http://itmanagement.earthweb.com en-us Copyright 1996-2006 Jupitermedia Corporation rss@jupitermedia.com rss@jupitermedia.com http://backend.userland.com/rss http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3849396 http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3849396 Security firm Symantec predicts the leading threats for next year, covering areas like Mac, Windows, and social networking. http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3848961 http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3848961 A senior government official concedes that hackers tend to be one step ahead. http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3849066 http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3849066 Many Windows users don't know that there are two different approaches to disabling autorun/autoplay -- a dangerous lack of knowledge. http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3848391 http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3848391 A hacker who discovered a problem in the Windows 7 RC has published proof-of-concept code to cause crashes in the current release. http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3847956 http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3847956 November's patch drop, smaller than in recent months, did not need to release any fixes for Windows 7. http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3847966 http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3847966 Security professionals at civilian agencies said that independent foreign hackers and poorly coded software gave them the most headaches. http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3847511 http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3847511 A security vendor's report indicates that Firefox suffers the most vulnerabilities of any browser. http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3846316 http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3846316 The latest Trojan uses a two-pronged scheme to steal passwords at online banks. http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3846466 http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3846466 Microsoft issues patches for its own software, but Windows apps from other vendors remain a problem. Secunia offers a free online software inspector for patch notification. http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3844321 http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3844321 Scammers plant fake security alerts that offers "security software" that actually downloads malware. http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3845066 http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3845066 Sure, a 15-character password is one tough cookie, but it creates its own problems. http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3843666 http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3843666 Microsoft released 13 security patches, addressing 34 vulnerabilities across Windows, Internet Explorer, Silverlight, Office, as well as the yet to be released Windows 7 OS. http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3843476 http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3843476 Google fixes two flaws in its Android mobile OS that could have been exploited in denial-of-service attacks. http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3843051 http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3843051 Malware can infect your PC from anywhere on the Web, but the free Sandboxie application effectively blocks it. http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3843071 http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3843071 This coming Patch Tuesday will fix the largest number of security holes ever. http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3842631 http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3842631 Using Kaseya, the owner was able to remotely turn on the microphone on his his stolen laptop and listen to what the thieves were saying as they typed. http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3841641 http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3841641 Hackers have devised a clever pop-up phishing scam to spread malware via World of Warcraft. http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3841351 http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3841351 Reddit wasn't consistently filtering out JavaScript when a user moused over a link, creating an opening for a security vulnerability. http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3841171 http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3841171 After more than two decades in use, HP is still boosting security for its Unix OS. http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3840936 http://redir.internet.com/rss/click/itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3840936 Outraging users, Gmail suffers its second service outage in a month.