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Time to patch Windows again, ASAP--If you use a Windows computer connected to a network, a newly discovered bug makes it possible for a bad guy to wreak havoc on the computer without your doing anything.

Two more iGoogle alternatives for custom start pages--The new Symbaloo home-page helper and Yahoo's not-so-new Delicious bookmark manager give you different ways to access your favorite Web resources.

All MySQL's children--MySQL is being eaten away from within and without by former and current employees, perhaps calling for a way to protect itself: commercial extensions.

Survey: Obama is Google; McCain is AOL; and Palin is, um, Google--The 2008 Presidential Image Power Brands List suggests great similarities between Barack Obama and Sarah Palin.

French firm offers stickers that can turn your mobile phone into a contactless payment device for making purchases and accessing buildings and transit systems.

Potential attacks using the MS08-067 exploit won't be in the form of a single worm but will be bundled with other malware, says a security researcher.

Jon Oltsik recommends that network administrators treat Microsoft's newest patch with urgency, but says the out-of-cycle release bodes well for the company's security efforts.

A rare, out-of-cycle, critical patch is available to address a serious flaw that Microsoft thinks could lead to a network worm.

Medeco high security locks opened in 23 seconds at Netherlands event replete with lock picking contests, safe cracking demos, and briefings on new security tech.

Unique gun amnesty program in Toronto will put digital cameras into hands of people turning in firearms.

Patch addresses vulnerability in Windows that could allow attackers to take hold of a user's computer and launch code remotely.

PayPal commissioned study finds differences in identity fraud rates and password practices between English-speaking countries, France, Spain and Germany.

Researchers find they can recover usernames and passwords remotely by listening to the electromagnetic waves broadcast by the keyboard itself.

PandaLabs statistics show how cybercriminals are taking aim at confused consumers in a time of economic uncertainty.

VeriSign CTO cites the popularity of faster, smarter phones and the lack of native applications on them as possible reasons for malware to target mobile phones in 2009.

ScanSafe says the energy sector is the most exposed industry to Web-based malware, while the aviation and automotive industry is least exposed.

Suite features licensed tools for antivirus, firewall, and online storage in addition to Webroot's own antispyware and utilities.

Some interesting trends emerge when Jon Oltsik gives a talk on endpoint security and asks the attendees about their IT infrastructure and their plans for it.

A handful of tech stocks swim against the tide and post gains in a day that saw the broader markets close out in the red.

A researcher has found a nearly invisible way to redirect network traffic through an attacker's network using existing network protocols.

The next president and Congress will have an obligation to figure out how to proceed with a strategic plan for IT and information security.

A new report on emerging threats cites a unique opportunity to design mobile device security properly.

Researchers add Microsoft communication exploit to Metasploit testing tool, putting pressure on system administrators to patch quickly.