Security

You call that a virus? How I kicked the Mac Defender’s butt in five seconds

Tech journalist gets first Mac virus, experiences euphoric rush upon destroying its scrawny little hide

Security researcher slams Microsoft over IE9 malware blocking stats

'Where's the beef?' asks Sophos researcher

Sony hit again with two hacks

Japanese ISP subsidiary is broken into, while phishers use Sony server in Thailand

To be breached is human

Industry agrees on security vulnerability reporting format

Common Vulnerability Reporting Framework 1.0 should let vendors share data more easily

Father of China’s ‘Great Firewall’ target of tossed shoe

Shoe thrower said to be sought by Chinese police

Facebook will use Microsoft tech to find child pornography

The social networking giant will analyze all images uploaded to its site

Top Indian politician to be arrested over India telecom scam

An affair involving irregular allotment of 2G mobile licenses has already resulted in the arrest of ex-minister A. Raja

Secure authentication to the cloud

About a month later and Sony’s PlayStation Network still isn’t fully restored

A new group has stepped forward claiming responsibility for the breach that led to the gaming network shutdown