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.

A huge Trojan spam attack and an isolated vulnerability in Microsoft’s Windows operating system are rising security threats to computer users, researchers say.
A major e-mail spam is in progress in an offer to trick people into infecting their computer with a Trojan masked as a fix for malware, security researchers at Symantec Corp. reported.

IM-Worm:W32/Pykse.A ,a new instant-messaging malware that spreads using the chat feature in Skype has appeared , according to a warning by security company F-Secure.

The latest version 4.0 of pdf-Recover Professional can remove the main PDF password and all restrictions in the document, no matter if it is encrypted by 40 bit RC4, 128 bit RC4 or 128 bit AES of the latest Adobe 8 generation.

GFI Software, an international developer of network security, content security and messaging software released GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner (N.S.S.) 8, the latest version of its award-winning solution that addresses the three pillars of vulnerability management: security scanning, patch management and network auditing in one integrated solution.

Microsoft has been actively promoting  the new security features in Vista. We got a few questions for you such as : Can I rely on the Windows Firewall? How do I customize the Windows Firewall to allow certain apps to bypass it? How easy is BitLocker Drive Encryption to use? Will I still need an anti-spyware app?

In order to steal your data trough a rogue access point attack, a hacker needs only to overpower the local Wi-Fi access point and have your laptop associate with his evil network rather than the public one. You will still be connected to the Internet, except all your personal data will pass through the hacker’s computer which acts as a man-in-the-middle.