PM
Virus authors appear to have gone on holiday, according to a new report.
Y2K - Not a patch on mobile working grief 

Y2K - Not a patch on mobile working grief

By David Quainton, 17 May 2005 2:44 PM
Managing mobile security is the biggest IT challenge since the millennium bug, a mobile working study suggests.
Mobile working increases productivity over 50 percent. 

Mobile working increases productivity over 50 percent.

By David Quainton, 22 November 2004 11:58 AM
Rotherham Council has achieved 50 percent improvement in productivity through a new mobile working system. Using end-point authentication the system allows staff to work ...
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