Apple’s plans for all this design power are likely to revolve around video and power consumption, and will boost the company’s desire for secrecy.

Facebook stopped a phishing attack on Thursday, its second day in a row of dealing with a worm on the site that lures people to a fake Facebook page and prompts them to log in.

The U.S. Information and Communications Enhancement Act of 2009 would require more continuous monitoring of systems and effectiveness of agencies’ cybersecurity measures.

The notion that the federal government needs to create an arsenal of cyberattack capabilities to help defend U.S. interests in cyberspace is gaining considerable support as concerns heighten about online security threats aimed at critical infrastructure targets. But the U.S. has no clear legal or policy framework governing the development and use of such capabilities, the National Research Council warned in a report released Wednesday.

Viruses are one of the Elder Earth Life Forms. They use us as their Trojan Horses to invade new territory. I was one of the very earliest US victims of the infamous Hong Kong flu. I got it from a Vietnam Vet who returned from Nam, came home, partied and collapsed. I was with the Free Clinic on night shift and I gave him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation until the oxygen arrived. Three days later, I was walking down the street when I felt very peculiar. It was as if I was sinking into the sidewalk. But no, I was literally collapsing.

Panda Security has released a beta of its Panda Cloud Antivirus. It’s a free download at www.cloudantivirus.com and there will be a free version of it even after it ships.

Belarc Advisor assists a user by creating a snapshot of the system, in the form of a detailed report. It contains details about various components of a system, including installed software, missing Microsoft hotfixes, anti-virus status and CIS (Center for Internet Security) benchmarks. Introduction Computer systems today have large amounts …

A man looks through the window of an internet cafe at a bus terminal in Mexico City, April 29, 2009. Cyber crooks are capitalizing on influenza fears with torrents of email promising ‘Swine flu’ news but delivering malware or dubious offers for potency drugs or penis enlargement. Photo:Alfredo Estrella/AFP

Although Autorun Eater is a small and whimsical utility, it helps fix an important security breach. It does not attempt to infringe upon the antivirus territory, and merely focuses on the very specific threat it is designed to eradicate. Introduction Autorun Eater is a small free utility that has been designed for a very specific threat. As removab…

The company says it needs more time to divest in wireless assets it obtained from Alltel because of difficulties related to the economic climate.