Security

Microsoft fixes IE, Office in big month of security updates

Microsoft released patches to fix 19 critical vulnerabilities in its software Tuesday, including five flaws in its Internet Explorer browser that security experts advise IT administrators to patch immediately.

Security: Sun gets grifted

Internet fraud: many complaints, few repercussions

Internet-related complaints rank among the top 10 types of consumer complaints most states receive

Reflections on a new internal data theft study

Analytics' analysis of internal data theft covers methods of misuse, case studies, and preparing for the challenges of data breaches

Business Objects bets on convergence in IT tools

SAP unit rolls out products for BI, governance, risk, and compliance, and EPM

Court delays British hacker’s extradition to U.S.

U.S. Embassy says the self-confessed hacker's persistent battle against extradition could very well land him with a longer sentence

How the feds are locking down their networks

Internet connections are being viewed as the single greatest vulnerability

Researcher reveals critical Java bugs in Nokia phones

14 security issues with the Nokia Series 40 handsets found

Five steps to safer virtual servers

At the Black Hat conference, HP chief security strategist provided virtualization security advice

Patch in Internet’s DNS no guarantee against attacks

Russian researcher claims vulnerabilities can be exploited in less than a day, but others disagree