It's that time of the month again as Microsoft gets ready to issue November's monthly security update, which fixes known flaws in the company's Windows operating system. Don't be surprised, however, if the list of security updates is unusually short this time around.
Fraudsters who create authentic-looking Web sites in an effort to get customers of a legitimate e-commerce site to provide financial or other personal information could go to jail for up to five years under legislation introduced by a U.S. senator.
More than a dozen corporate giants in the retail, telecommunications, financial services, banking and technology industries are joining forces to combat phishing, spoofing and other methods of online identify fraud.
Four new holes have been discovered in the Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser that could allow malicious hackers to run attack code on Windows systems, even if those systems have installed the latest software patches from the Redmond, Wash. company, security experts warn.