Stepping up an effort to unmask online attackers responsible for a wave of malicious advertisements aimed at Windows PC users, Microsoft on Thursday filed suit in Washington state Superior Court against the unknown individuals behind five companies that it alleges distributed “malvertising” that entangled its customers in fake-antivirus scams and infected them with other malicious [...]

WordPress has responded to news today that outdated versions of the popular blogging software are vulnerable to a new attack. The attack affects only self-hosted versions of WordPress, not those at WordPress.com. The organization’s advice is simple: if you aren’t using the most recent version (2.8.4), upgrade now to avoid problems… Tweet This Post

Hacker turned security expert Kevin Mitnick has been denied service by both his web host and his cell phone provider. HostedHere.net and AT&T argue that the barrage of hacker attacks on Mitnick’s accounts make them too difficult to defend. Said The Register’s Dan Goodin, “In asking Mitnick to take his business elsewhere, [the companies] seem [...]