HomeCybersecurity

Cybersecurity

Thwarting Spam with Messaging Authentication

The most promising new weapon in the fight against spam e-mail may be message authentication, which can hold spammers feet to the fire and...

Spyware Spotters and Stoppers

Antispyware tools seem to be proliferating nearly as fast as spyware itself. Choice is usually a good thing—as long as you make the right...

Symantec Rolls Out Anti-Phishing Service

Symantec Corp. is expected to announce on Monday a new service to help financial institutions fight phishing attacks and online fraud. Phishing has become nearly...

New Scam Tactic Hits Online

In the escalating clash between online scammers and security vendors, the attackers have once again developed new tactics that give them the upper hand...

Microsoft Patch Day: The Next Generation

Its not really the first patch day of the Windows XP Service Pack 2 era. Last months, Aug. 10, was a few days after...

New MyDoom Variants Could Forewarn Major Attack

The arrival of four new variants of the MyDoom worm within the last 24 hours has anti-virus experts worried that the virus creator may...

MARID Dumps Microsoft

Andrew Newton knows an absence of consensus when he sees it, and lately its been all over the MTA Authorization Records in DNS, or...

Pair of Linux Holes Put Users at Risk

Linux users are at risk from serious security vulnerabilities in components used to view graphics and handle archives, according to researchers. The security holes,...

Microsoft Sets New Deadline for SP2 Automatic Rollout

Microsoft began notifying customers Tuesday that it has established new deadlines regarding how long they will be able to block Windows XP Service Pack...

Apple Patches 15 Mac OS X Flaws

Apple Computer Inc. has issued a patch for 15 security flaws in its Mac OS X operating system, including many originating in the softwares...