Report: 60 percent of businesses hit by cybercrime
A recent U.S. Department of Justice survey indicates that the majority of American businesses have detected one or more cyberattacks.
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Microsoft to release secure development tools
Microsoft announced that it would make available three Security Development Lifecycle programs and tools to help the industry improve security and privacy technology.
Apple fixes another DNS vulnerability
Apple released a security update for its Mac OS X to fix several security issues, most notably for the notorious DNS cache poisoning problem and a vulnerability within PostScript font names.
Spam, malware spread by Google Groups
Spammers are using thousands of Google Groups to spread unwanted email and malware.
Firefox adds privacy mode
Mozilla, joining Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Google’s nascent Chrome, plan to add a private browsing mode when it releases Firefox 3.1.
U.S. intellectual property protection goes worldwide
Legislation has been introduced in the U.S. Senate aimed at reducing intellectual property theft around the world.
Health information security standard issued
A new standard spells out detailed controls for managing health information security.
CIS to release consensus IT security metrics
Coming soon: An assemblage of consensus-based IT security metrics, developed by the Center for Internet Security (CIS).
Unauthorized web servers connected to IRS network
The Internal Revenue Service found 1,811 unauthorized web servers connected to its network.
Botnet spread skyrockets in summer
The number of computers infected with botnets has quadrupled during the last three months.
