Latest security news.
X-Force fights global cybercrime, 02/05/07
When the sensors feeding into Internet Security Systems’ Global Threat Operations Center detected a new XML HTTP vulnerability early last November, attacks exploiting that vulnerability already were occurring across the Internet.
Vista hole opens door to ‘shout hacking’, 02/01/07
The honeymoon ended early for Microsoft’s Vista operating system, after word spread Wednesday about a flaw that could allow remote attackers to take advantage of the new operating system’s speech recognition feature.
Dolphins’ Web sites hacked in advance of Super Bowl, 02/02/07
The Web sites of Dolphin Stadium and the Miami Dolphins, host to Sunday’s Super Bowl football game have been hacked, and malicious code on those sites have been attempting to infect PCs for at least a week, security experts said Friday.
Fiberlink adds zero-day threat protection service, 02/01/07
Fiberlink Communications announced Thursday that it’s teaming with Sana Security to offer customers zero-day threat protection.
Don’t blame the Russian mafia and why we need anti-anti-antivirus software, 02/01/07
Russian security professionals Eugene and Natalya Kaspersky dropped by Network World this week en route from Moscow to the RSA Conference in California. In a wide-ranging interview with Features Editor Neal Weinberg, the Kaspersky Lab duo discussed the Russian mafia, the latest in hacker tricks and their view that the bad guys are winning.
Kaspersky unveils antivirus product for mobile devices, security bundles for businesses, 02/01/07
Kaspersky Lab next week will announce new software to protect smartphones from viruses as well as new bundles of its security software to protect devices on business networks.
Survey: ID fraud in US falls by $6.4 billion, 02/01/07
Identity fraud in the U.S. fell by $6.4 billion, or 12%, last year, with the most damaging kind — fraudulent new account openings — dropping the most, according to a survey released Thursday.
