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Week in review: Microhoo, Yahoogle, and Microspace, oh my!

The week was marked by a dizzying barrage of news on the future of Yahoo and its suitors, leaving industry watchers mostly scratching their heads. Also, RSA 2008.
(By CNET News.com's Michelle Meyers)

April 11, 2008 10:41 PM PDT

Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users'

By way of the User Account Control feature, company set out to force independent software vendors to make their code more secure, says manager.

April 11, 2008 7:01 PM PDT

Will security become Facebook's Achilles' heel?

Aaron Greenspan warns that Facebook is sacrificing user privacy on the altar of hyper growth.

February 23, 2008 2:16 PM PST

Microsoft: Vista SP1 will break these programs

List of applications affected by service pack installation include Trend Micro's Internet Security 2008 and the Times Reader.

February 21, 2008 6:46 PM PST

EC plans biometric border checks

European Commission proposed biometric checks include face screening and automated security checks.

February 15, 2008 1:40 PM PST

Going back to school on security

Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod finds that educational institutions have been anything but smart about preventing security breaches.

February 13, 2008 12:31 PM PST

The legislation behind a national ID

Federal regulations creating a uniform national ID card are looming. Read the full text of the relevant section of the law.

February 5, 2008 12:25 AM PST

Security perimeter? What security perimeter?

In the fight against security breaches, PGP Chief Executive Phil Dunkelberger cautions that encryption by itself is not the answer.

January 31, 2008 12:00 PM PST

Why Real ID is a flawed law

Internet attorney Sophia Cope says the act will do more harm than good and the better idea is for Congress to revisit the fundamentally flawed law.

February 1, 2008 6:25 PM PST

Secunia: CA backup product 'inherently insecure'

In annual report on security flaws, vulnerability-testing company strongly criticizes CA's ARCserve Backup product, as well as Symantec Mail Security.

January 16, 2008 6:49 PM PST

Open-source security moves to next step

Eleven projects are certified as secure in government-backed initiative led by source code analysis specialist Coverity.

January 11, 2008 5:35 PM PST

If you thought 'Security '07' was hairy, just wait

Jon Oltsik says 2008 will bring a new cluster of headlines about information security and the workplace.

January 3, 2008 12:00 PM PST

Year in review: Botnet gains, Web 2.0 pains

As the Storm worm raged, tapping countless PCs for nefarious ends, the rush to online applications left many Web sites vulnerable.

December 31, 2007 12:00 PM PST

U.K. government loses pensioner data

Department responsible for collecting taxes, administering other services, admits another data loss.

December 19, 2007 4:07 PM PST

U.K. government loses data on driving-test candidates

Hard disk containing details on 3 million candidates goes missing at facility run by contractor for the Driving Standards Agency.

December 18, 2007 5:15 PM PST

China link suspected in lab hacking

A cyber attack reported last week by one of the federal government’s nuclear weapons laboratories may have originated in China, according to a memorandum.
The New York Times

December 9, 2007 5:27 PM PST

When more bugs can mean tighter security

Mozilla Europe president explains why having fewer disclosed vulnerabilities doesn't mean Internet Explorer is safer than the open-source Web browser.

December 7, 2007 10:09 PM PST

Researchers hack Microsoft wireless keyboards

Security experts claim to have cracked the protocol for securing some of Microsoft's wireless keyboards, potentially allowing keystroke logging.

December 5, 2007 11:28 PM PST

The next generation of security threats

Forget widespread worms. Nowadays, limited-scale threats like targeted e-mail attacks are causing the most concern.

December 5, 2007 12:13 PM PST

Google calls for users to report malicious sites

The search giant is asking people to fill in an online form reporting malicious sites that are not already flagged.

December 4, 2007 5:08 PM PST