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• Iran confirms massive Stuxnet infection of industrial systems

  Officials in Iran have confirmed that the Stuxnet worm infected at least 30,000 Windows PCs in the country, multiple Iranian news services reported on Saturday.

• Hackers exploit latest Microsoft zero-day bug

  Microsoft has warned users that hackers are exploiting the unpatched bug in ASP.Net to hijack encrypted Web sessions.

• Microsoft confirms it missed Stuxnet print spooler 'zero-day'

  Contrary to reports, a bug that Microsoft patched last week had been publicly discussed a year and a half ago, security researchers said this week.

• Microsoft patches Windows XP flaw that aided Stuxnet worm

  Microsoft Tuesday patched a critical Windows XP vulnerability that aided attacks based on the Stuxnet worm by letting attackers gain remote access through the operating system's print spooler service.

• Microsoft patches new Windows bug exploited by Stuxnet

  Microsoft today delivered nine security updates to patch 11 bugs in Office, the IIS Web server and Windows, including one that was overlooked but exploited by a July worm.

• Siemens: Stuxnet worm hit industrial systems

  A sophisticated worm designed to steal industrial secrets and disrupt operations has infected at least 14 plants, according to Siemens.

• 'Here you have' e-mail worm spreads quickly

  Security experts warned Thursday of a fast-spreading e-mail worm, the first large outbreak of this type in nearly a decade.

• 'Here you have' e-mail worm spreads quickly

  Security experts warned Thursday of a fast-spreading e-mail worm, the first large outbreak of this type in nearly a decade.

• Symantec: Most hacking victims blame themselves

  Just under two-thirds of all Internet users have been hit by some sort of cybercrime, and while most of them are angry about it, a surprisingly large percentage feel guilt too, according to a survey commissioned by Symantec.

• Cybercrime is Rampant Around the World, Says Study

  A new study by security vendor Symantec reports that Internet crime has grown into a widespread problem globally. It also provides intriguing insights into consumers' lax attitudes toward online piracy, plagiarism, and other illegally or unethical activities.

• Symantec, Trend Micro rivalry heats up over antivirus tests, new products

  A spitting match related to antivirus product tests has erupted between Symantec and Trend Micro, as each Wednesday unveiled the 2011 editions of their consumer desktop antimalware packages.

• Symantec updates Enterprise Vault, ties to Microsoft cloud apps

  Symantec Tuesday unveiled updated storage and backup gear, giving Enterprise Vault 9.0 a way to integrate archiving and discovery-related legal requests with Microsoft's cloud-based Business Productivity Online Services.

• Online voting: a psychological, not technological challenge

  The past two weeks of Australia’s political history may yet prove to be a spur toward electronic voting but several barriers stand in the way of a nation-wide adoption of e-voting, according to Symantec’s chief technology officer, Mark Bregman.

• China policy could force foreign security firms out

  China is stepping up efforts to keep the security systems that protect its critical infrastructure in the hands of local firms, and that could be bad news for companies based outside the country.

• Hackers bait Zeus botnet trap with dead celeb tales

  Hackers are using tales of dead celebrities to build out Zeus botnets by duping users into compromising their own PCs, security experts said today.