SecurityFocus

Reports: Thief holds Virginia medical data ransom
News Brief, 2009-05-05
An online thief compromises the network of the Commonwealth of Virginia's Department of Health Professionals allegedly stealing healthcare data on nearly 8.3 million patients.

U.S. wiretaps fall for first time in five years
News Brief, 2009-05-01
The number of warrants for phone and electronic communications fell last year to 1,891, with only two incidents involving encrypted data.

Image spam up, flu keywords take off
News Brief, 2009-04-30
Spam accounts for 85 percent of all e-mail, reaching the highest level in 19 months as image spam rises again and flu-related keywords become common.

Companies slowest to fix Office, Acrobat flaws
JavaScript flaw reported in Adobe Reader
Conficker holds lessons for security firms
Chief: NSA has no wish to control cybersecurity
Researcher argues for CERTs with teeth
Swedish courts find The Pirate Bay guilty

In the Headlines

P2P Bill Could Regulate Browsers, Cloud Computing • Safari, Opera Users Lag Behind in Security Updates • Swede Indicted for NASA, Cisco Hacks • North Korea Builds Up Cyber Warfare Unit: Officials • NSA Chief to Call for Better Offensive Cyber Capabilities