The Glider

Researchers have detected a Trojan horse program that targets only Firefox users…….

The Koobface virus is spreading through the messaging system of the social networking site Facebook…….

Microsoft’s final set of security updates for 2008 will include eight bulletins, six of which are deemed critical…….

Sun Microsystems has released an update for Java that addresses at least 14 vulnerabilities…….

The US Army waited nearly two months to notify approximately 6,000 people that their personally identifiable information may have been held on a laptop computer that was reported missing on October 4, 2008…….

There are reports that online payment website CheckFree has been the victim of a domain hijacking attack…….

Apple has taken down a notice recommending that users install multiple antivirus programs on their Mac computers…….

Last month, Iran executed an Iranian IT specialist after he confessed to working for the Israeli intelligence service, Mossad…….

The World Bank has made some personnel changes following attacks on the organization’s computer systems last summer…….

The Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) wants the US to stop using a system that reads RFID tags in government issued identification documents at border crossings, pending a review of the security issues the system poses…….