Computer Security News

Four men have been indicted in Georgia on charges that they hacked into the Atlanta-based bank card processing company RBS WorldPay.

The Rick Astley plan to take over the world has entered phase two. iPhone users in Australia were invaded in the last few days by a photo of the 1980s crooner and the words "ikee is never going to give you up," a reference to Astley's greatest hit, "Never Gonna Give You Up." The image, installed by what's purportedly the first worm to hit iPhones, ...

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Apple on Monday released a large security update for Mac OS X that fixes dozens of vulnerabilities and provides protection against potential attacks exploiting a weakness in the protocol used to verify that a domain is legitimate.

Jailbroken iPhones are much easier to hijack, a noted security researcher said today, and the proof is in the worm that has infected some Australian phones.

CHICAGO, US: A couple years ago a crippling cyber attack on one of Nanette Lepore's haute couture boutiques served as a wakeup call for the fashion retailer to get serious about its online security .

Easy-to-use tools to create self-spreading worms are readily available. Simply checking a box, labeled "autorun," activates code that corrupts USB ports, infecting any memory stick, camera or music player that is subsequently plugged into the port.

IT security and data protection company Sophos has warned iPhone users of the world's first iPhone virus that is spreading in the wild in Australia.

Allegations of widespread phone-tapping at the News of the World have been rejected by the press watchdog.

Apple iPhone owners in Australia have reported that their smartphones have been infected by a worm that has changed their wallpaper to an image of 1980s pop crooner Rick Astley.

U.S. officials say government computer systems are probed or scanned millions of times a day, and face an increasing threat from hackers, cybercriminals looking to steal money or information, and nation-states aimed at espionage or the destruction of networks that run vital services.

WatchGuard Technologies, a global leader of business security and connectivity solutions, today announced that it is teaming with AVG Technologies, a global leader of consumer and commercial internet security software and technology, to provide WatchGuard unified threat management customers with comprehensive and cutting-edge anti-virus protection.

ORLANDO Enrique Salem wants Symantec Corp.'s VARs to know that not only is the security giant recommitting itself to the channel, but also that a key part of that effort will involve helping channel customers use technology to secure sensitive data.

ALERT: DT contributor and Military.com editor Ward Carroll will be on KGO radio at 6:10 PST to discuss the latest details around the Fort Hood shootings.

Australian internet provider BigPond has become the latest internet company to be targeted by hackers on Twitter, after one of its accounts was hijacked as part of a phishing scam.

Virus Bulletin staff tested FortiMail among 13 other anti-spam products for detection rates and the number of false positives.

A series of power outages affecting millions of people in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 were the result of cyber attacks, 60 MINUTES has learned.

ORLANDO, Flor. - Partner Engage 2009 .- Symantec Corp. today reinforced its commitment to help partners succeed in 2010 and beyond, unveiling a variety of new resources at its annual partner conference, Symantec Partner Engage 2009.

Microsoft Corp.'s monthly predictions about whether hackers will create reliable exploit code for its bugs were right only about a quarter of the time in the first half of 2009, the company acknowledged Monday.

The Swedish police network was taken down last week in a distributed denial of service attack.