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A sample program hit the Internet on Wednesday, showing by example how malicious coders could compromise Windows computers by using a flaw in the handling of a widespread graphics format by Microsoft's software. . . .
How do you punish a cybercriminal? First you have to catch one. The past week yielded some good news on that front, notably the German arrest of four cyber-bootleggers believed to be responsible for selling millions of dollars worth of illegal video, computer games, music, and software. . . .
There's good news and bad news on the security front. Internet security company Symantec Corp. on Monday released its Internet Security Threat Report, which provides a six-month snapshot of security events the vendor . . .
A 20-year-old man has been arrested in England in the theft of the proprietary software blueprints used by Cisco Systems' networking equipment, police and the company confirmed. . . .
The German teenager charged with creating and unleashing the notorious Netsky and Sasser computer viruses has been offered a job by an e-security firm. . . .
Police in the U.K. have arrested a man in connection with the theft of source code from networking equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc. in May, a Scotland Yard spokeswoman confirmed Friday. . . .
Hackers are drooling at the thought of exploiting Microsoft's most recent vulnerabilities, security analysts said Thursday. . . .
What would it take to get someone to turn in one of those spammers who send millions of unwanted e-mails? At least $100,000, the Federal Trade Commission figures. . . .
A new version of the Internet worm MyDoom includes a photo of suspected Netsky worm writer Sven Jaschan and a description of the worm itself. . . .
Wardriving --the practice of driving around with a portable computing device and Wi-Fi antenna, looking for open Wi-Fi networks--is not new. In fact, wardialing, or calling up random phone numbers looking for modem connections, has been going on for at least 20 years. . . .
The first part of this article series set out to create an environment that allowed readers to examine a public exploit as it was sent across the network. The purpose of this exercise is to help the reader understand the complex world of intrusion detection and low-level packet analysis, so that he can better secure his network. . . .
Antivirus companies are warning about the emergence of two new worms, one of which uses XP's speech function to talk, while the other sniffs out passwords. . . .
The noose appears to be tightening around one of Europe's largest software counterfeiting rings as a German court sentenced a second member of the network to prison on Monday, and handed a sentence to his father . . .
In the escalating clash between online scammers and security vendors, the attackers have once again developed new tactics that give them the upper hand in bypassing filters and infiltrating corporate networks, experts say. . . .
Cheeky virus writers have put a secret message in the latest versions of the MyDoom e-mail worm asking antivirus vendors for a job.MyDoom.V and MyDoom.U contain a malicious e-mail attachment that attempts to download . . .
The German teenager identified in May as the creator of the Sasser and Netsky worms was indicted and charged in court Wednesday, and may face as many as five years in jail for his escapades. . . .
Among the devilish deeds that can be perpetrated by Trojans is the creation of "zombie networks" -- networks typically composed of home computers surreptitiously controlled by a badware's author. "We estimate that spam zombie networks are responsible for from anywhere to 25 to 30 percent of the spam on the Internet today, and it's growing," said Scott Chasin, CTO of e-mail defense solutions company MX Logic. . . .
With few junk e-mail filters supporting a protocol for verifying the source address of digital messages, spammers have adopted it themselves as a way to appear more legitimate, according to a report released on Wednesday. . . .
German police said on Saturday that a 19-year-old from Helmstedt, Lower Saxony, has admitted to hijacking the domain of the eBay Germany Web site and is likely to face charges of computer sabotage. . . .
A Los Angeles man accused of using other people's wi-fi networks to send thousands of unsolicited adult-themed e-mails has entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors in a case filed under the criminal provisions of the federal CAN SPAM Act, officials confirmed Friday. . . .
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