Latest security news.
Google home page bug strikes again, 05/02/07: Google renamed and upgraded its Personalized Home Page this week, but one thing the update couldn’t shake was a bug that began upsetting many users last Thursday and persisted until Wednesday. Click here for more.
Data breaches seen to threaten IT job security, 05/02/07: Most IT professionals feel their jobs would be on the line in the event of a security breach and at the same time feel ill-equipped to prevent such corporate or personal data loss, according to a survey released this week. Click here for more.
Symantec slips, but closes in on AV product delivery, 05/02/07: Symantec is slipping on its target delivery time for the next major upgrade of its security product for enterprises, code-named Hamlet, while it irons out final code wrinkles during beta testing. Click here for more.
Apple patches hack challenge’s QuickTime bug, 05/02/07: Apple Tuesday released new versions of QuickTime for both Mac OS X and Windows to plug a hole discovered during a hack challenge last month. Click here for more.
VeriSign to use one-time passwords for bank cards, 05/02/07: VeriSign is looking to offer bank cards with an integrated one-time password generator, a slimmer way than key chains to implement two-factor authentication. Click here for more.
Gartner: Hack contests bad for business, 05/01/07: A pair of Gartner analysts Tuesday denounced a recent hack challenge that uncovered a still-unpatched QuickTime bug, calling it “a risky endeavor” and urging sponsors to reconsider such public contests. Click here for more.
Users force Digg to stand firm over AACS encryption key, 05/02/07: Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg, threw in the towel on Tuesday night. Click here for more.
J.P. Morgan Chase probing possible data breach, 05/01/07: Financial services firm J.P. Morgan Chase is investigating claims by a Washington D.C.-based workers union that it dumped documents containing personal financial data belonging to its customers in garbage bags outside five branch offices in New York. Click here for more.
