Security

Holiday spirit helped double Storm worm

Microsoft’s response to the Xbox’s strange wireless signal: It could be anything

UMPCs whipped for hardware and design flaws

User-controlled electricity saved money; stress on power grid

Progress Update: Vista Updates Crater Word

Next-generation WAN firewalls: First, a history lesson

* What did the first-generation WAN firewalls do?

Controlling outbound e-mail

* Inbound e-mail is not the only security risk

What is Vernier Networks up to?

* Vernier Networks changed its name, refinanced and is cooking up new technology

Citibank antifraud move draws cashflow conspiracy chatter

Storm splinters, starts phishing, say researchers