Network Security: Archive: September 2008

IBM's PHANTOM project aims to detect ghosts in the virtual machine.

AntiOnline Spotlight Tutorial: How secure is your laptop? With these tips, you can keep you data out of grabby hands.

The second-largest name in security software makes a play to better rival No. 1 Symantec.

A quick Google search yielded everything the cracker needed to know to reset Palin's Yahoo e-mail password. So what is your mother's maiden name?

Vice presidential candidate's e-mails, photos put up on Web.

Is the amount of junk e-mail you receive daily driving you crazy? Wait until the hackers begin leveraging interest in the elections.

When it comes to our computers, the classic principle of “innocent until proven guilty” is simply too dangerous.

The site was hit by a SQL injection attack and connects users to a sleeper site.

Logging on using your mobile device allows hackers to steal your password unless you take basic precautions.

On anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks, House subcommittee mulls cyber security bill.

Be careful what you listen to on your PC. Hackers may want to get it.

In a nod to mounting privacy concerns, Google slashes the time it stores users' IP addresses.

Tip of the Trade: Find password weaknesses before it's too late. john-the-ripper offers three cracking modes to evaluate passwords.

Making the Web safer for kids is the idea, but how realistic is the proposal?