- Mon Nov 23 12:40 PM PST 2009 Microsoft warns of IE exploit code in the wild
Company says it is investigating a publicly published exploit code that allegedly could lead to computers running versions 6 or 7 of the browser getting compromised.
- Fri Nov 20 8:12 AM PST 2009 Report: How risky is cloud computing?
The European Network and Information Security Agency outlines the benefits and pitfalls for companies thinking of entrusting a third party with their data and even their entire business infrastructure.
- Mon Nov 9 2:43 PM PST 2009 Apple plugs holes for domain spoofing, other attacks
Security update for Mac OS X addresses 43 specific issues, including holes that could allow an attacker to take over the computer.
- Tue Oct 27 12:03 PM PDT 2009 US-CERT warns about free BlackBerry spyware app
Creator of PhoneSnoop program that can be used to eavesdrop on BlackBerry calls releases a new program to help protect users from stealth spyware apps.
- Tue Oct 27 7:05 AM PDT 2009 Amazon's in-cloud database gets MySQL option
The Net retailer's cloud-computing effort is getting more sophisticated with the arrival of a database service with which more people will be familiar.
- Fri Oct 23 10:00 AM PDT 2009 Q&A: Schneier warns of marketers and dancing pigs
Security guru Bruce Schneier pokes fun at National Cyber Security Month and says when it comes to privacy, marketers are scarier than governments or criminals.
- Thu Oct 22 4:00 AM PDT 2009 Windows 7 default user account control worries experts
Microsoft made some changes to a much-maligned User Account Control feature, but experts say the default still puts consumers at risk.
- Tue Oct 20 6:35 AM PDT 2009 Another day, another data loss
Incidents with data loss at cloud service providers don't make any sort of general statement about cloud computing. But they do highlight some things for users to think about.
- Tue Oct 13 7:57 PM PDT 2009 Cloud storage: The consumer's best friend?
Livedrive offers consumers and SMBs unlimited storage for all their documents, movies, music and more. Users need to start taking backups into their own hands.
- Mon Oct 12 10:32 PM PDT 2009 Sidekick's lesson: We learn by failing
The Sidekick outage shows that management hasn't caught up with the cloud, not that network storage is unreliable.




