6 Steps to Pull App Security Back to the Future
OWASP will host its 2009 AppSec DC conference next week, hoping to arm IT security practitioners with knowledge to improve application security. For a taste of what to expect, organization member Matt Fisher discusses what's wrong with app security today and six ways to make it better.
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.
Top Microsoft Security Architect: Windows 7 Will Slash Malware
Jimmy Kuo, principal architect for Microsoft's Malware Protection Center, has high hopes that Windows 7 security features will help reverse attack trends identified in the seventh volume of the software giant's Security Intelligence Report.
Microsoft Patch Tally: 6 Years, 745 Vulnerabilities
In six years of monthly Patch Tuesdays, Microsoft has issued 400 security bulletins that address 745 vulnerabilities, an informal tally shows.
After One Year, Conficker Infects 7 Million Computers
The Conficker worm has passed a dubious milestone. It has now infected more than 7 million [m] computers, security experts estimate.
Spammer Ordered to Pay Facebook $711 Million
Facebook was awarded US$711 million in damages from a convicted spammer on Thursday, but the social networking site is hoping a separate criminal action will eventually send him to jail.
Amazon Downplays Report Highlighting Cloud Flaws
Amazon today said that it has taken steps to mitigate a security issue in its cloud computing infrastructure that was identified recently by researchers from MIT and the University of California at San Diego.
Password Reset Email is New Facebook Virus
Security researchers uncover spoof email with downloadable files that include the Trojan virus Bredolab.
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- 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
