Security

If you use the latest antivirus packages and run a firewall, you don't have to worry about spyware intrusion, right? Wrong, say leading security experts. It is just this type of thinking that is allowing spyware intrusions to overtake computers in both the home and the workplace. Spyware is quickly ...

An unusual Web virus that was spread to user computers through infected Web site servers might be a Trojan capable of sending financial information back to the attacker. Microsoft said it helped law enforcement agencies identify and shut down the Russia-based site where the attacking code -- known a...

MasterCard International said it would launch an aggressive campaign against identity theft schemes that use phony Web sites to collect personal information from Internet users. The credit card company said it tapped NameProtect, a digital fraud-detection company, to scour the Web for so-called "phi...

From the Sasser worms to phishing attacks, the Internet has been crawling with malware this year. Fortunately, there are people like Ken Xie who are ready to fight the good fight. As founder, president and CEO of network-protection firm Fortinet, Xie has seen more than his share of the techno-enemy....

Count Jonathan Bingham among those who weren't all that surprised by the reputed breach of security that may have resulted in Cisco's guarded Internet Operating System source code being pilfered and posted on the Web. It's not that Bingham, a former Forrester Research analyst who is now president of...

Microsoft probably does not mind that its monthly round of security patches for June are causing much less of a ruckus than previous months when the company was caught in the middle of a worm war that targeted its Windows systems and forced the company to play catch-up with vulnerabilities that were...

A virus that was first seen on May 22nd has been worming its way across the Internet, stealing personal information in the process. Dubbed "Korgo," the worm exploits the same vulnerabilities and spreads in the same way as the Sasser worm that caused havoc last month. Although the virus is not yet wi...

Symantec has reported it has analyzed a virus capable of attacking 64-bit Windows files. The virus, W64.Rugrat.3344, is the first known threat to 64-bit systems. According to Symantec, Rugrat is simply a proof-of-concept virus -- the kind usually written by "white hat" hackers and given to security ...

Police in Taiwan have arrested Wang An-ping, a 30-year-old man who reportedly admitted to authoring Trojan code later used to steal and destroy information on government-owned computers. The arrest marks the second major capture of the week in the information security enforcement arena. Also in cust...

Yahoo has announced it will add a feature to its Web browser toolbar that allows users to easily remove spyware programs from their computers. Called Anti-Spy, the feature is currently in beta. Yahoo will be collecting feedback from beta users and intends to utilize that information to produce the f...

Seeking to move beyond a $2 billion accounting scandal, Computer Associates has offered to make a $10 million payment to put the probe to rest and has rolled out an information security product and services push designed to capitalize on what is already a strong growth area. Against the backdrop of ...

In October 2003, Lane Bess, who joined Trend Micro in November 2002, was named president of the company's North American operations. Bess, who has 20 years experience in sales, marketing and general management, previously held positions at NCR and AT&T. During his career, he has seen virulent ne...

Symantec has announced it will buy spam-filtering company Brightmail in a deal worth $370 million, adding spam-stopping capabilities to its antivirus and security gateway. The all-cash deal is expected to close in July, and Symantec said it is "too early to estimate" the impact of the acquisition on...

Cisco Systems is investigating whether part of the source code that powers its networking hardware has been revealed on the Internet -- a potentially embarrassing development for a company making a huge push into the network security business. Reports swept the Web last weekend that the code had bee...

Phishing -- a tactic in which fraudulent email directs users to a malicious Web site that masquerades as a site belonging to a legitimate company, such as a credit card firm or bank, while stealing users' personal data -- is unquestionably on the rise. Fortunately, as strategies employed by phishing...