Jeremy Kirk

A new worm targeting a flaw in Sun Microsystems' Solaris 10 OS delivers crude artsy payloads, including a drawing of a turkey in ASCII text.

Microsoft Corp. will start to give some customers the benefit of the doubt with an updated version of its software antipiracy tool, Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications

The European Commission is considering introducing a voluntary code of conduct on energy efficiency for data centre operators. Next week, the Renewable Energies Unit of the Commission's Joint Research Center will meet in London to discuss the idea.

An attack this week that targeted online customers of at least 50 financial institutions in the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific has been shut down, a security expert said Thursday.

Portugal has selected a vendor to produce a credit card-sized national ID card that can store biometric information such as fingerprints and a digital signature for online transactions.

Portugal has picked a vendor to produce a credit-card sized national ID card that can store biometric information such as fingerprints. Gemalto NV, selected by Portugal's Mint and National Printing Office (Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda SA), will provide the operating system, applications, middleware and help desk services.

The U.K.'s financial services regulator has levied a heavy fine against the nation's largest building society over a stolen laptop containing confidential customer information.

Capgemini SA has agreed to acquire the software services company Software Architects Inc. to expand its presence in key U.S. cities, the French IT services provider said Thursday.