Robert McMillan

When it was launched in 2003, Wi-Fi Protected Access offered dynamic key allocation and other features not available in Wired Equivalent Privacy. But researchers have found a way to break Temporal Key Integrity Protocol in 15 minutes.

Yahoo's Direct Media Exchange gives publishers the option to run graphical ads designed to look like error or genuine Windows dialogue boxes

It took only two hours for security vendor Immunity to develop an attack code that exploits the Windows flaw

Scheduled for release at 1 pm Eastern Thursday Oct. 23, the security update is rated critical for 2000, XP and Server 2003. The flaw is less serious for Vista and Server 2008.

Computer Associates said the acquisition of the Palo Alto, Calif.-based identity management vendor will allow customers a better way of controlling system access and documenting regulatory compliance

Technical details on the vulnerabilities have not been released, but the security experts who discovered the problem say that they can knock Windows, Linux, embedded systems and even firewalls offline

Hackers say they gained access to Sarah Palin's inbox and posted contents on the Web.

Defcon attendee shipped her wallet from Boston and flew to Vegas with no ID