Retro gaming fans are being targeted in a new con designed to infect computers with a Trojan linked to scareware scams.

Users of Adobe PDF Reader should check they are running the latest version of the software after the discovery of an exploit that takes advantage of a serious flaw patched only three weeks ago.

A Colorado man has been charged with trying to sabotage a U.S. security database that holds sensitive information used for screening air travelers, the Justice Department said on Wednesday.

Police have detained 23 suspects in operations in 13 provinces, charging them with membership in a terror organization and attacking public institutions’ Web sites, the daily Radikal reported Wednesday.

Twitter is finally being proactive about the large number of phishing scams that have plagued the micro-blogging service in the past year. On Wednesday, Twitter introduced its own anti-phishing service designed to protect its users from these types of attacks. The new security measures will focus on Twitter direct messages (DMs) -- private tweets addressed to a specific user -- and corresponding e-mail notifications

Internet service providers linked to the notorious Zeus botnet have been taken down, knocking out a third of the command-and-control servers that run the network of hacked machines.

Хороший админ не должен быть заметен. После того, как все настроено, он может спокойно заниматься своими делами, например, резаться в кваку или писать статьи в Х. Его работа оценивается по стабильно работающему серверу и отсутствию жалоб со стороны пользователей

Twitter has announced that it is to start scanning all tweets for links to sites which may cause harm to its users.

Microsoft on Tuesday warned that hackers are targeting a freshly-uncovered weakness in some earlier versions of its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser software.

Popular P2P file sharing service Limeware has enlisted the help of anti-virus outfit AVG to offer its Pro users with free file scanning.

Since 1977, RSA public-key encryption has protected privacy and verified authenticity when using computers, gadgets and web browsers around the globe, with only the most brutish of brute force efforts (and 1,500 years of processing time) felling its 768-bit variety earlier this year. Now, three eggheads (or Wolverines, as it were) at the University of Michigan claim they can break it simply by tweaking a device's power supply

A little knowledge and a few thousand dollars is all it takes to build a fully functional botnet, according to security experts.

There are many Linux distributions readily available. This however should not stop you creating your own version of a UNIX forensic tools disc. Whether you are on Solaris, HP-UX or any other variety of UNIX it is simple to create a forensic tools CD that can go between systems. The added benefit of this method is that the tools do not need to be left on the production server. This in itself could be a security risk and the ability to unmount the CD and take it with you increases security.

Основная цель HIPS (Host Intrusion Prevention System, система отражения локальных угроз) - идентифицировать и блокировать вредоносные действия в системе и не допустить ее заражения. Отслеживаются все потенциально опасные операции, такие как работа с реестром (в первую очередь с ветками, отвечающими за автозапуск), файлами и каталогами, запуск/останов программ/служб, манипулирование потоками, контролируются инжекты в другие процессы и целостность системных файлов

Нет, это не очередной скриншот Windows 7. Это скриншот системы, которая уже не поддерживается, но является самой популярной в мире — Windows XP. А программа, которая так изменяет интерфейс, называется ViGlance.