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Researchers at security research firm Secunia have revealed a "highly critical" security vulnerability in Yahoo's desktop Widgets. Widgets are software plug-ins that allow delivering a variety of information - weather reports, sports scores, and music - to users' computer desktops. The Blue Coat Systems CEO gazed into the dotcom abyss and survived. He thinks he has the measure of the downturn. Paul Fisher reports The opening ceremony for the much anticipated Beijing Olympic Games is only hours away and security experts have sent out an eleventh hour warning to internet users – ‘think twice before you click.’ New attacks that exploit widgets and gadgets are imminent, according to the latest Web Security Trends Report from Finjan. A recessionary funk is in the air, and if experience is any guide, IT, and consequently IT security, will be one of the first places CFOs and CEOs will look to slash budgets.
Cyberattackers are on the verge of creating trojans that take advantage of social networking websites and Web 2.0 technologies, according to researchers at Finjan. Mozilla officials are investigating a new vulnerability in Firefox that could be exploited by attackers to steal files from a victim's machine. Mozilla has released the second beta of its Firefox 3 open source internet browser. Web 2.0 is cool, it may even be useful, but it is also causing a headache for those paid to worry about IT security A Google white paper analysing web-based malware has reported that nearly a half-million URLs contain malicious code. Researcher suggests limited software access will discourage attackers. A new form of malware raises the possibility of spyware installing itself on Apple Macs. There was definitely a penitent feel to the RSA Conference in San Francisco. Speakers such as Bill Gates, John Thompson of Symantec and Art Coviello of Computer Associates all tacitly admitted that the industry has failed to deliver what users need. Are intrusion detection systems really a waste of time? That was the accusation made in a controversial Gartner report last year. John Sterlicchi reports on how the IDS industry has moved to counter the charges