A SecurityFocus beszámolója szerint egy hacker közzé tette, hogyan lehet a Microsoft konzolján alternatív operációs rendszereket futtatni.

A new version of the Storm e-mail virus is populating blogs and online bulletin boards with links directing people to a Web site that is propagating the worm, representing a new mode of attack for hackers seeking financial gain, according to a security vendor that became aware of the virus Monday night.

The former legal counsel for McAfee Inc. is facing federal charges of improperly backdating stock options at the security software company.

Google's enterprise collaboration suite unveiled last week includes security options that let companies tie it into their existing corporate directories and extend single sign-on to the online provider's hosted applications.

EEye Digital Security said Friday that it's found the first Office 2007 remote code vulnerability and has alerted Microsoft's bug team.

A nyílt forráskódú Snort behatolásérzékelő alkalmazás biztonsági hibája kártékony kódok lefuttatását segítheti elő.

Mozilla Corp. will delay the next security update for Firefox so it can test a fix for a flaw that could be used by attackers by skirt security restrictions.

A több szegmensre osztható internetes piacon egyre nagyobb szerepet kapnak a játékok: a gigavállalatok is szeretnének nagy, zsíros szeleteteket az üzletből.

Cisco Systems Inc. posted net income of US$1.9 billion, or $0.31 per share, on revenue of $8.4 billion in its fiscal second quarter financial results reported Tuesday, exceeding revenue but matching earnings per share estimates of analysts.

With its February security patches now two weeks away, Microsoft Corp. is warning of another critical flaw in its Office software.

Microsoft Corp.'s net income fell 28 percent year over year for its 2007 second fiscal quarter as it spent ahead of its mass market launch of Windows Vista this month.

A second U.S.-German group of investors, led by Sentex Sensing Technologies Inc., plans to make an offer for insolvent mobile phone maker BenQ Mobile GmbH & Co. OHG, following a bid by a rival group of American-German investors, Sentex said Monday.

Mozilla Corp. has released the first update for the Firefox 2.0 browser to fix eight security vulnerabilities.

Fortify Software Inc. and the FindBugs project have launched a free service that will scan open-source Java software for bugs in the code.

Users are being advised to disable a certain type of file in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Media Player software following the discovery of a new security hole in the software.

Washington's attorney general has settled the first case prosecuted under the state's 2005 Computer Spyware Act.

Mához egy hétre új helyszínen és időpontban nyitja meg kapuit az immár 15 évet megért KRIMINÁLEXPO IT-SEC 2006 konferencia és szakkiállítás.

Microsoft Corp. is investigating reports of a vulnerability in a Windows ActiveX control that could allow an attacker to remotely take control of a computer, according to an advisory issued Friday. One security company rated the vulnerability critical, while Microsoft said it allowed only limited attacks.

A Sun Microsystems és a BalaBit IT Security bejelentették új közös terméküket, amelyet elsőként a héten zajló „Systems 2006” informatikai és telekommunikációs szakvásáron Münchenben tekinthet meg és próbálhat ki a szakmai közönség.

A flaw that research firm Secunia ApS claimed to have discovered in Internet Explorer 7 just hours after its unveiling is not a browser bug after all, Microsoft Corp. said Thursday.