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Attackers will increasingly target various Microsoft defense systems to better exploit their malware, says IBM X-Force security researcher Mark Dowd. “Operating system defenses used by Windows Vista - such as Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR), Data Execution Prevention (DEP) and Structured Exception Handling (SHE) - have changed the game for hackers,” he says, according to ZDNET […]

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Computer systems at all three Arizona state universities are wide open to online attacks and hacks. So says the state Auditor General Debbie Davenport. Staff members were able to tap into, “sensitive information in university computers by exploiting weaknesses in their security systems,” says Capitol Media Services, going on: “Davenport said auditors selected 35 of 205 significant Web-based […]

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A fictitious earthquake near Beijing is being used by supected botnet operators to spread malware. Now UK security firm Sophos is warning computer users to be on their guard against unsolicited emails. The “malicious spam campaign” claims another earthquake has just occurred in China, “and could derail the upcoming Olympic Games,” says the company, going on: Samples intercepted […]

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts issued Michael Fiola, 53, with a Dell Latitude in 2006. But ultimately, the laptop cost him his job, his friends, “and about a year of his life” as he fought criminal charges that he’d “downloaded child pornography,” says CNET News. And at the root of it all was malware. A former Massachusetts state worker, […]

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts issued Michael Fiola, 53, with a Dell Latitude in 2006. But ultimately, the laptop cost him his job, his friends, “and about a year of his life” as he fought criminal charges that he’d “downloaded child pornography,” says CNET News. And at the root of it all was malware. A former Massachusetts state worker, […]

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