LAS VEGAS--A security researcher has found a slew of fundamental problems with the way that modern browsers are designed and built, leading to serious questions about the security of these applications and the way that they handle SSL sessions.

LAS VEGAS--A security researcher has found a slew of fundamental problems with the way that modern browsers are designed and built, leading to serious questions about the security of these applications and the way that they handle SSL sessions.

Two years after a major flaw was exposed in the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS), a major upgrade to the infrastructure protocol that fixes that weakness is now up and running in all of the Internet root servers. Read the full article. [Dark Reading]

Two years after a major flaw was exposed in the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS), a major upgrade to the infrastructure protocol that fixes that weakness is now up and running in all of the Internet root servers. Read the full article. [Dark Reading]

LAS VEGAS -- Using home-brewed software tools and exploiting a gaping security hole in the authentication mechanism used to update the firmware on automated teller machines (ATMs), a security researcher hacked into ATMs made by Triton and Tranax and planted a rootkit that dispensed cash on demand.

LAS VEGAS -- Using home-brewed software tools and exploiting a gaping security hole in the authentication mechanism used to update the firmware on automated teller machines (ATMs), a security researcher hacked into ATMs made by Triton and Tranax and planted a rootkit that dispensed cash on demand.

LAS VEGAS--Security technology and practice have advanced quite a bit in the past few years, but one thing that has become clear is that whatever gains have been made are just not keeping pace with the innovation of attackers. The advances being made by malware authors and crimeware gangs are keeping them well ahead of the curve and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future, researchers say.

LAS VEGAS--Security technology and practice have advanced quite a bit in the past few years, but one thing that has become clear is that whatever gains have been made are just not keeping pace with the innovation of attackers. The advances being made by malware authors and crimeware gangs are keeping them well ahead of the curve and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future, researchers say.

A researcher has uncovered a sophisticated check counterfeiting ring that uses compromised computers to steal and print millions of dollars worth of bogus invoices and then recruit money mules to cash them. Read the full article. [The Register]

A researcher has uncovered a sophisticated check counterfeiting ring that uses compromised computers to steal and print millions of dollars worth of bogus invoices and then recruit money mules to cash them. Read the full article. [The Register]