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The battle between Democratic presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton extended to cyberspace when a prankster over the weekend exploited a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on the website of the Illinois senator to redirect traffic to Clinton's homepage. Spammers capitalising on nationwide interest in the Democratic presidential nomination battle are sending out messages offering a link to a "Hillary Clinton video interview" that instead launches a trojan downloader on the victim's PC. The US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, has apologised and vowed to get to the bottom of what she confirmed were unauthorised accesses of passport files belonging to Presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama. The first months of 2008 has seen spam levels rise with the economic situation and Olympics adding fuel to the fire. The websites of both Democratic presidential candidates have been hit by cross-site scripting (XSS) exploits. Campaign videos used to spread Trojans. Spammers will use the upcoming US elections as a means to increase spam volumes, security firm BitDefender has warned. A bipartisan bill that would impose harsher restrictions on cyberattacks and permit identity theft victims to seek financial restitution in federal court is on its way to the U.S. House of Representatives after speedily passing through the Senate Thursday night in a unanimous vote. A Windows expert has blamed the silent support update that Microsoft deployed in the past two months for PCs running Windows XP with Windows Update being unable to download updates correctly. Life would be easier if we didn’t have to patch our operating systems and apps. Patrick Gray explores the real reasons why updating is important. Bill Hancock, who, despite being legally blind, parlayed a gregarious demeanor into a career as an information security icon and cyber-risk and network best practices advocate, died Monday. He was 49. Former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Tom Ridge says that no matter if discussions are about cyberterrorist attacks launched at federal agencies or cash-driven assaults targeted at large enterprises, cooperation and collaboration of federal and corporate efforts is crucial to protecting the nation’s IT backbone. An email purporting to contain proof that the recently deceased Yugoslav permier Slobodan Milosevic was murdered is being used to spread a malicious trojan, security watchers warned. ChoicePoint has agreed to pay $15 million in fines and consumer redress to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its record-handling procedures violated consumers’ privacy rights and federal laws, the agency announced today. Popstar and reality show vixen Britney Spears is the celebrity most frequently used to spread computer viruses, an antivirus firm has revealed. Why has HIPAA failed to achieve the same level of success as SoX, asks Ben Rothke The message was loud and clear during a panel dicussion on cyberthreats held Thursday in Palo Alto, Calif.: The government should steer clear of regulating cybersecurity. Advancement in the use of technology is unfortunately not confined to the law-abiding citizens and organizations of the world. In early 2000, Americans became aware of a common U.S. Intelligence term called ‘blowback.’ At the end of 2001, it was widely reported that U.S. government agencies have earned failing grades for their efforts to improve information security.