Mozilla today patched Firefox 3.5 and Firefox 3.0 to quash three security vulnerabilities, including a pair unveiled last week at Black Hat, and a third Mozilla itself revealed last month. read more »
A nasty piece of malware that's infected up to a million PCs is stealing financial information from consumers and businesses at an alarming rate, a noted botnet researcher said today. read more »
By Jaikumar Vijayan, Computerworld (US) 29 Jul, 2009
Details about a Secret Service safe house for the First Family -- to be used in a national emergency -- leaked on a LimeWire file-sharing network recently, members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee were told today. read more »
By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service\London Bureau 29 Jul, 2009
Apple has told the U.S. Copyright Office that modifying the iPhone's operating system could crash a mobile phone network's transmission towers or allow people to avoid paying for phone calls. read more »
Adobe delivers an outdated version of Reader to users who download the popular application from its Web site, a security company warned today. read more »
By Grant Gross, IDG News Service\Washington Bureau 10 Jul, 2009
A fourth person who has worked for the U.S. Department of State has pleaded guilty to a charge connected to illegally accessing confidential electronic passport records, the U.S. Department of Justice said. read more »
By Martyn Williams, IDG News Service\Tokyo Bureau 10 Jul, 2009
The cyberattacks that took down prominent U.S. and South Korean Web sites in the last week have apparently ended but the search for those responsible is only just beginning. North Korea has emerged as a likely culprit, especially among politicians, but was it really behind the attacks? read more »
By IDG News Service staff, IDG News Service 9 Jul, 2009
Due to a reporting error, the story, "Google's new OS raises privacy, antitrust concerns," posted on the wire Wednesday, includes an incorrect characterization of the Electronic Privacy Information Center's view on Google's new operating system. read more »
By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service\London Bureau 9 Jul, 2009
A claim of a software vulnerability in a program used to connect securely to servers across the Internet is likely a hoax, according to an analyst with the SANS Internet Storm Center. read more »
By Martyn Williams, IDG News Service\Tokyo Bureau 9 Jul, 2009
A denial of service attack that took down some of South Korea's highest profile Web sites on Wednesday is set to resume Thursday evening, according to computer security specialist AhnLab. read more »
The new pastime for governments at different levels in Nigeria is the development of ICT resource centers. It is a pastime that state governments and local councils love to indulge and one that the federal government is not shy to get involved in. read more »
