Ryan Naraine

America Online Inc.s efforts to kick-start renewed interest in its Netscape browser got off to a rocky start with researchers warning of a “highly critical” flaw that could lead to remote code execution. Just 24 hours after AOL unveiled a new Netscape prototype, Sun Microsystems Inc. issued an advisory for multiple vulnerabilities in the way […]

Businesses skittish about jumping on the Wi-Fi bandwagon because of security and reliability concerns should stop worrying. Thats the word from David Cohen, a co-founder of the Wi-Fi Alliance, a nonprofit group charged with certifying interoperability of wireless products based on the IEEEs 802.11 specification. Delivering a keynote address at Ziff Davis Medias Security Virtual […]

The FBIs inability to recruit and keep the best available IT talent has proven to be one of the biggest challenges facing the governments Internet Crime Complaint Center (I3C), a senior official said Tuesday. Delivering the keynote address on the opening day of Ziff Davis Medias Security Virtual Tradeshow, I3C chief Daniel Larkin said the […]

Anti-virus vendors have spotted a new strain of the “Skulls” Trojan sneaking into Symbian-based cell phones, and this one drops the Cabir worm on the devices. The latest mutant, Skulls.B, is similar to the Trojan discovered last week in the Nokia 7610 smart phone, which is powered by the Symbian operating system. However, while the […]

Microsoft Corp. has issued a workaround for a newly discovered security issue in WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) that could lead to malicious code execution. Just days after research outfit Immunity Inc. issued an advisory, Redmond confirmed that the WINS vulnerability could make it possible for an attacker to take control of a WINS server […]

Microsoft Corp. has scrapped plans for Windows 2000 Service Pack 5. Instead, the software giant announced that a Windows 2000 Update Rollup will be released in mid-2005 to replace SP5 as the final security patch for the operating system. According to a message posted on Microsofts Windows 2000 site, “The Update Rollup will contain all […]

Users of America Online Inc.s Winamp media player are at risk of remote code execution attacks because of a flaw in the software, according to a warning from a security research firm. The flaw, which Secunia rates as “highly critical,” has been reported in Winamp versions 5.05 and 5.06. Prior versions also may be affected. […]

Microsoft Corp. is offering an olive branch to users of pirated versions of the Windows XP operating system. The software giant on Wednesday unveiled the Windows XP Counterfeit Project in the U.K., offering free replacements for what it describes as “high-quality counterfeit versions” of Windows XP. It is not yet clear if the offer will […]

With the threat of a sophisticated spyware attack looming, a renowned security researcher says the most popular detection and removal tools “fail miserably” at addressing the growing spyware/malware scourge. Just days after hackers seized control of a banner ad server and used it to load malicious programs on vulnerable machines, researcher Eric Howes issued failing […]

America Online Inc. wants a piece of the premium e-mail storage pie. Looking to nudge its way into the mail storage market dominated by the likes of Microsoft Corp., Yahoo Inc., and Google Inc., AOL said its ICQ (I Seek You) subsidiary is rolling out a $19.99-a-year e-mail service offering 2GB of storage. The premium […]