Zeus malware used pilfered digital certificate

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• Zeus malware used pilfered digital certificate
• RIM holds talks with UAE and Saudi Arabia
• Microsoft slates record-setting monster Patch Tuesday next week
• Hackers find a new target in payroll processing
• More than 1 in 10 Mozilla bug finders turn down cash
• Smartphone wave challenges enterprise security
• Germans sound iPhone attack alarm as Apple claims fix ready
• Apple promises update to patch PDF exploit
• Adobe confirms PDF zero-day, plans rush patch
• Lawmakers question data collection at major sites

Zeus malware used pilfered digital certificate Posted: 06 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT Researchers at Trend Micro have found that a widespread piece of malware used a digital certificate from a competing security company's product in an attempt to look legitimate.

RIM holds talks with UAE and Saudi Arabia Posted: 06 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT Research in Motion (RIM), along with US and Canadian officials, are holding talks with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia over security concerns about the BlackBerry smartphone.

Microsoft slates record-setting monster Patch Tuesday next week Posted: 05 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT Microsoft today said it will deliver a record 14 security updates next week to patch a record-tying 34 vulnerabilities in Windows, IE, Office and Silverlight.

Hackers find a new target in payroll processing Posted: 05 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT Depression-era bank robber Slick Willie Sutton is famous for saying that he robbed banks "because that's where the money is." If he were around today, he'd have other options.

More than 1 in 10 Mozilla bug finders turn down cash Posted: 06 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT The open-source Mozilla project has been offering cash bounties for security bugs for six years now, but often bug finders simply turn down the cash.

Smartphone wave challenges enterprise security Posted: 06 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT With ever more employees clamoring to use smartphones for both personal and business purposes, IT and security managers are forced to answer tough questions.

Germans sound iPhone attack alarm as Apple claims fix ready Posted: 05 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT Amid a warning by German authorities of possible malicious use of a critical iPhone exploit, Apple said it has a fix ready and will deliver it in the next smartphone update.

Apple promises update to patch PDF exploit Posted: 05 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT Apple has already identified the iPhone security exploit used by the Web-based jailbreak procedure released earlier this week and, according to a statement the company provided to CNet, the company has a software fix ready to go.

Adobe confirms PDF zero-day, plans rush patch Posted: 05 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT Adobe today said it plans to issue an emergency patch the week of Aug. 16 to fix a critical flaw in its Reader and Acrobat software.

Lawmakers question data collection at major sites Posted: 05 Aug 2010 09:00 AM PDT Two senior U.S. lawmakers say they're "troubled" by the collection of personal data at many websites, and they want details on how much data 15 popular sites collect and what the sites do with the data.

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