Security

Advance-fee fraud scams rise dramatically in 2009

A Dutch private investigation company calls the Nigerian 419 scam the most successful one in the world

When standards bodies are the cyber threat

Black Hat: security researchers to target Adobe Flash, Web design flaws

Black Hat Conference in Washington, D.C. to feature live attacks exploiting alleged Adobe Flash design flaws

Chrome apes IE8, adds clickjacking, XSS defenses

Adds five new security features to Chrome 4, including two IE8 debuted last March

Phishing scam targets users of Adobe PDF Reader

E-mail messages claim to offer a download of Adobe Reader

With merger, Oracle reassures Sun customers

Oracle will invest in UltraSparc, Solaris and revamp sales

Slick algorithm helps spot tech trouble in everything from networks to satellites

Outlier Detection Algorithm could let operators keep a system performing even while it's failing

IBM, researchers get 24M DOE supercomputer hours to develop controversial lithium air battery

IBM is a big proponent of the oft-controversial lithium-air battery

Report: Flawed Apps Increasingly Under the DDoS Gun

A report shows an upward trend where attack tools exploit layer 7 to maximize the impact of DDoS assaults.

IMPERVAious to common sense

The awful truth about passwords