Security

DHS privacy committee joins Real ID opposition

Committee lists privacy, security, and logical concerns as reasons for resistance to proposed national standard for state-issued identification

Fix for Microsoft Automatic Updates not working

Users report continued problems with Microsoft patch, even after downloading and running new hotfix

Social Security, spyware bills go to House vote

The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved modified versions of a pair of bills aimed at curbing abuse of social security numbers and computer spyware, respectively

Should vendors close all security holes?

Fix it or forget it? A reader presents an intriguing counterpoint

Building trust in downloads no simple feat

Truste hopes to become a virtual clearinghouse for trustworthy software distribution

Hackers hijack Windows Update’s downloader

Component of Windows XP, Server 2003, and Vista bypasses firewalls, could be used to pass malicious code downloads to PC

Visa tries new tack with payment app security

Visa USA urges adoption of company-issued best practices, discourages use of payment apps that captures and stores sensitive data

Microsoft invites hackers back for Blue Hat

Conference gives the security community a chance to show the software giant where it's gone wrong

Symantec pitches rootkit tech as Veritas validation

Symantec's Raw Disk Scan rootkit search-and-remove app is an example of what kind of technology the Symantec-Veritas merger will bring forth

Infrastructure security powers up