Security: News

Research in Motion has warned users and corporate administrators of a critical vulnerability in a component of its BlackBerry Enterprise Server that could be used to hack their company's computers.

The security researcher who recently discovered a heretofore unknown flaw in the Internet's core Domain Name System (DNS) protocol warned IT managers on Thursday to expect more security fixes aimed at mitigating the issue over the coming months.

The 1979 film "When a Stranger Calls" portrayed the terror-filled night of a young woman fielding prank and increasingly threatening calls that climaxed when the police determined "the calls are coming from inside the house." Today IT security executives experience a similar chill down their spine when they realize the biggest threat they face comes from internal security attacks and data breaches.

Symantec has reassured local partners that it has no intentions to take control of major channel accounts or renew SMB licenses directly.

RSA Security is looking to expand its partner network to lift its identity in vertical market segments.

A former database administrator at Certegy Check Services who admitted last year that he stole the personal data of about 8.5 million consumers and sold the information to data brokers has been sentenced to 57 months in prison by a federal judge.

Symantec released beta versions of its flagship Windows software Tuesday, citing significant improvements in performance.

The chain of command of a cybercrime gang is not unlike the Mafia, an evolution that shows how online crime is becoming a broad, well-organized endeavor.

BQT Solutions Limited (ASX:BQT) has been awarded a contract to supply at least 1,140 smart card readers to a major American airport.

Security researcher and author Kris Kaspersky plans to demonstrate how an attacker can target flaws in Intel's microprocessors to remotely attack a computer using JavaScript or TCP/IP packets, regardless of what operating system the computer is running.

It takes less than five minutes for hackers to find and compromise an unpatched Windows PC after it's connected to the Internet, a security researcher said today.