NEW YORK - Add "cyberthugs" to the growing list of social media experts. A new worm is winding its way through the Facebook platform, though the social network's security team is now trying to stomp it out. This particular worm leverages Facebook to go viral, in four stages. First, it checks in with a server
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Google released a new version of its Chrome browser Thursday to fix a high-severity security problem. The problem affects Google's mainstream stable version of Chrome and is fixed in the new version 1.0.154.59. Google has built Chrome so it updates itself automatically with no user intervention, though the software must be
WASHINGTON DC - The Obama administration plans to create a new military command to coordinate the defense of Pentagon computer networks and improve U.S. offensive capabilities in cyberwarfare, according to current and former officials familiar with the plans. The initiative will reshape the military's efforts to protect its networks from attacks by hackers, especially those
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA. - In its' annual Internet Security Threat Report, Symantec says it expects that malicious code developers will continue to increasingly adapt attacks in order to evade detection and that some overt attack activities could be abandoned or pushed further underground. Malicious activity will be increasingly pushed to regions with emerging infrastructures that
Microsoft has decided to delay its integrated security suite, codenamed Stirling, until the fourth quarter of 2009. Stirling was initially supposed to ship in the first half of this year. According to Microsoft, the company will begin releasing the suite in the fourth quarter of 2009 with the launch of Forefront Server Security for Exchange
YPSILANTI - The Information Assurance program at Eastern Michigan University is sponsoring a special class for Enterprise Incident Response. If you are a network administrator or involved with network security this class is a must for you. Course Description: Principles and practices to address computer incident response for modern enterprise computing environments. Tools, techniques, and
REDMOND - The use of scareware and exploits that take advantage of common file formats like PDF, Excel and Word rose in the second half of last year as online scammers realized people are getting smarter about recognizing spam and phishing e-mails, according to a Microsoft security report released last week. There was a significant
WASHINGTON DC - The Pentagon spent more than $100 million in the past six months cleaning up after Internet attacks and network issues, military leaders said on last week. "The important thing is that we recognize that we are under assault from the least sophisticated-what I would say the bored teenager-all the way up to
WASHINGTON DC - Two U.S. senators introduced legislation late last month that calls for naming a national cybersecurity adviser who reports directly to the president and who would have the authority to disconnect federal or critical infrastructure networks from the Internet if they were deemed to be at risk of attack. This proposed legislation comes
SAN FRANCISCO - The Cloud Security Alliance, whose founding members include eBay, PGP, and Qualys, is seeking to promote the best ways to secure cloud computing and outline how to use cloud computing for the protection of other types of computing. "The very nature of how businesses use information technology is being transformed by the