Security Alerts by Computerworld http://www.computerworld.com.au Security Alerts by Computerworld en-us Copyright 2008, IDG Communications, for personal use only, not for redistribution without permission. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:55:02 +1100 60 Security software performs poorly in exploit test http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1483637891&rid=-143 Security software suites are doing a poor job of detecting when a PC's software is under attack, according to Danish vendor Secunia. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:46:00 +1100 When the watchdog is the underdog http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=641188913&rid=-143 Think your security staffers are trustworthy? Competent? Knowledgeable? Listen to a security professional's horror stories, and you might think again. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:53:00 +1100 'Experimental' security fix is malware, Microsoft says http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=286882503&rid=-143 Scammers are sending out phoney e-mails that claim to include critical Windows security alerts, Microsoft warned Monday. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:47:00 +1100 World Bank denies report of massive data breaches http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=95577328&rid=-143 Count the World Bank Group among the high-profile organizations suffering major data breaches - maybe. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:09:00 +1100 Microsoft readies first attack forecast http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1061128022&rid=-143 Microsoft will debut vulnerability predictions today when it issues 11 security updates for Windows, Office and Internet Explorer. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:01:00 +1100 PCI app security: Who's guarding the data bank? http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=162599311&rid=-143 While Willy Sutton never really said it, the truth is that people rob banks because that is where the money is. Today's criminals don't walk into banks with loaded guns and get-away drivers. Rather they connect from a remote location using a browser and are armed with hacking tools and spyware. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:09:00 +1100 Cutting Through the Spin of Recent Vulnerability Disclosures http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=471340616&rid=-143 There are a few highly publicised vulnerabilities at the moment which haven't completely been disclosed and which, it is claimed, could threaten the whole Internet as-we-know-it. Only, when the vulnerabilities are finally disclosed, it seems that the whole incident has been somewhat Chicken Little. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:53:00 +1100 Exploit code loose for six-month-old Windows bug http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1072018412&rid=-143 Microsoft has acknowledged that exploit code is circulating for a vulnerability it acknowledged six months ago, but has yet to patch. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:45:00 +1100 Apple releases another mega-patch for Mac OS X http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1354994163&rid=-143 Apple patched 40 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X last week -- more than half of them labeled with the company's equivalent of "critical" -- and in the process broke the 250-bug bar for the year. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:31:00 +1100 Mafiaboy grows up; a hacker seeks redemption http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=233386890&rid=-143 The Internet attack took Yahoo engineers by surprise. It came so fast and with such intensity that Yahoo, then the Web's second most-popular destination, was knocked offline for about three hours. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:27:00 +1100