Botnet operators have always been able to easily infect and convert PCs into bots, but they also are increasingly going after servers -- even building networks of compromised servers.

Millions of user passwords to social networking sites have been exposed, after a serious SQL injection flaw on the Rockyou.com website left login details - stored in plain text - up for grabs.

The international hacker who has admitted to stealing more than 130 million payment card numbers has mounted a new defense claim that he might suffer from Asperger's syndrome, a court filing indicates.

The FBI has accused a man of copyright infringement for allegedly uploading to the Web the feature film "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" last spring.

Conficker may be under control, but the malicious family of programs is resident on more than 6.5 million computers worldwide, with more than 5 percent of some network's Internet addresses showing signs of infection.

Users should disable JavaScript in Adobe's Reader and Acrobat tools to protect themselves until a patch for a just-disclosed vulnerability is available, security experts said today.

Malware purveyors are exploiting web vulnerabilities in appleinsider.com, lawyer.com, news.com.au and a dozen other sites to foist rogue anti-virus on unsuspecting netizens.

Public fascination with television's "CSI" forensic detectives and with the virtual reality depicted in the "Matrix" films may be partly responsible for the high level of interest garnered by a Defense Department contest to solve cyber crimes.

As 2009 draws to a close and a new decade dawns, CSOonline has reached out to some of the industry's best known security pros in search of insight on what the next 12 months and beyond have in store for our IT and cyber infrastructure. Each participant was asked to make five predictions.

Research carried out by Bell Micro, the IT systems distributor, claims to show that 67% of organisations believe there is a greater threat to their IT systems security and integrity from within their organisation than from hackers outside.

Cybercriminals are lazy. Given the choice between adapting their malicious software to a new operating system or focusing on users who haven't made the switch, they'll inevitably choose the path of least resistance, according to a new report from Finnish security firm F-Secure.

In a newly released report, security researcher claims that Google’s reCAPTCHA, one of the most widely adopted free CAPTCHA services, contains weaknesses that would allow a 10,000 infected hosts botnet the ability to achieve 10 recognition successes every second, allowing it to register 864,000 new accounts per day.

Rest assured that 2010 is going to be a big year for the Android operating system, with many new handsets finding their way to stores around the world (including Google’s own phone) and an increasing number of developers building tools, games and the likes for the fast-growing platform.

According to web analytics company Net Applications, Chrome marketshare leaped to 4.4 percent last week, based on the analysis of 160 million unique visitors to 40,000 sites. Meanwhile, Safari only held 4.37 percent of the market. A narrow victory? Sure. But a victory the nonce.

A damaged Telstra cable under Melbourne airport brought down the airline's telecommunications service provider, crippling its passenger check-in process from lunchtime yesterday and forcing the cancellation of 48 flights.

Если ты считаешь, что Tor - это исключительно средство для обеспечения приватности в сети, то ты неправ дважды. Во-первых, его распределенную сеть можно использовать в разных целях. А, во-вторых, не так уж безопасен черт, как его малюют