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Botnet expert: Cut cash flow to cybercriminals
News Stopping the flow of money to cybercriminals could be the best way to tackle them, a top botnet researcher says [23 Apr 2009]
Firefox update targets 12 security flaws
News The web browser's third update this year fixes 12 vulnerabilities — four rated critical — and comes as its open-source developers ready the fourth beta [23 Apr 2009]
Finjan finds botnet of 1.9m infected computers
News The security firm claims to have uncovered a huge botnet that appears to be controlled by an Eastern European gang. Police are investigating [22 Apr 2009]
US official: We are under cyberattack all the time
News The US defence secretary has responded to a report that hackers stole information about $300bn fighter jet programme [22 Apr 2009]
Microsoft tests 'Geneva' identity tech in schools
News The software maker is taking its 'End to End Trust' mission to schools in a proof-of-concept trial featuring information cards on small notebook PCs handed out to students [22 Apr 2009]
Cryptography experts debate cloud-computing risks
News During an RSA 2009 panel, the world's top cryptographers disagree on the risks inherent in cloud computing and downplay the possibility of a digital Pearl Harbor [22 Apr 2009]
Cisco set to boost security in the cloud
News The company plans to round out hosted security offerings with Security Cloud Services, updated intrusion prevention and botnet filtering software, and WebEx services for secure online meetings [21 Apr 2009]
High-profile New Zealand websites hacked
News A number of high-profile New Zealand sites belonging to companies such as Coca-Cola, Microsoft and Xerox have been defaced by hackers appearing to hail from Turkey [21 Apr 2009]
Symantec scoops up web-security firm Mi5
News The company has bought web-security appliance maker Mi5 and plans to announce two new enterprise suites at the RSA 2009 conference in San Francisco [21 Apr 2009]
Microsoft touts Windows 7 security enhancements
News As RSA 2009 kicks off, Microsoft begins an education campaign about the new security features of Windows 7 [21 Apr 2009]
FBI used spyware to capture hackers, hitmen
News Documents obtained in a freedom-of-information request show the US law-enforcement agency used a secret form of spyware in a number of investigations [20 Apr 2009]
Jericho Forum offers cloud security tips
News The IT security group has put forward security advice aimed at helping companies that want to adopt cloud computing [17 Apr 2009]
Jericho Forum takes a view of the cloud 
Video Adrian Seccombe of IT security group the Jericho Forum answers ZDNet UK's questions on open security, corporate computing and the cloud [16 Apr 2009]
ID card 'chip and PIN' proposal raises security fears
News The government says it is considering adding chip-and-PIN functionality to the cards, but critics say the move could prove 'disastrous' for security [16 Apr 2009]
Microsoft patches Excel, Windows, Word flaws
News On Patch Tuesday, software maker fixes a critical Excel hole that had been exploited, as well as other vulnerabilities in Windows and Word [15 Apr 2009]
Twitter fends off weekend worm attacks
News Security experts have warned users to be careful who they follow on Twitter, after worm attacks left some with infected profiles [14 Apr 2009]
Conficker malware poses as antivirus software
News In addition to dropping a mystery payload on infected machines, the Conficker worm installs software that tries to dupe people into paying nearly £35 for fake antivirus software [14 Apr 2009]
Conficker wakes up, updates itself over P2P
News The worm that was expected to activate on 1 April started to update itself on Wednesday using peer-to-peer, according to security companies [09 Apr 2009]
Report: US electricity grid hacked by spies
News A Wall Street Journal report, quoting national-security officials, says spies have infiltrated the US power grid in an apparent attempt to map the utility infrastructure [09 Apr 2009]
Microsoft warns of rise in scareware, PDF exploits
News The company's latest Security Intelligence Report shows a rise in the use of rogue security software and attacks targeting PDF, Word and other common file formats [08 Apr 2009]
Pentagon forks out $100m for cyberattack cleanup
News US military officials say they would prefer to spend money to prevent cyberattacks and security breaches rather than pay to clean them up afterwards [08 Apr 2009]
ID card data will remain unreadable until 2010
News The CIO for the Identity and Passport Service has said that readers capable of scanning the cards' chips will not be in place until they are introduced at UK border-entry points next year [08 Apr 2009]
Microsoft pushes back Stirling release
News The product, designed to manage Microsoft and third-party security software, has been delayed due to interoperability concerns [07 Apr 2009]
IBM, CSC win ID card biometrics contracts
News IBM will build and run the biometrics database behind the National Identity Register, while CSC will implement processing and enrolment systems, including online passport applications [07 Apr 2009]
Police database is 'major new weapon' against crime
News A Logica-headed consortium has been awarded the £75.6m contract to deliver the first phase of the Police National Database [06 Apr 2009]
