Storm Botnet Stages Fourth of July Attacks
Hackers tried to trick users into downloading the Storm bot Trojan by unleashing a flood of Fourth of July spam bearing links to malicious sites.
Lithuania: Attacks Focused on Hosting Company
A vulnerability in a Web server contributed to the attacks on some 300 websites in Lithuania earlier this week, a computer security expert said.
Industry View: Web Application Security Today - Are We All Insane?
WhiteHat Security's Jeremiah Grossman believes the current approach to protecting Web apps is the very picture of insanity.
Trojan Lurks, Waiting to Steal Admin Passwords
The Coreflood Trojan program has used a Microsoft administration tool to infect corporate networks.
Industry View| Ira Winkler on Awareness Training
Awareness training is great when people can hurt only themselves. But when people can hurt others, stronger measures are required.
FUD Watch | Vendor Hype Escalates Over PCI Deadline
Monday is the day merchants must be in compliance with PCI DSS Requirement 6.6. That means the security vendor PR machine is in overdrive.
Group Says Google a Top Source of Badware
Google is now one of the top hosts of badware websites, according to new data from Stopbadware.org.
Microsoft Fix Clobbers 2 Million Password Stealers
Microsoft's latest security update has detected and removed more online game password-logging software from 2 million PCs.
Apple Fixes Safari 'Carpet Bomb' Bug
Apple has reversed its position and patched the "carpet bombing" flaw in its Safari browser.
Microsoft's Critical Bluetooth Patch Didn't Work on XP
Microsoft has re-issued a critical Bluetooth security patch, saying it didn't initially work on Windows XP.
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