Ryan Naraine

LAS VEGAS—Ben Fathi slipped into the darkened, standing-room-only conference room and took a seat on the carpeted floor. On the Black Hat stage,

A second Trojan used in the latest zero-day attack against Microsoft Office contains characteristics that pinpoint corporate espionage as the main motive,

In the midst of back-to-back zero-day attacks against select businesses in the Far East, Microsoft on July 17 released a security advisory with a terse

H.D. Moore, creator of the Metasploit hacking tool and the security researcher behind the MoBB (Month of Browser Bugs) project, has released a search

First Word, then Excel, now PowerPoint. For the third time in two months, a zero-day vulnerability in a widely used Microsoft Office software application

A day after Microsoft shipped a mega-patch to cover eight Excel vulnerabilities, security researchers warn that at least two critical—and publicly

A well-known hacker has stockpiled browser exploits and plans to release one flaw a day for the month of July to highlight the types of vulnerabilities

A security researcher with expertise in rootkits has created a working prototype of new technology that is capable of creating malware that remains "100

In an unusual move, Microsoft has released a formal security advisory to warn of the publication of "detailed exploit code" that targets a critical

Five spreadsheet files with personal data on approximately 28,000 sailors and family members were found on an open Web site, the U.S. Navy announced June

A private security company has found a way to nuke the controversial callback component in Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy tool.

Allegations of "predatory pricing" are beginning to swirl around Microsoft's emergence as a player in the security software space. On the heels of the