A Romanian hacker has posted a proof-of-concept attack exploiting vulnerabilities on the Pentagon's public Website that were first exposed several months ago and remain unfixed.

Malicious web sites and botnet activity continued to dominate the cyber securiy landscape over the past 12 months, with 10 major botnets now controlling at least five million computers, according to Symantec's MessageLabs Intelligence division.

Online crime could become more direct and aggressive in the coming months, according security experts.

Virus Bulletin (VB) conducted its latest test in November, posting the results this month. The security research company evaluated 43 antimalware products (product submission deadline was October 28) for the 32-bit version of Windows 7 Professional. The basic requirements for a product passing the test is detecting, both on demand and on access, in its default settings, all malware known to be "In the Wild" at the time of the review, and not detecting any false positives when scanning a set of clean files

Citing a rising tide of complaints from people who unknowingly bought counterfeit software infected with malware, Microsoft on Thursday announced the launch of educational initiatives and enforcement actions in over 70 countries to raise awareness of counterfeit software and to protect consumers.

Miscreants took advantage of weak security to hack into two NASA-run websites over the weekend.

A renowned security researcher has started a new service allowing companies to check the strength of their WPA-PSK encryption passwords.

Cloud computing is being held back by corporate concerns about security, according to Cisco's 2009 Annual Security Report, which found that data security and the control companies have over their information are the key factors holding back full-scale adoption of the model.

Yahoo is in a legal dispute with web site Cryptome after discovering that private information regarding services provided by Yahoo to law enforcement bodies is being made publically available online.

It was rumored long ago and now it's confirmed: The Boxee Box. Made by D-Link and bringing HDMI-support, an SD card slot, two USB 2.0 ports, WiFi, and ethernet. Anticipated release is sometime in the second quarter of 2010 with an expected price tag of $200.

After 50 years and countless dead ends, incremental progress, and modest breakthroughs, artificial intelligence researchers are asking for a do-over.

Данный ролик демонстрирует работу трояна на Apple iPhone. По команде хакера осуществляется отправка СМС, совершается звонок с телефона и выполняются системные (shell) команды.

MouseExtender — это удобная и красивая панель быстрого запуска, управлять которой можно только мышкой.

Malicious iPhone apps that Apple unwittingly approves could attack even non-jailbroken iPhones, according to a developer, but security experts say this isn't earth-shattering news.