Brian Prince

McAfee is offering to repay customers whose Windows PCs were crippled by a buggy update issued last week. According to a statement on its Website, the company will reimburse affected customers and make them eligible for a two-year extension of their existing McAfee subscription free of charge. “If you have already incurred costs to repair […]

Sen. Charles Schumer issued an open letter to the Federal Trade Commission April 26 asking the agency to create guidelines governing what social networks can do with information posted by users. Schumer’s letter follows Facebook’s release April 21 of new tools that share user information between the social network and other Websites. “Hundreds of millions […]

Blippy.com is on the lookout for a chief security officer, following a data leak that exposed some users’ credit card numbers. A social networking site that allows users to share information about their shopping purchases, Blippy found itself in the news the week of April 19 after reports surfaced that user credit card numbers had […]

New research illustrating how attackers can uncover the geolocation of cellular phone users should prompt corporations to begin rethinking their approach to choosing cell phone providers. At the Source Boston conference held April 21 to 23, Don Bailey, a security consultant with iSec Partners, and independent security researcher Nick DePetrillo demonstrated how to exploit weaknesses […]

Microsoft has pulled support for a Patch Tuesday update that fails to properly fix a critical vulnerability on Windows 2000 Server. The company issued MS10-025 earlier this month as part of an 11-bulletin security update for customers. The bulletin was supposed to fix an issue affecting customers running Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 4 who […]

Four users of the social networking site Blippy.com had an unwelcome surprise April 23 when it was discovered that a Google search turned up their credit card information. Blippy.com provides a way for people to post information about their shopping habits-what they buy, how much they spend-to share with friends. The data leak was the […]

Signing up for Facebook is free. But that doesn’t mean attackers will have trouble turning a profit if they get their hands on your user credentials. Just how much money can be made is illustrated by new findings from VeriSign iDefense, which uncovered a cyber-crook on an electronic fraud forum selling 1.5 million Facebook accounts […]

IT administrators affected by the flawed antivirus update pushed out April 21 by McAfee may have a lot of work ahead of them cleaning up computers. But there are some lessons to be learned from the fiasco that admins should file away for the future, experts told eWEEK. IT operations for a number of organizations […]

Microsoft released the final version of SQL Server 2008 Release 2 (R2) to manufacturing today. According to Microsoft, customers can expect availability in the next few weeks through Microsoft distribution channels. The update features a number of enhancements centered on scalability, analytics, reporting and data management. More than 300,000 users downloaded the database’s technology previews, […]

A McAfee antivirus update has caused some Windows XP users to experience the notorious Blue Screen of Death, disrupting computer networks around the country. According to Kentucky.com, Kentucky state police as well as local municipal, police and fire departments in Lexington reported being affected by the problem. Additionally, several emergency rooms in hospitals in Rhode […]