CNET News - Security

Microsoft to fix holes in Windows, Office

Elinor Mills — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:26:00 PST

November's Patch Tuesday promises to be lighter than last month's record.

Google privacy controls: Most people won't care

Matt Asay — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:44:00 PST

Google Dashboard is putting personal data in the hands of users, but most of us won't care enough to exercise this control.

Originally posted at The Open Road

Zero-day flaw found in Web encryption

Tom Espiner — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:50:00 PST

Flaw is found in the Transport Layer Security and Secure Sockets Layer protocols, which have typically been used online retailers and banks to provide security for Web transactions.

Mac Game: Art project or malware?

Elinor Mills — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:27:00 PST

Is the Lose/Lose game a legitimate art project, or should it be flagged as malware because it deletes files?

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex

Corporate bank accounts targeted in online fraud

Elinor Mills — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:19:00 PST

Small and medium-size businesses, governments, and school districts are targets of online bank fraud involving malicious e-mails, key loggers, and money mules, FBI says.

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex

Hacker breaks into jailbroken iPhones, asks for $7

Elinor Mills — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:29:00 PST

A hacker asks victims to pay $7 to get instructions for fixing a security hole in their jailbroken iPhones.

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex

Malwarebytes accuses rival of software theft

Elinor Mills — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:32:00 PST

Anti-malware provider Malwarebytes says it will take legal action against China-based IObit, but IObit says it is all a mistake.

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex

Security firm M86 acquires Finjan

Elinor Mills — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:01:00 PST

M86 makes second acquisition in the past year, buying secure SaaS and Web gateway provider Finjan.

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex

Spammy scams surfacing on Twitter, Facebook

Elinor Mills — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:18:00 PST

Users of the microblogging service report spammy direct messages, while users of the social network report receiving links to a malware site.

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex

New Trojan encrypts files but leaves no ransom note

Elinor Mills — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:18:00 PST

Victims of the Ramvicrype Trojan horse must find tools to repair encrypted files.

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex