Security

Mon, August 20, 2007 - The 46,000 people reportedly infected by ads on job sites may be only a fraction of the victims of an ambitious, multistage attack that has stolen data belonging to several hundred thousand people who posted resumes on Monster.com, a researcher said this weekend.

Thu, August 16, 2007 - In a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, TJX Companies stated its estimated cost for the computer intrusions it disclosed earlier this year has now reached a total of US$118 million.

Wed, August 15, 2007 - Microsoft has released what security experts are calling one of its most significant security fixes this year.

Mon, August 06, 2007 - Nokia, the Finnish handset maker, has expanded its partnership with Microsoft to include licensing of the software giant's PlayReady mobile digital rights management (DRM) technology.

Mon, August 06, 2007 - California Secretary of State Debra Bowen Friday recertified certain brands of electronic voting machines for use in 2008 elections after requiring vendors to add security features to "protect the integrity of the vote."

Fri, August 03, 2007 - Diebold Election Systems voting machines are not secure enough to guarantee a trustworthy election, and an attacker with access to a single machine could disrupt or change the outcome of an election using viruses, according to a review of Diebold's source code.

Thu, August 02, 2007 - A 10-year-old security problem has come back to haunt corporate IT, a security researcher told an audience at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas Wednesday.

Wed, August 01, 2007 - A security update for Apple's iPhone does more than just fix critical flaws in the handset. It also looks for and wipes out any modifications that users make to the firmware on their phones, according to hackers looking to unlock the phone.

Wed, August 01, 2007 - Users who access Google's Gmail or the Facebook social-networking site over Wi-Fi could put their accounts at risk of being hijacked, according to research from Errata Security, a computer security company.

Wed, July 25, 2007 - Users of the Internet's DNS software, which include ISPs and large companies, are being advised to patch the software immediately.