Even though the Zune is not the most popular portable media player, there is an ongoing battle between Microsoft and hackers who have found ways to crack Microsoft’s DRM

While Trojans, spyware, exploits, worms (IM, Linux, Mobile, Win32) and
scripts continue to pose a threat to Internet users, the number of
in-the-wild email worms (or mass mailers) appears to have been
diminishing by five percent each month since the beginning of this year.

On June 13, Microsoft released patches for 15 vulnerabilities in its operating system, browser and other software products. Nine of these vulnerabilities have been labeled by Microsoft as critical, two of the were tagged important and two moderate.

Keeping a Windows system secure is one of the most daunting tasks any Windows user is facing these days. The network administrators are currently fighting against spyware, viruses, trojans, hacker attacks, and overall system vulnerabilities. The biggest concern is however the used education since it's a lot easier to prevent than cure a security incident.

A vulnerability was discovered in the way Windows Graphics Device Interface handles icon image files that leaves systems open to denial-of-service attacks.
GDI+ is an application programming interface that allows programmers to
display information on screens and printers, as well as process ICO
image files.

Two 'extremely critical' vulnerabilities have been exposed in Yahoo Messenger that could be exploited by malicious hackers to take over a system. The boundary errors have been confirmed in version 8.1.0.249 of the instant messaging software, but other versions may also be affected.

Major credit card companies are pushing hard to stop the financial fraud incidents that have affected numerous organizations and their consumers. Consequently, organizations that accept payment card transactions are duly bound to comply to PCI DSS by end of 2007. Organizations that fail to comply, risk not being allowed to handle cardholder data and fines of up to $500,000 if the data is lost or stolen.

Microsoft’s Vista operating system could bring its own set of security concerns, researchers at software security firm McAfee have claimed.
While admiting that Vista is a step forward and that Microsoft has done a lot to make it more stable and secure, Toralv Dirro, researcher wth McAfee’s Avert Labs, said it presents its own exclusive set of problems.

Touted as the most secure version of the Web browser to date, it goes without saying that Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) is not hacker proof. Internet
Explorer 7's features are designed to prevent viruses, spyware and other forms of malware from infecting your Windows system.

GFI Software announced the release of  EndPointScan, a free online service that allows you to check what devices are or have been connected to computers on your network and by whom. Using this diagnostic tool, you can identify those areas where the use of portable storage devices could pose a risk to the integrity of the company’s systems and data.