• OS X Virus Described

  
  Mac antivirus vendor Intego warns of a possible OS X virus offered for sale.

• San Francisco's Mayor Gets Back Keys to the Network

  
  San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom met with jailed IT administrator Terry Childs Monday, convincing him to hand over the passwords to the city's wide area network.
• Study Paints Open-Source Software as a Security Risk
• Laptop Security: Keep the Bad Guys at Bay
• SecuriKey Professional Edition 2.1
• Top Spammer Sentenced to Nearly Four Years
• Sly Students Spell Trouble for Hapless Admin
• VMware Appliance Is Convenient, But Not Secure
• Security Staff Nightmares
• Protect Your Network From Rogue IT Employees

Security How-Tos

• Safest Way to Bank Online? Your Cell Phone Phones are off the radar for most hackers today. But Google's Android OS and the iPhone could make them more of a target.
• Stop Thieves From Stealing Your Laptop Don't let hooligans handle your hardware. Here are eight ways to keep your notebook from being pinched--or to get it back if it is stolen.

Security News

• OS X Virus Described Mac antivirus vendor Intego warns of a possible OS X virus offered for sale.
• Study Paints Open-Source Software as a Security Risk "Go into this with your eyes wide open," says Howard Schmidt, former White House cybersecurity czar.
• Laptop Security: Keep the Bad Guys at Bay Joe's laptop computer boasts some advanced security gizmos.
• SecuriKey Professional Edition 2.1 Whether we’re traveling across the country or just down to the local coffee shop, we’re increasingly on the go. And our...
• San Francisco's Mayor Gets Back Keys to the Network San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom met with jailed IT administrator Terry Childs Monday, convincing him to hand over the passwords to the city's wide area network.

Security Playing in PCW Video

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  VeriSign's Plan to Better Secure Your Online Accounts VeriSign's card-sized number generator adds an extra layer of authentication for online accounts.
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  Cold Boot Attack at CanSecWest After Princeton researchers demonstrated a cold boot technique, hackers quickly began to show how it could be used to gain access to your PC's data.
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  MySpace Hacker Speaks Samy Kamkar talks about his infamous worm at the AppSec 2007 security conference.

Security Slideshows

• Stop Thieves From Stealing Your Laptop Don't let hooligans handle your hardware. Here are eight ways to keep your notebook from being pinched--or to get it back if it is stolen.

Security Reviews

• Yahoo Search Adds SearchScan, a Good Security Step The new feature provides warnings about dangerous sites from McAfee's SiteAdvisor.
• Coming: A Change in Tactics in Malware Battle To keep up with the criminals, antivirus companies plan a major shift in approach, called 'whitelisting'.
• Ad-Aware 2008 Free Now Available for Download Long-time antispyware favorite gets an update.
• PC Tools ThreatFire 3.5 Antivirus Software Solid free protection supplements your existing antivirus.
• Identity-Theft Protection: What Services Can You Trust? New online services offer to protect you from identity theft, and some claim to help you undo damage after it happens. But when we tested the services, we found that many fall short.