Survey: Security Certifications Hot Among IT Pros
CompTIA finds IT pros value and seek new security-related certifications above all other areas.
Vendors Scrambling to Fix Bug in Net's Security
Software makers around the world are scrambling to fix a serious bug in the technology used to transfer information securely on the Internet.
Botnet Authors Crash WordPress Sites with Buggy Code
Webmasters who find an annoying error message on their sites may have caught a big break, thanks to a slip-up by the authors of the Gumblar botnet.
Three-Year-Old Office Patch Stymies Most Attacks
Users running Microsoft Office can stump nearly three-fourths of all known attacks targeting the suite by applying just one three-year-old patch, according to recently published data.
Analyst: PCI Security a Devil, 'Like No Child Left Behind'
Joshua Corman, research director for enterprise security at The 451 Group, says the private sector's obsession with PCI DSS compliance is blinding it to larger threats.
Java, BlackBerry Desktop Get Security Bug Fixes
Sun Microsystems and Research In Motion have issued critical bug fixes for security issues with their products.
Microsoft Correctly Predicts Reliable Exploits Just 27% of the Time
Microsoft's monthly predictions about whether hackers will create reliable exploit code for its bugs were right only about a quarter of the time in the first half of 2009, the company acknowledged Monday.
Put Cybersecurity Chief in DHS Not the White House, Senator Says
Five months after President Obama announced the need for a White House-appointed coordinator to oversee national cybersecurity affairs, the debate continues in Washington over whether such a coordinator would be more effective if outside the White House.
Alleged Cable Modem Hacker Indicted in US
A U.S. man is facing federal criminal charges for allegedly selling modified cable modems and software that enabled free Internet access at super-fast broadband speeds.
Microsoft Links Malware Rates to Pirated Windows
Microsoft said computers in countries with high rates of software piracy are more likely to be infected by malicious code because users are leery of applying security patches.
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- Vendors Scrambling to Fix Bug in Net's Security
- Botnet Authors Crash WordPress Sites with Buggy Code
- Three-Year-Old Office Patch Stymies Most Attacks
- Analyst: PCI Security a Devil, 'Like No Child Left Behind'
- Java, BlackBerry Desktop Get Security Bug Fixes
- Microsoft Correctly Predicts Reliable Exploits Just 27% of the Time
- Put Cybersecurity Chief in DHS Not the White House, Senator Says
- Alleged Cable Modem Hacker Indicted in US
- Microsoft Links Malware Rates to Pirated Windows
