Tomorrow vulnerability specialists Secunia will announce that this year it will release free patch management software to all in a bid to cut web attack vectors.

Open source software has comparable security, faster bug fixing, and fewer potential backdoors than commercial software, according to a study on software application vulnerabilities by security firm VeraCode.

Four California men were charged on Monday with using sophisticated computer programs to fraudulently obtain more than a million tickets to concerts and sporting events and reselling them for a profit estimated at $29 million.

Microsoft is looking into a new flaw that could let hackers run code if they can convince users to hit the 'F1' key in response to a pop-up window.

Enrique Salem, President and Chief Executive Officer of California-based Symantec Corporation, warns against a cold war of an unusual kind.

Here’s some troubling news for my fellow World of Warcraft players. It seems that hackers, account thieves, and other miscreants have now embraced man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks to further their evil ways. Blizzard says it’s not a widespread issue, and it’s rather difficult to pull off, but it’s something y’all should be aware of.

Qualys has announced they'll be offering free scans to help keep websites clean. By using baseline tests, Qualys can tell when a website deviates from normal operating conditions. The scans are automated, so there's no need to manually kick it off every day, and Qualysguard Malware Detection will also identify the vulnerable code so the developer can quickly remove it.

In late 2008, a Pennsylvania teenager playing SOCOM U.S. Navy Seals got kicked out of a tournament for using a cheat mod. So he took revenge by crashing the PlayStation web site for 11 days.

Data security vendor, Imperva, likens the 'industrialisation of hacking' to the way the industrial revolution of the 19th century revolutionised factories.

A prominent security researcher has released an exploit that uses a new technique to defeat ALSR + DEP on Microsoft’s Windows operating system.

Диспетчер System Center Configuration Manager 2007 является усовершенствованным вариантом Systems Management Server и призван обеспечивать в динамично изменяющихся средах возможность по управлению и полному контролю над всей IT-инфраструктурой

Скринкасты сейчас в моде. С одной стороны, лучше один раз увидеть, чем сто раз услышать или прочитать, с другой стороны, постоянно снижающиеся цены на трафик и почти безразмерное пространство на хостингах, — все это делает скринкасты доступным средством продемонстрировать что либо

The Department of Defense granted military personnel access to Facebook, Twitter, Google Apps and other user-generated applications in a Feb. 26 memorandum. The move followed a review that began last August after the U.S. Marines and U.S. Army released contrasting policies for social network site use. The DOD clearly is trying to strike a balance between national security and acceptable social communication and collaboration

The cyber criminals who hacked into Google’s systems may have attacked over 100 other companies, according to new information from security consultancy Isec partners.

Microsoft has several other botnets in its crosshairs, and believes it can use the same legal tactic against them that it deployed last week to strike at the Waledac botnet's command-and-control centers.

International hotel group Wyndham Hotels and Resorts (WHR) has suffered yet another serious data breach after hackers broke into its computer systems, stealing customer names and payment card information.

Fraudsters stole the identity of a top Midland cop to bombard people with offers of porn and Viagra on social network site Twitter.

Fraudsters stole the identity of a top Midland cop to bombard people with offers of porn and Viagra on social network site Twitter.

Affinity Multimedia Design, the company which designed www.newbritainct.gov (the website for New Britain City), said that a virus attacked the site after infiltrating PCs at the main city hall.

An internet criminal who helped run a "Facebook for fraudsters" has been sentenced in London to four years and eight months in prison.