Last week, some visitors to job site Monster.com got more than they were looking for after the site was hacked and was being used to infect visitors with a multi-exploit kit. Large portions of the...

If Earthlink's municipal Wi-Fi network figured into your remote access plan, you may want to think again. The company announced last week that it was halting investments in new muni builds and...

McAfee is predicting hard times in 2008 for Vista. The operating system is approaching the 10-percent market penetration mark, which will make the system more attractive to malware authors and...

A study released last week by Nemertes Research suggests that Internet capacity will be unable to meet user demand by 2010 in North America and within the next three to five years worldwide. The...

For networks that support a lot of MySpace traffic, your network load is about to get a little heavier. MySpace.com has announced plans to add Facebook-like news feeds for each MySpace user. The...

Last week, a Nyquist Capital analyst indicated that Google may have developed its own 10 Gb/s Ethernet switches. The switches are allegedly deployed in Google's own data center and are used for...

The strategic importance of server virtualization is growing, according to a survey of IT professionals in Fortune 1000 companies, conducted by TheInfoPro. More than two-thirds of respondents...

According to the most recent survey on IT spending from Computer Economics, large organizations are increasing their budgets conservatively for the upcoming years. The median increase is projected to...

Sophos is offering a free white paper analysis of security threats the company identified in the first six months of 2007. According to the security company, small targeted attacks were the preferred...

Commtouch has developed a Web-based malware outbreak notification resource that publicizes up-to-date and ongoing global malware information, as well as information about the latest variants, and...

Security firm Intego has discovered a Trojan aimed at Macintosh users. The Trojan installs a DNS changer that redirects the user's computer to certain web sites, steals the administrator's...

A recent survey by CompTIA reveals that companies are struggling with security issues that result from an increasingly mobile workforce. Data theft and abuse by workers with hand-held devices is a...

Microsoft has undertaken the task of evaluating leading Web browsers to determine which ones work properly with JavaScript. The list of examinees includes IE, Firefox 2.0.0.5, Opera 9.0.2 and Safari...

Network nodes that are equipped to recognize suspicious activity may deliberately disable themselves and nearby misbehaving devices, using a technique called "suicide revocation." Once a...

Microsoft's much anticipated Home Server went on sale worldwide on Monday. Home Server is available through several Microsoft partner retailers, including Hewlett-Packard and Velocity Micro. Home...

The Storm Worm keeps on ticking. According to MessageLabs, the worm cranked out more than 15 million automated spam emails encouraging people to invest in penny stocks. In its current iteration, Storm...

TrendLabs, a division of TrendMicro, has uncovered a Trojan that users may be installing on their computer. The Trojan is loaded when users attempt to gain access to full software packages via...

Wi-LAN, a Canadian firm, has filed suit against 22 companies in the Eastern District of Texas, alleging that the defendants have violated Wi-Fi patents held by the company. The defendants include...

A report at BroadbandReports.com posed the question to readers regarding ISP by-the-byte billing. Currently, most ISPs provide service level agreement for bandwidth up to a certain amount. Use in...

An Australian PhD student claims to have developed a method for squeezing extra bandwidth out of ordinary copper lines. The improvement could extend the life of copper infrastructure, allowing it to...