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A bug a day certainly won't keep the hackers away – not after a security researcher has pledged to publish information about a new web browser vulnerability each day during July. The Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (Ficora) has created confusion by sending out mixed messages about Internet Explorer. Certificate Assurance Maintenance (AMA) is an extension to the Common Criteria (CC) Certification Scheme, by which vendors who have previously CC certified their product at a specific revision continue to maintain the same level of assurance their original certification offers their customers, as new revisions of the product are introduced. Today marks the sixth anniversary of the release of the so-called Love Bug, a mass email worm that spread to millions of PCs worldwide and was responsible for an estimated $10 billion in economic damage. Authors of the Netsky worm are claiming responsibility for the Sasser worm that has infected thousands of computers. Amit Yoran, director of the National Cyber Security Division, claims that progress is being made with the strategy to secure America’s cyberspace. However, the strategy just had its first birthday and not everyone celebrated. Marcia Savage reports What is Microsoft thinking of? The company’s laudable goals of Trustworthy Computing have seen great strides made in much of its software, its patching process is improving and security-specific products like ISA Server are getting steadily better. But the firm seems to be having huge difficulty fixing fundamental flaws in Internet Explorer, flaws that are being actively exploited by criminals, and is now considering abandoning standards in what appear to be increasingly desperate attempts to secure the browser. Identity theft email attacks, known as phishing, on internet service providers (ISPs) are causing up to 70.000 phone calls to customer service centres per scam. Online identity theft scams, known as phishing, are taking on a new guise. The year has got off to a quick start. When Arthur Andersen partner David Duncan met with his colleagues in their Houston office last fall, just before the onset of their now infamous computer file delete-fest, they did not couch their planned mission as a purposeful endeavor to destroy evidence relevant to an impending Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation. Security through obscurity is always the subject of heated debate, although the relevant parties often wish it wasn’t, since no one likes their dirty laundry being aired in public. Microsoft has announced the release of a new security tool aimed at improving the security of home and enterprise systems. Good old reliable time, not the Internet kind, does some flying. Today I was thinking about one-hit wonders. A couple of years ago privacy advocates were bringing cookies, and the privacy issues related to them, to the attention of the general public. Earlier this year, researchers in Sweden announced that during a research study, they discovered that bread, potato chips, French fries and even cereal contain high levels of the carcinogen acrylamide. Colin Wells, chairman of JBS Computer Services, examines what SMEs should look for from suppliers when choosing the remote route for software delivery You wouldn't walk into a bank and find money or valuables laid out in plain view and easy to reach. Network security can be complex.