IDG News Service
Robert McMillan is a reporter for the IDG News Service.
How spyware nearly sent a teacher to prison
Nov. 27, 2008
If there's a poster child for the dangers of spyware, it's Julie Amero.
EFF berates Apple over open-source iTunes project
Nov. 25, 2008
Apple's attempt to quash an effort to help the latest iPods and iPhones work with non-Apple software such as the Linux operating system is out of line, the Electronic Frontier Foundation said Tuesday.
Spam is silenced, but where are the feds?
Nov. 25, 2008
On Oct. 14, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, with help from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and New Zealand police, announced that it had shut down a vast international spam network known as HerbalKing.
Bug allowed free access to Sirius radio service
Nov. 24, 2008
Sirius XM Radio has quietly fixed a bug in its satellite radio system that provided a way for former subscribers to gain free access to the Sirius service since 2002, according to security vendor TippingPoint ...
Spyware case finally closed for teacher Julie Amero
Nov. 22, 2008
The case against Julie Amero is finally closed.
Symantec sees spike in dangerous Microsoft attacks
Nov. 22, 2008
Symantec is warning of a sharp jump in online attacks that appear to be targeting a recently patched bug in Microsoft's Windows operating system, an analysis that some other security companies disputed Friday.
Teenager pleads guilty to botnet, 'swatting' charges
Nov. 20, 2008
A Boston-area teenager has pleaded guilty to charges of hacking and placing fake emergency phone calls in hopes of summoning police tactical response teams to the homes of his victims.
VMware security chief leaves to run OpenDNS
Nov. 20, 2008
The head of VMware's security group has left to join San Francisco's OpenDNS, a startup that provides Internet infrastructure services.
How much does spam cost you? Google will calculate
Nov. 19, 2008
How much is spam costing your company? Google unveiled a nifty little calculator Wednesday to help you add it up.
Microsoft drops OneCare antivirus product
Nov. 18, 2008
Two years after trying to build a consumer antivirus business, Microsoft has decide to throw in the towel.
Symantec CEO John Thompson to step down
Nov. 17, 2008
Symantec CEO John Thompson is retiring.
A sneaky security problem, ignored by the bad guys
Nov. 14, 2008
Frank Boldewin had seen a lot of malicious software in his time, but never anything like Rustock.C.
Equifax Over 18 I-Card proves you're old enough
Nov. 13, 2008
Credit rating agency Equifax has introduced a way to prove that you're over 18 on the Internet.
Obama won the Web uptime race, too
Nov. 13, 2008
Barack Obama had a slight advantage over rival John McCain during the U.S. presidential campaign: His Web site was online more often.
Popular RSS reader Bloglines suffers outage
Nov. 13, 2008
The popular Bloglines RSS feed reader was knocked offline for several hours Thursday due to what its owner, IAC Search & Media, described as a technical glitch.
Microsoft security patch was seven years in the making
Nov. 12, 2008
Some security patches take time.
Study: Critical infrastructure often under cyberattack
Nov. 11, 2008
Computer systems that run the world's critical infrastructure are not as secure as they should be and insiders are mad.
IT admin used inside knowledge to hack and steal
Nov. 11, 2008
A former San Jose network administrator is facing 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to hacking, ID theft, burglary and drug charges.
Microsoft fixes critical Web bugs with security updates
Nov. 11, 2008
Microsoft released two security updates for its Windows operating system Tuesday to patch flaws that could give attackers new ways to install malicious software on a victim's computer.
Amateurs and pros vie to build new crypto standard
Nov. 07, 2008
Fifteen-year-old Peter Schmidt-Nielsen spent only a month working on his submission, but he thinks he's come up with something "unusual and new." Never mind that he's up against some of the most famous cryptographers in ...
Project turns GPS phones into traffic reporters
Nov. 06, 2008
Researchers from Nokia and the University of California in Berkeley will go live with a new project next week that aims to cull GPS data from thousands of mobile phones in order to tell drivers which San Francisco Bay ...
A jailbreak for Google's Android
Nov. 06, 2008
Hackers have found a way to circumvent controls in the Google Android operating system used on T-Mobile's G1 mobile phone, allowing them to get around restrictions created by the phone's designers.
Barracuda bites into backup and disaster recovery
Nov. 06, 2008
Security appliance vendor Barracuda Networks has bought BitLeap, a seller of backup and disaster recovery services.
Once thought safe, WPA Wi-Fi encryption is cracked
Nov. 06, 2008
Security researchers say they've developed a way to partially crack the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption standard used to protect data on many wireless networks.
Site tracking voting problems has glitch of its own
Nov. 04, 2008
A Web site set up to monitor voting problems in the 2008 U.S. presidential election suffered some technical difficulties of its own Tuesday.
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