Computer Security

Websense reports that spammers have come up with a new scheme to fool CAPTCHA that takes possible attack scenarios to new levels of sophistication

A new technique lets hackers targeting Apple's OS X cover their tracks more effectively.

"Microsoft Corporation has even formed a cyber security group to break the Conficker worm's infrastructure is offering a $250,000 reward for any information which can lead to the arrest of the guilty party. "

Security firm McAfee finds what it calls a 'dramatic upswing in the number of incidents.'

Microsoft has warned of an Information Disclosure vulnerability discovered in Internet Explorer. Windows XP users on IE6 or users who have disabled Internet Explorer Protected Mode are affected.

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What is believed to be the country's biggest hacker training site has been shut down by police in Central China's Hubei province.

The company once known for its don't be evil motto is now in bed with the spy agency known for the mass surveillance of American citizens.

Many drivers would be shocked to know that, when it comes to automotive controls, drivers increasingly fly by wire. Gone are the days when the accelerator or brake pedal were directly connected to the throttle by a physical connector.

A security expert at the Black Hat conference warns about the dangers of public wi-fi.

Do you know what DOS is? Were you even aware that DOS could still be accessed by anything? If those 3 letters mean nothing to you, then you don’t really know the world of Microsoft or Windows. DOS is the acronym for Disk Operating System, a now-ancient

German authorities say fraudsters probably made money from gaining access to national registry of carbon credits.

A 17-year old vulnerability that dates from the days of DOS is being patched in Microsoft's February security update.

A survey, part of a broader lobbying effort, finds cyber crime professionals want to 'exchange legal process requests and responses to legal process' through a police-only 'nationwide computer network.'

When it comes to virtual communities, the biggest orchards often have the most bad apples.

We’re seeing tweets that various people are being forced to change their passwords on Twitter in response to possible phishing threats.

The eternal debate in the hands of experts, most of whom share the same opinion.

The recently released APWG Phishing Activity Trends Report for Q3 of 2009, details record highs in multiple phishing vectors, but also offers an inter

CNET asks a host of security experts which of the major operating-system platforms is more secure for consumers. Here are quotes from the 32 experts.

If you use any version of Internet Explorer to surf Twitter or other Web 2.0 sites, Jorge Luis Alvarez Medina can probably read the entire contents of your primary hard drive.

Windows 7 Gadgets are highly useful mini-applications which keeps you updated by providing access to changing information such as current time, weather, stock quotes, new feeds, etc.

A secret 2008 warning by the MI5 spy agency informed hundreds of British companies of a wide-ranging effort by China to hack into companies' computers and blackmail foreigners.

The Central Intelligence Agency, PayPal, and hundreds of other organizations are under an unexplained assault that's bombarding their websites with millions of compute-intensive requests.

Attacks on the internet are rising sharply, driven by state-sponsored attacks, warn experts at the World Economic Forum.