Has RSA Jumped the Shark?
April 23, 2009RSA Conference 2009 is still going on, but for me, the trip is just about over. I sit in the airport, trying to put the last few days in perspective. [Related slideshow: Scenes from RSA Conference 2009]
New Twitter worm targets celebrities
April 17, 2009A worm referencing celebrities such as Ashton Kutcher and Oprah Winfrey is rapidly spreading across microblogging site Twitter, security firm Sophos said on Friday.
Third annual scare story on the national power system
April 17, 2009As far as the headline writers at the Wall Street Journal were concerned the battle was over and the U.S. electricity grid was under control by the enemy -- "Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated by Spies." There has been a bunch of speculation on the Web and in the blogosphere over just why this story came out when it did - this sort of thing is a fertile area for conspiracy theorists. But I'm more interested in the underlying issue and why it's not actually getting the attention it should.
Federal cybersecurity review drawing to a close
April 17, 2009A 60-day review of federal cybersecurity efforts that President Obama ordered in February is scheduled to end this week, although it's unclear when the findings will be publicly released.
Researcher finds possible bug in Apple's iPhone
April 16, 2009Famed Mac hacker Charlie Miller has found another possible security vulnerability in Apple's iPhone.
'Mebroot' rootkit slides further under the security radar, researcher says
April 15, 2009A security researcher said that thousands of Web sites have been rigged to deliver a new variant of the Mebroot rootkit, which infects the master boot record on vulnerable PCs -- effectively making it invisible to Windows and security tools.
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Security Software: Protection or Extortion?
April 15, 2009As the Conficker worm sprang to life on April 1, talk here at the PC World offices turned to some interesting debates about how best to protect PCs from malware threats. In recent weeks we've run several helpful articles offering tips, tricks, and insights to keep you and your PC safe from Conficker and other malware on the Internet. At the same time, a few among us have revealed that they don't run any security software at all on their own machines--and have no intention of starting now.
Amazon says gay-books listing snafu was an error, not a hack
April 15, 2009Amazon.com blamed a glitch that knocked gay-and-lesbian-themed books out of its product search engine on a "cataloging error," disputing a hacker's claim that he had caused the problem.
Can the status quo threaten your LAN?
April 13, 2009In times of economic crisis people tend to seek the safety and security of the status quo. "Doing what you've always done, and what everyone else is doing, is the most prudent course," goes the thinking.
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Does Social Networking Require User Policy Changes?
April 13, 2009IT security administrators have had a fairly easy case to make against such social networking sites as Myspace in the past. Myspace in particular tends to be a place for the mostly personal, and some profiles are simply front companies for online mobsters and malware pushers. [Read more about the challenges faced by MySpace's CSO in Hemanshu Nigam: Mr. Safety for MySpace.]