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CIO's beware. The latest security threat may be coming: emails using the Olympics as a cover to hide malicious Trojans that elude most antivirus programs. These email attacks mostly originate from Read more...

Spam has a new target, and it's your printer. By using a little-known capability found in most Web browsers, Aaron Weaver, a security manager from Pennsylvania, figured out how to hack into a Read more...

Over the past 18 months or so, websites have replaced email as the main source of risk for being attacked by a hacker. Websites are rich targets for bad guys because most organizations have taken Read more...

Google has historically been quiet about its security efforts, but for the first time, the company is opening up about some of its initiatives. Google researchers recently presented a paper on Web Read more...

A new report predicts that cyber criminals may start joining forces with traditional crime mobs in their quest to grab valuable data. Websense, a Web security vendor, reports that cyber Read more...

A Web security firm has discovered the existence of a new Trojan that infects PCs and then grabs stolen data using the Internet Control Message Protocol channel. It hides itself within an Internet Read more...

A legal proceeding against a hacker who claims his intentions were only good could end up setting a Web security precedent in the arena of online criminal rulings. Experts say that the court Read more...