It was a Friday afternoon for the computer encryption folks at RSA Security Inc., and summertime greenery filled the countryside view from Art Coviello's office. Even so, the RSA chief could have been excused if he didn't seem relaxed...
Apple Patches for Tiger and Panther Apple has patched a number of security holes in its Panther and Tiger flavors of Mac OS X in its latest security update. More than 40 separate vulnerabilities are addressed in the four patches...
McAfee produces Home Wi-Fi Security Tool McAfee is set to launch a software product for securing home wireless routers. The Wireless Home Network Security software is designed to keep intruders -- either malicious "war drivers" or...
The announcement of new security flaws by Microsoft for its Windows software has apparently spawned a new virus that allows attackers to take complete control of a user's computer. The ZOTOB virus appeared shortly after Microsoft warned of...
Veritas has patched the zero-day vulnerability in its Backup Exec software two days after the bug first surfaced. According to Symantec, a logic bug in the backup software could be exploited to bypass authentication, and let an attacker...
A new variant of Mac OS X for Intel began surfacing on Internet sites early Thursday, boasting the ability to run on any x86 based computer. The leak has apparently been cracked to bypass the protections that prevent Apple's development kits...
Microsoft warned users of its Windows operating system on Tuesday of three newly found "critical" security flaws in its software, including one that could allow attackers to take complete control of a computer. Microsoft issued patches...
Microsoft 's experimental Honeymonkey project has found almost 750 Web pages that attempt to load malicious code onto visitors' computers and detected an attack using a vulnerability that had not been publicly disclosed, the software giant...
Computer hackers worked through the weekend to expose a flaw that could allow an attacker to take control of the Cisco Systems Inc. routers that direct traffic across much of the Internet. Angered and inspired by Cisco's attempts to...
Microsoft plans to re-release Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 due to several problems users are having with the current version, a company executive has confirmed. Microsoft has had several million downloads of the SP4 update rollup since...
Just one day after the first public reports of viruses being written for an upcoming feature of Microsoft's Windows operating system, Microsoft has confirmed that it will not include theMonad Shell feature in the first generally available...
A proof of concept virus security company F-Secure described as a "first Vista virus" doesn't affect the operating system at all, Microsoft had said. The exploit that the security expert describes targets a new command shell technology called MSH...
A fresh unpatched security flaw has surfaced in Windows 2000, impacting the many end-users and companies still dependent on the operating system. The flaw affects a core component of Windows 2000 that can't be disabled, meaning a workaround is...
Microsoft on Thursday gave advance notice of the patches it intends to release as part of its monthly security bulletin. Six patches will be issued for August, with at least one of them deemed "critical" - the highest rating given by...
A serious security flaw in Computer Associates backup products could put corporate systems at risk of cyberattack, security companies have warned. The vulnerability lies in CA's BrightStor ARCserve Backup Agents and BrightStor Enterprise...
A serious security flaw in Computer Associates backup products could put corporate systems at risk of cyberattack, security companies have warned. The vulnerability lies in CA's BrightStor ARCserve Backup Agents and BrightStor Enterprise...
The number of new worms and other security problems hitting instant-messaging services in July, climbing 24 percent over the previous month, according to a survey by Akonix Systems. The company's Security Center tracked 42 new threats...
McAfee Inc., said it was poised to sign several deals in coming months with mobile-device makers, which have increasingly focused on equipping their handsets with anti-virus protection. "We see several deals in the offing," McAfee President...
Microsoft is working on plans to make a recent hacker meeting held on its Redmond, Washington, campus a twice-yearly event, according to a spokesperson for the vendor's security group. The company plans to host another Blue Hat security...
Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday confirmed it was investigating a new "high risk" vulnerability in the widely used Internet Explorer Web browser. The software giant's acknowledgement follows the release of a brief advisory from Aliso Viejo...
