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Mitnick: From 'computer terrorist' to consultant
Q&A Kevin Mitnick describes his transformation from notorious hacker to security consultant [23 Jun 2009]
Schneier: Security neglected in economic gloom
News While it may seem logical to downgrade security, Bruce Schneier argues that security should be maintained or boosted, as systems become more business critical in a recession [22 Jun 2009]
Experts: Don't clamp down on social media
News Iranian news leaking out via Twitter shows that people will get around communication roadblocks, and experts have say businesses can learn lessons from this [19 Jun 2009]
Company tells PC makers: Halt China censorware
News Solid Oak Software, which claims the Green Dam program has stolen its code, has written to Dell, HP and Gateway demanding they stop shipping computers loaded with the software [19 Jun 2009]
Microsoft readies free anti-malware beta for launch
News The service, which is replacing Microsoft's subscription-based suite, will be available for public beta on Tuesday [19 Jun 2009]
Tech giants back ID interoperability project
News The Kantara Initiative, which aims to harmonise ID management technologies and standards, has attracted the backing of companies such as BT, CA, Intel, Novell, Oracle, PayPal and Sun [18 Jun 2009]
Apple stamps out 46 iPhone bugs
News Many of the long list of flaws in iPhone and iPod could have let an attacker run code on the handset, and some have been rated 'highly critical' [18 Jun 2009]
Experts: Gov't web-monitoring plan is unworkable
News Experts from the London School of Economics say a government plan to record traffic details of all UK web communications is 'an impossibility' [18 Jun 2009]
Tories urge contractors to shun ID card deals
News The Conservatives say contractors should not engage in the 'hugely expensive' tendering process for work on ID cards, when the scheme could be scrapped after the next election [17 Jun 2009]
Date set for Nasa hacker high court hearing
News The high court will hear Gary McKinnon's application for a judicial review of a CPS decision not to prosecute him in the UK [16 Jun 2009]
China orders plug for hole in Green Dam
News The Chinese government has ordered the makers of Green Dam censorware to rush out a patch, after researchers discovered gaping security flaws in the program [16 Jun 2009]
Apple fixes months-old Java bug
News The Mac OS X patch fixes a serious Java vulnerability that was made public six months ago and that has already been remedied by most other operating-system vendors [16 Jun 2009]
Chinese censorware has stolen code, says US firm
News A California company wants to prevent further shipment to China of computers using Green Dam anti-pornography software, which it says contains parts of its code [15 Jun 2009]
Experts: Chinese censorware carries botnet risk
News The Green Dam blocking software has errors that could be used to build a botnet and allow uploading of programs by an outsider, according to University of Michigan researchers [12 Jun 2009]
Gov't awards £400m biometric-passport contract
News The contract with British secure-document specialist De La Rue brings the total earmarked for new passports and ID cards to over £1bn this year [12 Jun 2009]
Video malware targets Mac users
News Malware hidden in code on an adult video site targets Macs as well as PCs, a sign Apple fans should no longer consider their systems safe from attack, according to experts [11 Jun 2009]
Judges delay decision in Nasa hacker case
News The high court has finished its hearing into whether the home secretary was right in law to deny Gary McKinnon's appeal against extradition, but has reserved judgement for another day [11 Jun 2009]
Microsoft takes aim at rogue antivirus program
News Microsoft has updated its Malicious Software Removal Tool this week to detect a generic type of fake antivirus program [11 Jun 2009]
Microsoft gets set to beta free antivirus package
News Microsoft is testing an early version of Morro, its long-anticipated free antivirus software, amid concerns it could hurt sales of products from Symantec and McAfee [11 Jun 2009]
Adobe fixes critical flaws in Reader, Acrobat
News In its first official monthly bulletin of security patches, Adobe has remedied 13 vulnerabilities that could have allowed an intruder to take over a computer [10 Jun 2009]
Microsoft rolls out record Patch Tuesday fixes
News The bulletin includes a host of fixes for critical holes in Internet Explorer, Word and Excel, and important holes in the IIS web server product and other software [10 Jun 2009]
Court hears Nasa hacker 'at risk of psychosis'
News A judicial review of Gary McKinnon's extradition to the US has begun in the high court in London, with questions of his health being raised [09 Jun 2009]
Virtual-machine exploit lets attackers take over host
News The exploit for an VMware flaw uses malicious code running on a virtual machine to let an intruder take over the host operating system [09 Jun 2009]
Icann: Coders and ISPs vital to net security
News The internet watchdog says DNSSEC encryption, which makes it harder for hackers to subvert web traffic, will only work if developers and ISPs get behind it [08 Jun 2009]
Lawyer: Home Office unlikely to U-turn on hacker
News A change of home secretary is not likely to alter the government's position on Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon's extradition to the US, according to McKinnon's solicitor [08 Jun 2009]
