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- MS names ship date for free security suite -

Free as in lunch

Microsoft is launching its free security suite next week - the 23rd of June to be precise.…

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- Firefox update squashes 9 security bugs, 4 critical -

Get yours today

Mozilla has released a new version of its Firefox browser that plugs nine security holes, four of ...

- Apple fans targeted by smut-punting malware -

Uh, it's a booby trap

VXers are targeting Mac fans via a pair of new malware-themed attacks, one of which is on ...

- Symantec, McAfee cough up $750,000 on auto-renewals -

'Hide the ball' suspended

Symantec and McAfee have agreed to pay $375,000 apiece to settle charges they charged ...

- Microsoft patches record number of security bugs -

Adobe crashes monster patch batch

Microsoft on Tuesday patched a record number of security vulnerabilities, [...] Internet Explorer browser, and other products.…

The power of collaboration within unified communications

- McAfee downplays service pack fail -

Virus update leaves PCs unbootable

A recent McAfee service pack led to systems being rendered unbootable, ...

- Apple security is 'struggling,' researcher says -

Laments lack of 'formal security program'

A well-known security consultant says Apple is struggling to effectively [...] secure development lifecycle to design its growing roster of products.…

What is your recession sales strategy?

- Adobe's quarterly patch cycle to commence Tuesday -

'Critical' fix for some, but not all

Adobe Software's new quarterly patch cycle will commence on Tuesday with an ...

- Critical Windows vulnerability under attack, Microsoft warns -

Drive-by web exploits possible

Microsoft has warned of a critical security bug in older versions of its Windows [...] to remotely execute malware on vulnerable machines.…

Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

- RIM warns over PDF peril -

BlackBerry squash potential

Research In Motion (RIM) has warned of a vulnerability in how BlackBerry servers ...

- Microsoft fortifies Windows 7 kernel with overrun buster -

Safe unlinking coming to a PC near you

Microsoft engineers have fortified the latest version of Windows with a [...] that may be lurking deep inside the operating system.…

Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

- Dodgy McAfee update slaps viral warning on Spotify -

Was someone listening to Phil Collins again?

Security software from McAfee wrongly identified the Spotify ...

- FBI and US Marshals laid low by mystery virus -

Tommy Lee Jones' paperwork delayed

A mystery viral infection forced the FBI and US Marshals Service to pull the ...

- Conficker: Hold the funeral, it's not dead yet -

50,000 new Windows systems hit every day

Media coverage of the Conficker superworm has died down over recent weeks ...

- BitDefender launches 'suck it and see' free anti-virus scanner -

Cut-down software in consumer marketing push

Romanian anti-virus firm BitDefender has begun offering a free ...

- Gumblar Google-poisoning attack morphs -

Drive-by download juggernaut relocates and picks up speed

A Web attack that poisons Google search results is ...

- Ex-OLPC security man rocks up at Apple -

Cupertino knits Krstic into security blanket

One Laptop Per Child's former top security architect started a new ...

- Symantec hit by massive goodwill impairment -

Okay-ish financial numbers otherwise

Symantec announced moderately satisfying but recession-hit numbers for the [...] income numbers for the full year and its final quarter.…

Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

- Lame Mac 'email worm' limps into view -

Riddled with bugs and rather sad

Virus writers have created a worm that seeks to establish a botnet of compromised [...] to score as Steve Ballmer at an Apple convention.…

Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

- Security researchers fret over Adobe PDF flaw -

Double danger

Adobe has warned that its Reader and Acrobat PDF software is vulnerable to an unpatched ...

- Adobe users imperiled by critical Reader flaw -

Move over, Microsoft

Updated Once again, Adobe is scouring its Reader application for bugs following reports [...] execute malicious code on end-users' machines.…

The power of collaboration within unified communications

- Conficker botnet wake up call only pinged zombie minority -

Resident evil

The effective size of the Conficker botnet might be far smaller than previously thought.…

Web ...

- Twitter worm author gets security job -

Teen causes chaos, employed, hacked

The self-confessed author of the recent Twitter worm has scored a potentially ...

- Fake SMS snoop utility turns spies into zombies -

Bite back

A new variant of the infamous Waledac botnet client doing the rounds poses as a utility that allows ...

- Researchers dissect world's first Mac botnet -

When zombie Macs attack

Fresh research has shed new light on the world's first Mac OS X botnet , which causes ...

- Fourth anti-virus firm buys into behavioural blocking -

Veni, Vedi, Avinti

Web and email security firm Marshal8e6 has bought behaviour-based malware detection specialist ...

- One in ten PCs still vulnerable to Conficker exploit -

Scared yet? Eh? Eh?

Many systems are still unprotected against the Conficker superworm, weeks after the malware [...] compromised machines thought to number in the millions.…

Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

- Conficker botnet stirs to distribute update payload -

It's alive!

The Conficker superworm is stirring, with the spread of a new variant that spreads across P2P and [...] machines infected by earlier strains of the worm.…

The power of collaboration within unified communications

- Old worm learns new Conficker tricks -

Collaborators or copycats?

Proving imitation in the sincerest form of flattery, even in the world of malware [...] the vulnerability used by the Conficker superworm.…

The power of collaboration within unified communications

- Conficker zombie botnet drops to 3.5 million -

Map of the Problematique

The "activation" of Windows machines infected with the latest variant of the Conficker [...] a far more accurate estimate of how many machines are infected.…

Offloading malware protection to the cloud

- Conficker suspect brought to book in Beavertown? -

Evidence of Russian sense of humour found!

While the rest of the world bit its nails in terror that the Conficker [...] the opportunity to craft a subtle April Fool joke.…

The power of collaboration within unified communications

- Sign up, sign up for The Register IT security newsletter -

Narrowcasting for the email classes

Today, The Register launches a weekly IT security email newsletter. This [...] the security articles we produce – up to 30 a week. Sign up here .…

What is your recession sales strategy?

- Conficker botnet remains dormant - for now -

All quiet on the malware front

Conficker changed the way parts of the botnet communicated overnight, but little ...

- Scareware scammers latch onto Conficker hype -

Sysadmins served poisoned searches

Scammers are taking advantage of the huge interest in the impending ...

- Busted! Conficker's tell-tale heart uncovered -

Researchers find super worm cure, just in time

Security experts have made a breakthrough in their five-month [...] using a variety of off-the-shelf network scanners.…

Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

- Interweb Chuck Norris infiltrates Netflix, Tivo -

CSRF has two speeds: Hack and Kill

Researcher Lance James has been busy devising ways to play tricks on some of [...] realization that the net isn't a very secure place.…

Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

- Leaked memo says Conficker pwns Parliament -

House of Commons systems borked

Updated The House of Commons IT systems has reportedly been infected by the [...] of hospitals, military and large corporate systems.…

Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

- Melissa anniversary marks birth of email-aware malware -

Supermodel of computer virus world turns 10, still spreading

Thursday (26 March) marks the 10th anniversary of the ...

- Final countdown to Conficker 'activation' begins -

T-minus six

Security watchers are counting down to a change in how the infamous Conficker (Downadup) worm updates ...

- Newfangled rootkits survive hard disk wiping -

BIOS attack targets PC nether region

Researchers have demonstrated how to create rootkits that survive hard-disk ...

- Romanian police arrest Pentagon hack suspect -

'Wolfenstein' cuffed

Romanian police have arrested a hacker suspected of breaking into Pentagon systems and ...

- A grim day for browser security at hacker contest -

Safari, IE and Firefox all down for the count

CanSecWest Internet browser security took a beating during Day 1 [...] Firefox all being felled in a matter of hours.…

Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

- Worm burrows into Church of England email system -

Infected bishop loses e-pistles

The Bishop of Manchester has been unable to send or receive email messages for ten ...

- Better metrics needed for security, says expert -

Awash in bad data

BOSTON — The security industry has done a poor job of finding ways for companies to measure [...] the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's cyber group told attendees at the SOURCE Boston conference on Thursday.…

- The long road to Reader and Flash security Nirvana -

Critical Adobe updates not easy to come by

Updated Adobe on Tuesday patched a hole in its ubiquitous Acrobat [...] remotely install malware without requiring unsuspecting users to do anything more than browse to the wrong website.…

- No investigation after malware is found on parliamentary PC -

Hill to climb for new e-crime unit

Police did not investigate when Alun Michael MP reported a PC in his office was ...

- Eset false alarm puts system files on remand -

Kryptik cock-up

Slovakian anti-virus firm Eset has confirmed that a misfiring virus definition update wrongly ...

- FoxIT update defends against PDF peril -

Not just an Adobe problem

It's not only Adobe Reader that needs patching against maliciously constructed PDF [...] unpatched flaw in Adobe Reader over recent weeks has stimulated interest in alternative PDF viewers, such as FoxIT.…

- Scottish hospitals laid low by malware infection -

Worm causes appointment bother

Appointments for cancer patients had to be rescheduled after a computer virus ...

- March patch Tuesday omits Excel fix -

Zero-day, nada relief

Microsoft forthcoming patch Tuesday will bring no relief from an unpatched Excel flaw that's ...

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