Novell has released Service Pack 3 for SuSE Enterprise Linux Server 9, which includes all security patches and bug fixes since SP2 as well as consolidating driver updates for both storage and network subsystems...

Apple Computer has come under fire because the new version of its iTunes music software is able to monitor listening habits. The iTunes software update, which was issued on January 10, incorporates a feature that recommends songs...

In a Forrester report on enterprise antispyware, McAfee has been ranked the number one in the Enterprise AntiSpyware market for its current offering, company strategy and market presence. The "Forrester Wave: Enterprise Antispyware, Q1 2006"...

Norton SystemWorks uses a root-kit like technique to provide the perfect hiding place for attackers to place malicious files on computers. The Norton Protected Recycle Bin feature adds a directory called NProtect, which stores temporary copies...

A new, more malicious version of a worm that targets Oracle database software has surfaced. The worm source code was sent out on a popular security mailing list just before the new year, security experts have said...

Another unofficial patch for the Windows Metafile flaw is making the rounds. Security vendor ESET, makers of the NOD32 anti-virus program, on Wednesday shipped an interim patch for the bug, almost a week before Microsoft Corp...

Microsoft acknowledged late Wednesday the existence of a zero-day exploit for Windows Metafile images, and said it was looking into ways to better protect its customers. Even worse, by the end of the day nearly 50 variants of the...

F-Secure Corp., an antivirus firm based in Helsinki, is warning Internet users about a new virus that poses as a leaked pre-release version of the MSN Messenger instant messenger program. The virus, which F-Secure calls Virkel.F...

HSBC Bank Malaysia Bhd expects its online banking customers and online transactions to grow by 50 per cent within a year, driven by an added security feature. The bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the HSBC Group, now has about...

A Santa Claus worm is attempting to trick America Online, Microsoft MSN and Yahoo instant-messaging users into clicking on a file that delivers unwanted software to a victim's computer. The IM.GiftCom.All worm attempts to dupe IM users...

A flaw affecting many Symantec security products - both consumer and enterprise - has been discovered. Users of Symantec's Norton Internet Security 2005, Norton AntiVirus 2005, Norton Antivirus for Macs, corporate anti-virus apps...

As hackers continue to invent new ways to attack corporate networks, network security vendors continue to invent new and better ways to protect them, and some of these innovations will no doubt push the lucrative security market even higher...

If you thought 2006 was a year free of security threats, then think again. In a new report published by McAfee AVERT Labs, the upshot reads, "2006 to see dramatic increase in mobile threats, while phishing scams and identity theft will...

Last week's security update for Internet Explorer has left some users testing the beta of IE 7 with what Microsoft called "odd browser behavior," the company acknowledged Friday. Users who had installed the beta of IE 7 alongside IE 6...

A new "Sober" worm is set to hit in January in an attack tied to the founding of the Nazi party that could slow the Internet with tens of millions of politically-motivated spam e-mails, security experts said Wednesday. The impending outbreak is...

A number of security vendors have published reports or press releases that identify the top security trends for 2006. These companies all have charted a steep rise in targeted attacks over the past year as would-be hackers move away from...

Roughly one in four U.S. Internet users are targets of phishing attacks -- phony e-mails seeking personal financial data -- according to a study conducted by Time Warner Inc.'s Internet unit AOL and the National Cyber Security Alliance...

Last week, Sober managed to interfere with all Microsoft-based-webmail, bringing great difficulties in receiving mails to Hotmail and MSN users. The Win32/Sober.Z@mm variant targeted Hotmail and MSN email servers with an "unusually high mail load"...

Thirty seven days after Sony was outed for including a piece of software that hides itself from the Windows filesystem and process manager, and allows viruses to opportunistically do the same, they've finally released an uninstaller...

Security researchers at Trend Micro Inc. have pinpointed RSS (Really Simple Syndication) technology as a lucrative target for future bot worm attacks. David Sancho, senior anti-virus research engineer at Trend Micro, warned that RSS...