Mozilla Corp. updated the preview of Firefox 3.0 to alpha 8 late yesterday, unveiling for the first time to users several security features it’s talked up for months.
Among the security provisions debuting in the new alpha of “Gran Paradiso,” the code name for Firefox 3.0, are built-in anti-malware warnings and protection against rogue extension updates, [...]

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The savviest hackers lock middlemen into long-term service contracts so they can automatically push the newest exploits on unwitting consumers and compensate for patches developed by legitimate programmers.
The agreements — not unlike contracts between software powerhouses such as Oracle Corp. or Microsoft Corp. and their corporate clients — leave a trail of code that, in [...]

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Zango, an online media company, came up short in its attempt to force an anti-virus company to reclassify its “spyware” tag for the company’s adware.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington ruled in favor of Kaspersky Lab, granting the security company immunity from liability in a suit filed by Zango. According to [...]

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We have to admit, it was delayed a few times, mostly because we always had some new feature we wanted to implement in mind, but now it’s finally here: we’re proud to announce the availability of Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.5. This new version features a lot of improved detection mechanisms (which in parts [...]

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The new law defines hacking as penetrating a computer security system and gaining access to secure data, without necessarily stealing data. Offenders are defined as any individual or group that intentionally creates, spreads or purchases hacker tools designed for illegal purposes. They could face up to 10 years in prison for major offenses.
“Dual use is [...]

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Patch Tuesday is upon I.T. admins once again, but this month’s update has headache written all over it, according to security Relevant Products/Services analysts. Microsoft Relevant Products/Services is issuing nine patches, six of them rated “critical” and three rated “important.” The patches will plug holes in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player, and Virtual [...]

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An unpatched flaw in an ATI driver was at the center of the mysterious Purple Pill proof-of-concept tool that exposed a way to maliciously tamper with the Windows Vista kernel.
Purple Pill, a utility released by Alex Ionescu and yanked an hour later after the kernel developer realized that the ATI driver flaw was not yet [...]

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Anti virus software for the 64-bit version of Windows Vista is struggling to properly protect the operating system, according to a new test by the Virus Bulletin security certification body.
Of the 20 anti-virus product tested, 35 per cent failed to meet the test’s criteria. Six of the failing grades were caused by so called false [...]

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The number of hackers attacking banks worldwide jumped 81% from last year, according to figures released at the BlackHat security conference Thursday. Researchers from SecureWorks also reported that hackers going after the company’s credit-union clients increased by 62% from last year.
So why are there so many more hackers this year than last? Joe Stewart, a [...]

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“The authors of this worm are more likely to be teenage mischief makers than the organized criminal gangs we typically see authoring financially-motivated malware these days,” said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for the security vendor Sophos PLC.
“As such, it’s not something we would lose an awful lot of sleep over, but there are some [...]

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