Security

IBM sees Conficker hitting 4% of PCs

Worm may be larger than previously thought, but IBM's estimates aren't definite

Conficker.c controls 4% of all infected PCs, IBM says

Vietnamese security company pegs the count at 1.3 million worldwide, 35,000 in the U.S.

Three spammers sentenced in U.S. for advance fee fraud

Victims lost $1.2 million to fraudsters who operated out of the Netherlands

Reputation scoring changes enterprise security game

Scoring a sender's reputation is working for antispam services -- now the idea is to use that technique in the firewall

French ‘three strikes’ antipiracy law passes second reading

A new regulatory authority will have the power to suspend the Internet access of those accused of illegal file sharing

Attackers exploit critical PowerPoint vulnerability

'We missed this bug,' Microsoft admits, but doesn't commit to a patch

Cries of protest, censorship greet news of cybersecurity bill

IT security vendors worth following on Twitter

Security labs flocking to Twitter to get out their alerts on Conficker and more

Bill seeks to give president power over private networks

Provision enabling White House to shut down critical infrastructure networks for security reasons may be a hard sell

Nokia hopes new app store will replicate App Store

The world's largest handset maker is refreshing the way it handles applications