Thursday | 8 January, 2009

Stories by: Robert McMillan

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    CheckFree warns 5 million customers after hack 08/01/2009 08:24:00

    CheckFree and some of the banks that use its electronic bill payment service are notifying more than 5 million customers after criminals took control of several of the company's Internet domains and redirected customer traffic to a malicious Web site hosted in the Ukraine.
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    Apple says goodbye to Macworld, without Jobs 07/01/2009 08:05:00

    There was a standing ovation at the Macworld Conference and Expo this year, but it wasn't for Steve Jobs or a hot new Apple product.
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    Researchers hack into Intel's vPro 06/01/2009 11:52:00

    Security researchers said they've found a way to circumvent an Intel vPro security feature used to protect PCs and the programs that they run from tampering.
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    With Gaza conflict, cyberattacks come too 05/01/2009 08:03:00

    The conflict raging in Gaza between Israel and Palestine has spilled over to the Internet.
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    Researchers devise undetectable phishing attack 31/12/2008 09:20:00

    With the help of about 200 Sony Playstations, an international team of security researchers have devised a way to undermine the algorithms used to protect secure Web sites and launch a nearly undetectable phishing attack.
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    Google, Apple, Microsoft sued over file preview 29/12/2008 08:14:00

    A small Indiana company has sued tech heavyweights Microsoft, Apple, and Google, claiming that it holds the patent on a common file preview feature used by browsers and operating systems to show users small snapshots of the files before they are opened.
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    Fake antivirus peddlers helped by Microsoft, IRS 24/12/2008 13:29:00

    Just weeks after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission shut down two companies accused of selling fake antivirus software, a new player has moved into the market, aided by glitches in the Microsoft and U.S. Internal Revenue Service Web sites.
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    Microsoft warns of SQL attack 23/12/2008 11:57:00

    Just days after patching a critical flaw in its Internet Explorer browser, Microsoft is now warning users of a serious bug in its SQL Server database software.
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    Software executive sentenced for hacking 23/12/2008 11:54:00

    The president of a U.S. software company has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to stealing password-protected files from a competitor.
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    NSA patents a way to spot network snoops 22/12/2008 08:28:00

    The US National Security Agency has patented a technique for figuring out whether someone is tampering with network communication.
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    Oracle profits drop slightly on strong US dollar 22/12/2008 08:26:00

    Hurt by a strengthening US dollar, Oracle announced earnings last week that were slightly below the company's previously issued guidance, and profits that fell slightly.
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