The Glider

The newest version of Apple’s Safari web browser now has anti-phishing protection…….

Google has patched a flaw in its Chrome browser that could be exploited to steal files from vulnerable machines…….

The data on a North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services laptop computer stolen in October were not encrypted, despite a department security policy that required encryption of sensitive information…….

Attackers broke into the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) computer system earlier this month…….

More than 300,000 current and former patients at the University of Florida College of Dentistry have been notified that their personal information may have been compromised…….

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has decided to revoke the registrar credentials of Estonia-based EstDomains, which has been the home to domain names associated with malicious activity…….

The amount of spam being sent worldwide dropped noticeably after McColo, a northern California-based hosting provider identified as hosting spamming organizations, was cut off by its Internet providers…….

The 2008 Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report from Arbor Networks covers a 12-month period from August 2007 through July 2008…….

The Anti-Malware Testing Standard Organization (AMTSO) has published a pair of documents aimed at standardizing the way antivirus scanners and malware defense tools are tested…….

More than a dozen Internet service subscribers have filed a lawsuit against NebuAd and six Internet service providers (ISPs) claiming that NebuAd’s web surfing habit tracking technology and the companies that used it without customers’ knowledge violated anti-wiretapping statutes…….