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  1. USB encryption drive defense against autorun malware attacks with Hydra PC
  2. Malware Center: Details on the Downadup worm that is causing new outbreaks
  3. Video: Barbara Hershey, Blogspot and fake anti-virus software
  4. Gartner survey shows IT spending to be flat in 2009
  5. 2009 to see more malware on virtualization platforms and mobile devices
  6. IBM unveils Rational AppScan Standard Edition 7.8
  7. Article: Tackling the authentication nightmare
  8. Potential 'big badass botnet' spreading fast
  9. Can Mozilla Prove Firefox Is the Most Secure Browser
  10. Encryption programs open to kernel hack
  11. Enterprises told to stop ignoring encryption
  12. Debunking the Patch Tuesday Hype Machine
  13. Symantec gets good vibes from virtualized browser
  14. Financial Fraud Spam Spikes
  15. Potential 'big badass botnet' spreads fast
  16. Downadup worm gains momentum- infects 3.5m PCs
  17. Photos: Future tech on display
  18. Hilton (not the hotel) Compromised
  19. Jobs' medical leave: right to privacy vs right to know
  20. Paris Hilton's Site Attacks Visitors
  21. Debunking the Patch Tuesday Hype Machine
  22. Former US gov't worker admits to snooping in passport files
  23. Symantec gets good vibes from virtualized browser
  24. Giving in to malware
  25. Encryption told to stop ignoring encryption
  26. Financial Fraud Spam Spikes
  27. AllSecure, nee RiftVault, protects passwords and info
  28. Off the wire: Builders, breakers, and malicious hackers
  29. Conficker's autorun and social engineering, (Thu, Jan 15th)
  30. Brief: Downadup worm infects more than 3.5 million
  31. Brief: Oracle's patch overshadows Microsoft's light fix
  32. Government is responsible for 1 out of 5 private data breaches
  33. RIM warns of BlackBerry PDF processing vulnerabilities
  34. Hands-on with OpenMoko’s Android-powered Neo FreeRunner
  35. Apple confronts Wired over Mac OS X netbook hacking tutorial
  36. Worm infects 1.1M Windows PCs in 24 hours
  37. Twitter makes biz dev hire from mobile industry
  38. Pop-up phishing risk points to web fraud evolution
  39. Off the wire: Anonymous proxies a major security concern for IT managers
  40. Off the wire: Burglar arrested as police post CCTV images on Facebook
  41. Malware author greets Microsoft's Windows Defender team
  42. Botnets Landscape Changes as Spammers Get Back in the Swing of Things
  43. Biometric passports agreed to in EU
  44. Network critical to business growth in '09, Gartner says
  45. Privacy groups file mobile marketing complaint with FTC
  46. Microsoft issues first Windows 7 beta patch
  47. Programmer uncovers Safari RSS vulnerability
  48. Taxpayer data at IRS remains vulnerable, GAO warns
  49. Anonymous proxies a major security concern for IT managers
  50. IT security standards planetarium
  51. New Deep Security server and application protection software
  52. Less than six weeks till SCALE 7X
  53. Burglar arrested as police post CCTV images on Facebook
  54. Q: 'Why did you write adware?' A: 'I was broke'
  55. Network Security Toolkit 1.8.1 has been released
  56. More Than One Million New Infections
  57. Paris Hilton's official web site serving malware
  58. How to keep your data secure
  59. Job-hunting prisoners get web access behind bars
  60. Privacy groups file mobile marketing complaint with FTC
  61. Groups file FTC complaint over cell phone privacy
  62. Microsoft issues first Windows 7 beta patch
  63. Researchers have hope of cheap, distributed zero-day worm defense
  64. Critical Fixes Released for Microsoft, Oracle
  65. Programmer uncovers Safari RSS vulnerability
  66. RIM patch fixes attachment flaw
  67. Taxpayer data at IRS remains vulnerable, GAO warns
  68. Experts say beast hiding in Microsoft Patch Tuesday vulnerability
  69. SonicWall airs zippy security appliance for small businesses
  70. The best new Windows program of 2008
  71. Unveiled: Top 25 most dangerous code errors
  72. Malware Analysis Course Rides Again
  73. Workaround for Safari RSS vulnerability
  74. Video: Practitioner's guide to capturing and analysis of RAM
  75. Deceptive Ads On Yahoo! Right Media
  76. AVG snaps up Sana Security
  77. Privacy flaw haunts Apple Safari RSS reader
  78. The Oracle Patches are here, (Tue, Jan 13th)
  79. Microsoft issues first Windows 7 beta patch
  80. NZ health ministry hit by virus
  81. IBM makes MRI scans 100 million times better
  82. iPhone Nano Rumors Persist; Now Expected this Summer
  83. Oracle drops critical database server patch bundle
  84. Security and other factors will dominate outsourcing decisions in 2009
  85. New Cisco Aironet 1140 Series Access Point
  86. Apple to replace 17-inch MacBook Pro batteries in stores
  87. Tor anonymous network now has zero known bugs
  88. Vulnerability in Apple's Safari RSS component discovered
  89. Sony set to post first loss in 14 years
  90. Intel price cuts coming
  91. New in-session phishing attack could fool experienced users
  92. USB 3.0 will crush eSATA, FireWire
  93. ASIC hiring hackers
  94. Boot Custom Firmware on PSP 3000 Using GripShift
  95. Skype Launches Lite Version For Android and Intel MIDs
  96. Middle East Problems Increase Computer Attacks
  97. Anchor's Fraud Detection Confronts Hackers
  98. Paris Hilton website violated by Trojan-spreaders
  99. HBGary Rolls Out FastDump Pro
  100. Should ISPs be responsible for cutting internet service to suspected pirates?
  101. Facebook still battling Koobface virus
  102. Patch Tuesday update fixes three Windows filesharing bugs
  103. CES and the recession: What was the impact?
  104. New info disclosure vuln in Safari reported, (Tue, Jan 13th)
  105. Off the wire: Book review - Web Security Testing Cookbook
  106. Oracle drops critical database server patch bundle
  107. Oracle Releases Critical Patch Update With 41 Fixes
  108. Roundcube Webmail follow-up, (Tue, Jan 13th)
  109. Brief: Oracle's patch overshadows Microsoft's light fix
  110. Brief: DARPA awards $30m to create security test bed
  111. Off the wire: Future of Privacy Forum issues recommendations for the new presidential administration
  112. Microsoft releases security update
  113. SANS publishes Top 25 most dangerous programming errors, (Tue, Jan 13th)
  114. MS Patch Tuesday: 3 critical SMB vulnerabilities
  115. Obama's new BlackBerry: The NSA's secure PDA?
  116. The Oracle Patches are Coming! The Oracle Patches are Coming!, (Tue, Jan 13th)
  117. Review: Web Security Testing Cookbook
  118. Microsoft Patch Tuesday Fixes Vulnerabilities in SMB Protocol
  119. January Black Tuesday Overview, (Tue, Jan 13th)
  120. News: Group releases list to kill most-dangerous bugs
  121. News: Commission calls for cybersecurity czar
  122. Future of Privacy Forum issues recommendations for the new presidential administration
  123. New phishing attack that infiltrates secure website sessions
  124. U.S. export controls: Ensuring obsolescence and declining economic competitiveness
  125. AVG acquires behavioral detection security company
  126. Gears of War 2 patch coming soon
  127. Top 25 software screw-ups
  128. Will Top 25 list of software errors rescue you from rotten software?
  129. AVG acquires Sana Software
  130. AVG Purchases Behavioral Detection Technology to Bolster Anti-Virus Defenses
  131. How Big is Downadup? Very Big.
  132. Novell Access Manager now with built-in support for WS-Federation
  133. TRENDnet TEW-673GR: 300Mbps concurrent dual-band wireless N gigabit router
  134. Third Brigade unveils Deep Security 6.0
  135. Browser bug could allow phishing without e-mail
  136. Gears of War 2 patch coming soon
  137. Paris Hilton's Web site being used in Web attack
  138. What Free Security Programs Can Protect My PC?
  139. Top 25 software screw-ups
  140. Group lists 25 most dangerous coding errors hackers exploit
  141. Startup launches cloud application management tool
  142. 'Huge increase' in worm attacks plague unpatched Windows PCs
  143. Microsoft removes 2.5 million download limit and extends download window to two weeks.
  144. Hacker Leaves Message for Microsoft in Trojan Code
  145. OLPC days numbered as recession bites
  146. Hardware Hacker Charged With Selling Cable Modems That Get Free Broadband
  147. Teen sends 14,528 text messages in one month
  148. Nokia ‘Tube’ out Jan. 23
  149. Microsoft says next Xbox still distant
  150. What the Satyam Debacle Means for the Indian IT Industry
  151. Web Application Firewalls (WAF) - Have you deployed WAF technology?, (Mon, Jan 12th)
  152. Game Developer Confronts iPhone Software Cracker
  153. pureSilicon announced first 1TB 2.5-inch SSD
  154. Chrome to hit Mac OS, Linux before the summer
  155. Hack forces Twitter into 'full security review'
  156. Is Someone in China Reading Your Emails?
  157. Group details 25 most dangerous coding errors hackers exploit
  158. NASA Hacker May be Tried in UK
  159. Article: Q&A: InfoSec World Conference and Expo
  160. Off the wire: IT security spending will increase to match cybercrime threat in 2009
  161. New CompTIA Network+ certification exam
  162. eWEEK Labs Walk-through: ForeScout CounterACT 100
  163. Downadup / Conficker - MS08-067 exploit and Windows domain account lockout, (Mon, Jan 12th)
  164. Off the wire: Whitepaper - Laws, regulations and compliance
  165. Brief: DARPA awards $30m to create security test bed
  166. Brief: Army, NATO sites defaced by Mideast protesters
  167. Conference: Notacon 6
  168. Malware Center: Conficker worm variants are infecting thousands of computers
  169. IT security spending will increase to match cybercrime threat in 2009
  170. Huge interest in wireless LAN deployment expansion
  171. Performance management of financial networks with Cronos
  172. Off the wire: CWE/SANS top 25 most dangerous programming errors
  173. Off the wire: Adding Windows 7 to Linux multiboot
  174. ForeScout CounterACT 100 a Full-Featured NAC offering
  175. Novell Looks to Ease Access to Microsoft SharePoint
  176. NSA helps name most dangerous programming mistakes
  177. Obama Inauguration Highlights Executive Protection
  178. How to tell which employees are more of a security risk
  179. Security Experts ID Top 25 Programming Errors
  180. Oracle to issue 41 security patches
  181. Nine Web sites IT pros should master in 2009
  182. Why Obama will lose his BlackBerry
  183. Trojan horses gallop onto Google Developer site
  184. List of Most Dangerous Programming Errors Changes IT Security Discussion
  185. Preemptive Downadup Domain Blocklist, Jan. 13-16
  186. CWE/SANS Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors
  187. Phishers as street-level drug dealers
  188. Loss of 30m files fails to end risky procedures
  189. China closes 91 websites in online crackdown
  190. Malaysia Ventures funds locally-designed game
  191. Euro-Police Hacking Goes Out of Control
  192. Computer geeks learn to flirt - at uni
  193. Raju brothers of Satyam charged with forgery
  194. Warning over online form for visitors to US
  195. Microsoft admits botched Windows 7 beta downloads
  196. GPS child locator for parents
  197. Google Search Generates 7g of CO2, says Study
  198. Open source Mono framework brings C# to iPhone and Wii
  199. Women's Brains Recognize, Encode Smell Of Male Sexual Sweat
  200. Google Code Abused by Hackers
  201. Star Wars Force Trainer toy uses mind control
  202. Botnet Tool to Support Israel's Offensive
  203. Hackers steal 450 Social Security numbers from U. of Rochester
  204. Facebook scammers con friends for money
  205. Weak Password Brings 'Happiness' to Twitter Hacker
  206. British prosecution could save hacker from extradition to US
  207. Technology's next frontier: In-car computing
  208. Conference: HAR 2009
  209. Oracle to issue 41 security patches
  210. Securing your Mac
  211. Caveat Emptor, (Sun, Jan 11th)
  212. Oracle to issue 41 security patches
  213. Securing your Mac
  214. The Frustration of Phishing Attacks, (Sun, Jan 11th)
  215. Euro-Police Hacking Goes Out of Control
  216. Off the wire: Applicable lessons from the embedded world (aka Forth rules)
  217. Fry's VP indicted for wire fraud, money laundering
  218. Securing your Mac
  219. Hackers deface NATO, US Army Web sites
  220. Auditor: IRS still vulnerable to cyber breaches
  221. Apimac intros file-encryption software
  222. 10 Things That WON'T Happen in 2009
  223. Oracle to issue 41 security patches
  224. Intego updates Mac security, antivirus tools
  225. Google adds HTTPS-only browsing to Chrome
  226. Off the wire: Closer look on the spam URL TLD distribution
  227. Tim Callan: MD5 Hack Interesting, But Not Threatening
  228. Mark Rasch: The Drew Verdict Makes Us All Hackers
  229. Brief: Army, NATO sites defaced by Mideast protesters
  230. Brief: Top cops urge greater focus on cybersecurity
  231. Off the wire: Oracle critical patch update to contain 41 security fixes
  232. British ISPs must log all emails for 12 months
  233. Executives at a Swedish Company Targeted via an Email Attachment, (Fri, Jan 9th)
  234. Rest in peace Roland Piquepaille
  235. OpenSSL incorrect checks for malformed signatures
  236. Spam stats for January: origins, categories and percentage
  237. Spammers aren?t finished with Obama just yet
  238. Closer look on the spam URL TLD distribution
  239. Microsoft slates single Windows patch for Tuesday
  240. Oracle to issue 41 security patches
  241. D-Link releases 802.11n router with 3.2" LCD monitor and FTP server for remote access
  242. Security vendors: 'We'll block police home PC hacks'
  243. Active Scans for Roundcube Vulnerabilities, (Fri, Jan 9th)
  244. Downadup Blocklist
  245. Fujitsu 2.5-Inch HandyDrive offers backup and password protection
  246. Oracle critical patch update to contain 41 security fixes
  247. SANS Log Management Survey, (Fri, Jan 9th)
  248. Downadup Blocklist
  249. MS08-067 Worm, Downadup/Conflicker
  250. Monthly Binary Analysis Update (December)