EarthLink suffers Earth Day crash
April 22, 2009EarthLink was hit with a major outage, with users unable to access their e-mail or any Web pages hosted by the Internet service provider.
One bot-infected PC = 600,000 spam messages a day
April 22, 2009Some bot-infected PCs can crank out as many as 25,000 spam messages per hour, according to new research from a security firm.
Researchers turn Conficker's own P2P protocol against itself
April 22, 2009Security researchers have updated a free tool that sniffs out the Conficker worm on infected PCs by using the same peer-to-peer protocol the malware uses to communicate with its hacker masters.
Pay-as-you-go services could cut software piracy, Microsoft exec says
April 22, 2009Craig Mundie, who heads Microsoft's research operations, said in China that the vendor may be able to reduce its losses from software piracy by expanding use of pay-as-you-go computing plans.
Obama administration said to consider military cybercommand
April 22, 2009The Obama administration is considering a new military cybercommand to protect Defense Department networks and develop offensive cyberwarfare capabilities, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Cloud computing a 'security nightmare,' says Cisco CEO
April 22, 2009If anyone has the right to be excited about cloud computing, it's John Chambers. But on Wednesday Cisco Systems' Chairman and CEO conceded that the computing industry's move to sell pay-as-you-go computing cycles available as a service on the Internet was also "a security nightmare."
The FBI as an ethical hacker?
April 22, 2009More details are emerging about how the FBI engages in hacking and the planting of spyware.
Researcher wants hacker groups hounded mercilessly
April 22, 2009Cybercriminal gangs should be harassed and hunted until they're driven out of business, said today botnet researcher Joe Stewart, as he prepared to pitch a new anti-malware strategy later this week at the RSA Conference in San Francisco.
RSA chief calls for 'inventive collaboration' among security vendors
April 22, 2009Two years after suggesting that independent security vendors were headed for extinction, Art Coviello, president of RSA, is calling for "inventive collaboration" among vendors for dealing with the expanding range of threats facing business and government.
NSA chief doesn't want to do cyber security solo
April 22, 2009The National Security Agency doesn't want sole responsibility for running U.S. cyber security, the agency's director said Tuesday.