Publisher:Horia Covaci Time:08/04/2007

IBM announced that Power Architecture will make a return to outer space as NASA plans to launch the Phoenix Mars Lander, its most sophisticated probe to date.... Read More

Publisher:Jeremy Kirk Time:08/02/2007

Security experts have discovered a worm that might just be the recording industry's dream application: it hunts down and deletes MP3s on infected PCs.... Read More

Publisher:Gregg Keizer Time:08/02/2007

Mozilla Corp. will release some of its homegrown security tools to the open-source community, the company's head of security said Wednesday, starting with a "fuzzer" it uses to pin down JavaScript bugs in Firefox.... Read More

Publisher:Todd R. Weiss Time:08/02/2007

What's in your wallet may not be the most secure, antifraud credit card available. The top safety scorecard honor went to Bank of America's Visa Platinum card.... Read More

Publisher:Matt Hines Time:08/02/2007

U.S. government initiatives aimed at fostering the sharing of security intelligence throughout the federal space are helping to establish the community atmosphere and best practices necessary to help those agencies -- and private enterprises - improve their network and applications defenses, a National Security Agency leader told attendees of the Black Hat conference on Wednesday.... Read More

Publisher:Jaikumar Vijayan Time:08/02/2007

A series of online attacks that seriously disrupted Web sites belonging to several banking and government organizations in Estonia earlier this year may have been perpetrated by a loosely organized, politically motivated online mob, a security researcher suggested today at the Black Hat 2007 conference.... Read More

Publisher:Michael S. Lasky Time:08/02/2007

USB thumb drives have declined in price recently, making now a great time to start using them for your daily backups. Unfortunately, not all USB drives support automatic backups. ... Read More

Publisher:Gregg Keizer Time:08/02/2007

Your laser printer could be spewing toner over your home or office, according to an Australian air quality researcher.... Read More

Publisher:Horia Covaci Time:08/02/2007

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the U.S. federal agency focused on promoting product innovation by establishing technical standards for government and business, has certified the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption chip built into Seagate¡¯s Momentus 5400 FDE.2 disc drive. ... Read More

Publisher:Robert McMillan Time:08/01/2007

Symantec Corp. will follow up the release of its Symantec Protection Network backup service with a range of new software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings in 2008 and beyond, company executives said Monday.... Read More