Security

Juniper, Symantec investigating after Google attack

Dow Chemicals, Northrop Grumman and Yahoo also named in reports

Conficker worm hasn’t gone away, Akamai says

Worm was active and spreading during the third quarter, but numbers have dropped in recent months

UK defendants await sentencing in carding scheme

The men were part of the DarkMarket online forum that sold credit card details

Romanian faces five years in prison for phishing scheme

The defendant allegedly collected e-mail addresses used by spammers

Microsoft to patch bug used in Google hack

The IE zero day was targeted to IE6 on Windows XP

Microsoft confirms IE zero-day behind Google attacks

Bets are on that Microsoft will rush patch to deflect public relations nightmare

You don’t know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz

Ping Identity joins OpenID Foundation

* Move could push OpenID into a better relationship with SAML-based SSO and federated system

U.S. to lodge formal protest with China over alleged cyberattacks

State Department will present concerns in Beijing next week

Google runs Microsoft’s IE, attacks show

'Why wasn't Google running Chrome?' asks researcher