Security

Danish security firm Secunia has issued warnings about a vulnerability in most Web browsers that could open the door to hackers hijacking pop-up windows on trusted Web sites to launch phishing attacks. The vulnerability can be exploited regardless of which Web site is the true "owner" of the pop-up ...

About a week after Lycos Europe stirred spammers with its anti-spam screensaver, hackers continue to attack the brand, this time with an e-mail that pretends to be Lycos offering the screensaver but which actually is a trojan. Lycos Europe withdrew its controversial screensaver, which replied to unw...

Lycos Europe waged war against spammers earlier this week but the battles have now resulted in it withdrawing its controversial Web site, replacing it with a graphic that urges visitors to "stay tuned!" Lycos Europe announced on Monday it had created a downloadable screensaver aimed at putting spamm...

Microsoft will not produce a fifth service pack for Windows 2000, opting instead to provide a less extensive "rollup" of patches as the software giant phases out support for the aging operating system. Microsoft had previously announced it would end free technical support for Windows 2000 in June of...

Will consumers have a safe and secure holiday shopping season? Or will identity thieves walk away with the lion's share of the profits? According to VeriSign's latest Internet Security Intelligence Briefing, which covers the period from July through September, the number of security attacks has decl...

Research firms are predicting gangbuster sales for antivirus software vendors over the next few years. IDC forecasts the antivirus software market will increase to reach US$4.4 billion by 2007, with significant market share from corporate customers, and customers in North America and Western Europe....

Symbian has reported that a virus dubbed "Skulls" has been introduced to its operating system for wireless phones. The malware is targeted at the Nokia 7610 smart phone, but might affect other phones using Symbian's Series 60 User Interface. Skulls is a malicious SIS file trojan that will replace th...

Microsoft might be considering some interim updates to its Internet Explorer (IE) browser that would improve the browser's overall functionality before the advent of Windows successor Longhorn, expected in 2006. Previously, the software giant had said it would not offer any substantial updates to IE...

America Online is beefing up security with today's release of AOL 9.0 Security Edition that provides a suite of safety and security features, marking the Internet giant's first version to focus specifically on safety and security. "First among our commitments to our members and the online community ...

Hoping to secure large corporate customers by addressing one of the fastest-growing Internet-related security threats, McAfee has launched an enterprise software product aimed specifically at identifying and eradicating spyware, adware and related programs. McAfee's Anti-Spyware Enterprise Edition ...

Some Internet security experts don't place much hope for pending antiphishing legislation to do much to prevent ID theft and related scams. They view the prospect of new laws as being too little, too late to stop an out-of-control problem. Phishing scams trick e-mail recipients into clicking a link ...

Security software firm Finjan said its research lab has turned up 10 "serious" flaws in Microsoft's Service Pack 2 for Windows XP, an upgrade that Microsoft is touting as a way to better secure its flagship platform. The vulnerabilities allow a range of attacks to be successful, in some cases giving...

Security firms are warning of a new e-mail worm that began infecting computers just days after the vulnerability it exploits in the Internet Explorer (IE) browser was made public. The worm, which some information security experts say is a variation of the MyDoom virus that ravaged the Web earlier th...

Microsoft is again pledging to improve the security of its software by starting to notify customers of upcoming patches. However, the promise came just as experts warned that attack code exploiting a known flaw in Internet Explorer has begun to circulate. The US-CERT and Secunia said the newly disco...

Security's ongoing movement from a technology-dominated discipline to one that falls under the bailiwick of a company's CEO, CFO and COO is good news for Solutionary, a managed security service provider that views security as part of an overall business problem, rather than a gee-whiz technology. Th...