IDG News Service
Robert McMillan is a reporter for the IDG News Service.
Blue Coat slashes staff, buys S7 services company
Nov. 05, 2009
Security-appliance vendor Blue Coat Systems is laying off of close to 20 percent of its staff and restructuring its business in a drive to increase profitability.
Vendors scrambling to fix bug in Net's security
Nov. 05, 2009
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
Nov. 04, 2009
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.
Java, BlackBerry desktop get security bug fixes
Nov. 04, 2009
Sun Microsystems and Research In Motion have issued critical bug fixes for security issues with their products.
FBI warns of $100M cyber-threat to small business
Nov. 03, 2009
Cyberthieves are hacking into small- and medium-sized organizations every week and stealing millions of dollars in an ongoing scam that has moved about US$100 million out of U.S. bank accounts, the U.S. Federal Bureau ...
ArcSight adds unstructured log analysis with Logger 4
Nov. 03, 2009
Event management vendor ArcSight will soon start selling a new version of its product, designed to mine unstructured computer logfiles for signs of hacking or illegal activity.
Cable modem hacker busted by feds
Nov. 02, 2009
An expert on cable modem hacking has been arrested by federal authorities on computer intrusion charges.
After one year, Conficker infects 7 million computers
Oct. 30, 2009
The Conficker worm has passed a dubious milestone. It has now infected more than 7 million [m] computers, security experts estimate.
US-CERT moves in with NCC, NCSC
Oct. 30, 2009
The group responsible for coordinating U.S. responses to cyber threats is getting new digs.
Microsoft cleans up bugs after biggest patch release
Oct. 29, 2009
After releasing its largest-ever group of security patches two weeks ago, Microsoft has done a little cleaning up.
Internet phone systems become the fraudster's tool
Oct. 28, 2009
Cybercriminals have found a new launching pad for their scams: the phone systems of small and medium-sized businesses across the U.S.
Hurt by server slump, Symantec sees market stabilizing
Oct. 28, 2009
With revenue down slightly during its latest fiscal quarter, Symantec said Wednesday that it was starting to see some stabilization in enterprise spending.
Twitter warns of new phishing attack
Oct. 28, 2009
Twitter warned users Tuesday of a new phishing scam on the social networking site.
Google Apps scores in LA, with assist from Microsoft
Oct. 28, 2009
Los Angeles City Council approved a US$7.25 million five-year deal Tuesday in which the city will adopt Gmail and other Google Apps.
Trend Micro CEO: hackers hitting AV infrastructure
Oct. 23, 2009
It's become an all-too-common scam: A legitimate Web site pops up a window that looks just like a real security warning. It says there's something wrong with the computer, and click here to fix it. A few clicks later, ...
Man arrested for snatching data from German social network
Oct. 23, 2009
A German man has reportedly been arrested after crawling several popular German social-networking sites for data and then allegedly trying to extort the site's operators.
Report says China ready for cyber-war, espionage
Oct. 23, 2009
Looking to gain the upper hand in any future cyber conflicts, China is probably spying on U.S. companies and government, according to a report commissioned by a Congressional advisory panel monitoring the security ...
38 Oracle security patches coming next week
Oct. 16, 2009
After a record-setting week of Microsoft and Adobe security patches, Oracle is gearing up for a major update of its own next week.
Microsoft's free AV got 1.5 million downloads in first week
Oct. 16, 2009
Microsoft registered more than 1.5 million downloads of its free antivirus software in the week after it shipped.
With botnets everywhere, DDoS attacks get cheaper
Oct. 15, 2009
Cyber-crime just doesn't pay like it used to.
IBM boosts earnings estimate, but revenue drops
Oct. 15, 2009
Citing improved profit margins and a stabilizing IT spending environment, IBM revised its 2009 earnings estimates upward Thursday, even as the company's revenue dropped.
To boost security, Mozilla launches plugin checker
Oct. 14, 2009
Mozilla developers have launched a new online tool that tells Firefox users whether popular add-on components such as Java or QuickTime are up to date.
Schwarzenegger vetoes update to California privacy law
Oct. 13, 2009
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed an update to California's landmark data-breach notification law, saying that the new bill would be too hard on businesses without adequately benefiting consumers.
MS changes tune, says attackers are exploiting new bug
Oct. 13, 2009
One of the 34 bugs Microsoft patched on Tuesday is more serious than it first appeared.
How dangerous could a hacked robot possibly be?
Oct. 08, 2009
It seems like a question ripped from the back of a cheap sci-fi novel: What happens when the robots are turned against us?
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