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E-Mail Wiretapping Prosecutions Could Increase in the Future

A federal appeals court ruling in Boston last week on e-mail wiretapping is reverberating throughout the Internet community—and legal world—with a consensus emerging that...

Killbit Workaround for Zero-Day IE Flaw Available

The SANS Internet Storm Center has released a "killbit" package as a temporary workaround to help Internet Explorer users thwart malicious hacker attacks. The utility,...

Lumigent Shifting From Database Auditing to Security

Shifting its product set and focus from database auditing toward enterprise security monitoring and assessment, Lumigent Technologies recently announced the availability of Lumigent Vulnerability...

Zotob, PnP Worms Slam 13 DaimlerChrysler Plants

A round of Internet worm infections knocked 13 of DaimlerChryslers U.S. auto manufacturing plants offline for almost an hour this week, stranding some 50,000...

Apple Fixes Security Patch that Broke 64-Bit Apps

Apple Computer Inc. had to hurriedly issue an update Wednesday to fix a Mac OS X 10.4.2 security patch that prevented the operating system...

TPM Hacks of Mac OS X for Intel Beta Prove Little

As was to be expected once the software got out of the lab, OS X for Intel has been hacked to make it run...

Zero-Day Event Might Be at Hand

I guess we should be careful what we wish for. After musing yesterday how close Zotob was to a ZeroDay event (in the wild...

Microsoft Ships Zotob Worm Zapper

Microsoft Corp. late Wednesday shipped an update to its malware removal tool to detect and delete the fast-spreading "Zotob" worm family. Microsoft typically updates the...

Zotob Proves Patch Management Isnt Enough

It may be just schadenfreude, but nothing makes me chuckle more than seeing media outlets get nailed by Windows malware. The sense of barely suppressed...

Adobe Plugs Code Execution Holes

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the widely used Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader programs could put millions of computer users at risk of code...