Security

Social engineering attacks: Highlights from 2010

PHP floating point bug fix due within hours

Researchers confirm Googler’s Internet Explorer bug

French firm Vupen says Microsoft's browser vulnerable to drive-by attacks

Alleged Miley Cyrus hacker arrested

Josh Holly charged with unauthorized credit card access, but the investigation is ongoing

Sourcefire acquires Immunet for cloud-based anti-malware

Immunet acquisition puts Sourcefire in direct competition with traditional anti-malware providers

Where network and systems management is headed next

Industry execs share what they expect to see happening in 2011

Microsoft warns of critical unpatched bug for Vista, XP

Zero-day in Windows Graphics Rendering Engine affects XP, Vista, Windows Server 2003

US begins sophisticated wireless jamming project

DARPA wants smart system that can learn to jam new wireless threats automatically

Geinimi Android malware has ‘botnet-like’ capabilities

Dell to acquire SecureWorks