An ambitious idea by a state district attorney's association has led to the creation of a first-of-its-kind federal facility designed to train local law enforcement officials from around the country on cybercrime.
Cases of enterprises affected by the daylight-saving time (DST) change that took effect early Sunday morning appear isolated, industry experts said today.
The Feb. 6 DDoS attack on the systems regarded as the backbone of the internet badly damaged two of the web's 13 root servers, but were prevented from causing more damage by Anycast load-balancing technology, according to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
Pornographic spam levels dropped to an all-time low in February, according to new research from Symantec, while a Marshal report showed overall spam levels at a record high.
Several versions of the Palm Treo smartphone contain security flaws that could allow attackers to access data even when the device is locked, according to Symantec.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) pulled the covers off a previously-sealed case of corporate espionage by a former DuPont scientist who stole $400-million in intellectual property from his employer.
Researchers at the Pennsylvania State University announced this week that they have developed a new anti-worm technology that shaves a significant amount of time from detection and containment processes.
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