24 марта начнется Pwn2Own 2010 - знаменитый конкурс "взломщиков", традиционно проводимый в рамках конференции по безопасности CansecWest в Ванкувере. Каждый год солидные денежные призы присуждаются тем, кто смог воспользоваться "дырками" и программными ошибками в браузерах и ОС, а также в софте для популярных мобильных устройств, таких как iPhone.

Привет, коллега! Сегодня мы поговорим о таком важном компоненте Windows как диспетчер кэша. Узнав теорию и попробовав практику, ты можешь свернуть горы, поверь мне. Нужно лишь знать азы отладки, а остальное освоим вместе.

M86 Security released a new report revealing its Security Labs research results based on the primary attack vectors on the Web and how the common approaches used to fend off these attacks stand up in today’s dynamic threat landscape.

While Google called a cyber-attack against its network last January a "highly sophisticated and targeted attack," security experts said the techniques show the attackers to be nothing more than "amateurs."

BlackBerry has gained a reputation in the mobile space during the past decade or so as the "most secure" handheld device and mobile platform available. That's largely due to RIM's BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) software for corporate e-mail deployments, which has earned high-level security certifications from some of the world's most demanding information-security organizations, including the U.S

The Obama administration on Tuesday declassified part of its plan for making cyberspace more secure, a move meant to foster greater co-operation between government and civilian groups in an area of increasing urgency.

The biggest threat to the open internet is not Chinese government hackers or greedy anti-net-neutrality ISPs, it’s Michael McConnell, the former director of national intelligence.

How will we ever get a leg up on hackers who are infecting computers worldwide? Microsoft's security chief laid out several suggestions Tuesday, including a possible Internet usage tax to pay for the inspection and quarantine of machines. Today most hacked PCs run Microsoft's Windows operating system, and the company has invested millions in trying to fight the problem.

Software giant Microsoft Corp has won a U.S. court approval to deactivate a global network of computers that the company accused of spreading spam and harmful computer codes, the Wall Street Journal said.

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.