Published on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 by admin A California man is being accused of extortion through hacking. Luis Mijangos found victims on peer-to-peer networks, sending out files disguised as popular songs that contained malicious computer code. Mijangos threatened to distribute victims' sexually explicit videos to their computer contacts unless they made additional videos for him. A hacker took over more...

Published on Thursday, June 3, 2010 by admin Microsoft's Brandon Leblanc defends Windows security despite reports from Google employees. Although Microsoft VP of corporate communications Frank X. Shaw already had his moment in the spotlight with Google-related comments on Twitter, Windows communications manager Brandon LeBlanc came out and updated his Windows corporate blog with his view--a retaliation of...

Published on Friday, May 28, 2010 by admin Symantec is working on a Norton Everywhere initiative to put its security software on non-PC devices. Symantec wants to keep viruses off devices from smartphones to digital cameras, and Norton Everywhere allows removing data from a lost handset. Symantec has partnered with HTC to develop software for Android and Windows Mobile. Anyone who has lost a cell phone ...

Published on Friday, May 28, 2010 by admin Former hacker Marc Maiffret, who exposed the vulnerability used by the Code Red worm 10 years ago, says Microsoft's security model is solid. Now a security expert, Maiffret says that platforms like Apple and Windows Mobile have been less-often attacked because their market share is relatively small and hackers like to go after the big fish. There's no safe place ...