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Appeals court set to rule on Kentucky effort to seize domain names

2009-01-06 05:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News

The Kentucky state appeals court is expected to rule this month on whether the state can seize or shut down online gambling sites that are registered in other states or even outside the U.S.

Google comes in third on top 10 list of spam enablers

2009-01-06 05:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News

Google has yet to stop a rising number of spammers from abusing Google Docs, its Web-based collaboration and spreadsheet application, according to junk mail watchdog Spamhaus.

Vista's flaws surface again on eve of Windows 7 beta

2009-01-06 05:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News

Attendees of the International Conference on Cyber Security 2009 in New York were reminded of the Vista operating system's failings a day before the Windows 7 beta is expected to be publicly announced at the CES trade show.

CheckFree warns 5 million customers after hack

2009-01-06 05:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News

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.

Microsoft tells how it missed critical IE bug

2009-01-05 05:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News

Microsoft developers missed a critical bug in Internet Explorer because they weren't properly trained and didn't have the right testing tools, the company's secure code expert acknowledged.

Hackers hijack Obama's, Britney's Twitter accounts

2009-01-05 05:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News

Hackers hijacked the Twitter accounts of more than 30 celebrities and organizations, including those belonging to President-Elect Barack Obama, Britney Spears and Fox News, early on Monday.

Researchers hack into Intel's vPro

2009-01-05 05:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News

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.

How to secure your Vista PC in 10 easy steps

2008-12-31 05:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News

You don't necessarily need an expensive security suite to lock down Windows Vista. Here's how to do it using free software and a few easy system tweaks.

11 in China sentenced for software piracy

2008-12-31 05:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News

A court in Shenzhen, China, sentenced 11 members of a software counterfeiting operation Wednesday, with the defendants getting between one and a half and six and half years in prison, according to Microsoft.

Security vendors ready fix for 'Curse of Silence' SMS attack

2008-12-31 05:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News

A single malformed text message can prevent some Nokia smart phones from receiving further messages via Short Messaging Service, and the offending message can be sent from almost any Nokia phone, even non-smart-phone models, a German security researcher demonstrated Tuesday.