Security News

  • Space -- the final frontier for computer viruses CNET - Wed Aug 27, 2:53 PM ET

    The first ever reported computer virus has infected at least two laptops on board the International Space Station more than 200 miles above earth.

  • Space: The final frontier for computer viruses CNET - Wed Aug 27, 2:53 PM ET

    The first ever reported computer virus has infected at least two laptops onboard the International Space Station more than 200 miles above Earth.

  • Democratic vice presidential nominee Senator Joe Biden makes a point during his vice presidential debate with Republican vice presidential nominee Alaska Governor Sarah Palin at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, October 2, 2008. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)
    Joe Biden's pro-RIAA, pro-FBI tech voting record CNET - Sat Aug 23, 9:09 PM ET

    digg_url = 'http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Joe_Biden_s_pro_RIAA_pro_FBI_tech_voting_record'; By choosing Joe Biden as their vice presidential candidate, the Democrats have selected a politician with a mixed record on technology who has spent most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders, who ranks toward the bottom of CNET's Technology Voters' Guide, and whose anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.

  • Brazilian charged in U.S. in connection with operating botnet CNET - Thu Aug 21, 8:09 PM ET

    A Brazilian man has been charged in connection with operating a botnet composed of more than 100,000 computers infected with malicious software allegedly designed to send spam, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday.

  • Looking inside the Storm worm botnet CNET - Thu Aug 7, 12:44 PM ET

    LAS VEGAS--On Wednesday, Joe Stewart, director of malware research for SecureWorks, presented his work on protocols and encryption used by the Storm worm botnet at Black Hat 2008.

  • Escaped 'spam king' allegedly kills self, family CNET - Fri Jul 25, 9:58 AM ET

    A convicted spammer who escaped from prison was found dead Thursday night, along with his wife and 3-year-old daughter.

  • DNS exploit code is in the wild CNET - Thu Jul 24, 9:10 AM ET

    As of Wednesday, an exploit code allowing someone to attack the domain name system (DNS) was available in various places on the Internet.

  • Protecting against Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, RFID data attacks CNET - Sat Jul 19, 12:25 PM ET

    NEW YORK--Using a laptop, cell phone headset, building access badge, credit cards, or even a passport can make you a walking target for data thieves and other criminals, a security expert warned at the Last HOPE hacker conference here late Friday.

  • Cyber-capos: How cybercriminals mirror the mafia and businesses CNET - Wed Jul 16, 7:39 PM ET

    Cybercrime, the harvesting and sale of credit card and other data for online fraud and theft, is a "shadow economy" that mimics the real business world in its practices and the mafia in its structure, according to a new report from security firm Finjan.

  • NY spammer hit with 30-month prison sentence CNET - Wed Jul 16, 10:17 AM ET

    A federal court on Tuesday sentenced a New York man to a 30-month prison term for sending unsolicited marketing e-mail to 1.2 million AOL subscribers, according to a Reuters report.

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