Thursday, April 24, 2008 3:21 PM/CST
The latest refresh of Opera's flagship Web browser comes with several crucial security features. With Opera 9.5 Beta 2 (code-named Kestrel), the Norwegian company has added fraud-protection capabilities and support for EV SSL (Extended Validation Secure Sockets Layer) Certificates...
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 12:28 PM/CST
LendingTree, an IAC subsidiary that connects online borrowers with mortgage, credit card and auto loans, has suffered a major insider breach that exposed sensitive user files to lenders. The company sent out e-mails to customers affected by the breach,...
Monday, April 21, 2008 11:58 AM/CST
The notorious Rock Phish gang is pushing the envelope again, adding a sophisticated crimeware Trojan to its identity theft arsenal. The Russian group, which is responsible for about half of all phishing attacks, is now doing browser-based drive-by attacks...
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 11:24 AM/CST
Whenever a news story breaks about a major data breach, PR folks representing security vendors trip over themselves to clog my inbox with "our-solution-could-have-prevented-that" notes. For Rapid7, a company that hawks vulnerability assessment, PCI compliance and Web application scanning...
Wednesday, March 05, 2008 12:37 PM/CST
As I mentioned in this eWEEK story on the conspicuous absence of information on security-themed goodies in Internet Explorer 8, it looks like the browser refresh will have some form of malware protection. This screenshot from Microsoft showing the new...
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 9:29 PM/CST
Mozilla security chief Window Snyder has confirmed an information disclosure flaw affecting fully patched versions of the Firefox browser. Snyder's acknowledgment follows the public release of technical details--and proof-of-concept code--that shows how a vulnerability in the chrome protocol scheme...
Friday, January 11, 2008 11:36 AM/CST
Trend Micro is testing a nifty anti-botnet utility capable of listening for botnet-related traffic on infected Windows machines. Trend Micro's new RUBotted beta, available as a free download (.exe), is a lightweight program that intelligently monitors Windows machines for...
Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:13 AM/CST
Israeli security researcher Aviv Raff has issued a warning for a fairly serious browser vulnerability that exposes Firefox users to identity theft attacks. Raff, a well-respected hacker who regularly reports security problems in software products, discovered a way to...
Thursday, December 27, 2007 12:54 PM/CST
After a brief lull, the "Storm Worm" malware attacks returned with a bang this holiday season, using electronic greeting card lures to build and replenish one of the most notorious spam botnets. The latest social engineering attacks began just before...
Friday, September 07, 2007 5:07 PM/CST
I had just finished writing up this story of a European country with a defense agency site that's got its database dangling out for all the world to play with, when Exploit Prevention Labs Chief Technology Officer Roger Thompson pointed...
