BEIJING, China - Chinese engineers have allegedly cracked Skype's Internet telephony protocol, according to a blog posting. If the blog posting is correct, software developers who currently don't have access to Skype's protocol could develop and sell alternative Skype clients, CNET News.Com reported. This could prove problematic for eBay, which has kept the protocol private
SEATTLE - Researchers at Microsoft have developed a tool to scrub search engines of major Web sites that pollute search results and ultimately help clean the Web of spam. Called Strider Search Defender, the tool is designed to dig out Web pages that are a front for spam Web sites, according to a paper published
SAN JOSE, Ca. - Google said it fixed a security flaw in Google Reader that could have allowed a hacker to steal sensitive information from Web surfers. A Google RSS feed addition tool was vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack, a poster to the Ha.ckers.org blog wrote on Tuesday. Such attacks involve an attacker embedding
SEATTLE - Microsoft plans to issue patches for "critical" Windows and Office security problems as part of a regular update scheduled for Tuesday. The software company said in an advisory that it will issue four bulletins for Windows flaws and three for Office, CNET News.Com reported. At least one Windows and one Office problem are
WASHINGTON-The National Security Agency may be known for its stealthy eavesdropping techniques, but it's going public with advice for how to train a new generation to defend against computer threats. Representatives from the usually secretive agency appeared at a SANS Institute event here to divulge "lessons learned" from their latest cyberdefense exercise, CNET News.Com reported.
WASHINGTON - The FBI has drafted sweeping legislation that would require Internet service providers to create wiretapping hubs for police surveillance and force makers of networking gear to build in backdoors for eavesdropping, CNET News.com has learned. FBI Agent Barry Smith distributed the proposal at a private meeting last Friday with industry representatives and indicated
DETROIT - A federal grand jury in Detroit has charged two former executives of the Metaldyne Corp. and one of the company's former agents in China with industrial espionage. The trio plotted to steal secret processes for making engine parts from powdered metal, according to the indictment handed down by the grand jury. Federal prosecutors
NEWARK, NJ - Many North America organizations are exposing themselves to significant security and financial risks and thereby undermining the effectiveness of the average IT worker, according to a new report from corporate software reseller Softchoice. One in 16 corporate PCs in a little over 200 companies across the United States and Canada did not
PORTLAND, Or. - SecureWorld Expo has partnered with InfraGard to produce the 2006 InfraGard National Conference in Washington D.C. SecureWorld Expo will work directly with the InfraGard National Members Alliance in promoting and selling the event scheduled for August 22-24, Renaissance Washington DC Hotel. ?SecureWorld?s market reach and promotional support will serve to create a
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Attack code that exploits a flaw in Apple Computer's Mac OS X was publicly released last week, increasing the urgency to patch. The code's arrival comes just a day after Apple made an update available for its operating system. The malicious program takes advantage of a locally exploitable vulnerability in an operating