Social Engineering 101 (Q&A)

A social-engineering expert talks about how easy it is to get information out of companies over the phone and what you can do to protect against attacks.

Trojan uses legitimate uninstaller to remove security software

Symantec is reporting that a new retrovirus, malware which disables security products, uses legitimate software uninstallers to trick users into uninstalling their security software. The technique is being implemented in a variant of the Trojan.FakeAV threat. When the Trojan file is executed a pop-up appears which asks the user to uninstall their security program since [...]

Making Sense of the Intel-McAfee Puzzler

Consolidation is a common theme in the IT sector, with IBM's purchase of Unica, Dell and HP's pursuit of 3PAR, and Intel's planned acquisition of security specialist McAfee standing as the most recent moves. Do such deals have anything in common? Sometimes. Large IT vendors tend to grow in two ways; by developing new products and technologies themselves or by acquiring firms with innovative ...

Microsoft warns about application security flaw

The software maker says that it is looking into an issue that may leave many Windows programs subject to an attack mechanism known as DLL preloading, or binary planting.

Technology's Biggest Myths

As it turns out, Windows Vista really wasn't all that slow; and no, your PC probably won't fry if you open it up without wearing a wrist strap. Thanks in large part to the Internet, the tech world is teeming with lies, half-truths, and misinformation. We've dug up some of the Web's most notorious nuggets of conventional wisdom to see which hold up to scrutiny and which are merely urban legends.