While Microsoft has labeled Thursday's emergency patch MS08-067 as "critical" and provided a rareout-of-cycle fix because its exploit could easily be used as worm on a compromised network, one...

The Black Hat security conference has never been short on intrigue, and this year's event offered plenty. From security researcher Dan Kaminsky's blockbuster DNS vulnerability presentation, to...

Scammers are salivating over the prospect of siphoning off donations from the campaigns of Election 2008's major candidates, according to a Symantec researcher...

A newly discovered flaw in the Internet's core infrastructure not only permits hackers to force people to visit Web sites they didn't want to, it also allows them to intercept e-mail messages,...

Security researcher Dan Kaminsky reveals the details on the DNS vulnerability he discovered earlier this year, suggesting its potential impact is far more serious than just about anyone realize...

A newly discovered flaw in the Internet's core infrastructure not only permits hackers to force people to visit Web sites they didn't want to, it also allows them to intercept e-mail messages,...

Chris Wysopal's obsession with software security has brought him fame as a member of the L0pht hacker "think tank," led to stints as lead security researcher at @stake and director of developme...

A security researcher has developed malicious rootkit software for Cisco Systems' routers, a development that has placed...