Video: Making sense of a gadget-crazed Vietnam
CNET's Dong No returned to his homeland of Vietnam, where he roamed the country examining how technology is affecting the culture and the economy. He joins Charles Cooper on the CNET News Daily Debrief to talk about his experiences.

Mozilla patches highly critical security flaws
Open-source software developer releases an update that addresses vulnerabilities of users' sensitive information in Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey.

Huawei calls espionage claims 'ludicrous'
Networking vendor denies that it has links to the China's government that could cause security problems for Australia's future National Broadband Network.

Year in review: Snooping gets sanctioned
In 2008, the immunization of companies assisting NSA wiretaps became a hot-button issue, as did P2P network monitoring.

Microsoft releases patch for critical IE security flaw
Faced with malicious attackers exploiting Internet Explorer, Redmond releases a critical security patch outside its normal cycle.

Vietnam: Where pirated apps match personal budgets
Many Vietnamese view pirated software as the only way they can afford the apps they want and need. Considering their wage scale, they aren't necessarily wrong.

Yahoo to anonymize user data after 90 days
Clearly, the race is on to the bottom on data retention policies. In particular, Google and Yahoo have been playing a game of privacy leapfrog.

Critical IE 7 exploit making the rounds
Microsoft issues warning of a nefarious Internet Explorer 7 exploit that is making the rounds, which carries the potential of installing malware onto users' computers.

Ad-Aware gets an antivirus cousin
Lavasoft, the publisher behind Ad-Aware security apps, unveils its first full-fledged antivirus application. Why is it nearly identical to Avira AntiVir?

Microsoft: Hole exploit endangers all IE versions
Users of Microsoft's browser are at risk from untrusted as well as trusted sites, as attacks seek to drop password stealers and Trojan horses onto systems.

We need to monitor information security grifters, too
People who try to capitalize on a false sense of insecurity only further damage the state of Internet security.

Fighting cybercrime in an economic downturn
For Pamela Warren, protecting the innocent is in her blood. With malware attacks on the rise in the bad economy, this McAfee cybercrime strategist is sharpening her focus to keep people safe online.

Microsoft looking into WordPad zero-day flaw
A second Microsoft flaw is being exploited following December's Patch Tuesday releases.

Window Snyder to leave Mozilla
Popular chief security architect behind Firefox, Thunderbird, and other open-source projects is leaving to work on an undisclosed new project.

Web site-based crimeware hits all-time high
The number of Web sites with hidden code for stealing passwords nearly tripled in the past year, as cybercriminals targeted legitimate sites for their cybertheft, according to new report.

Zero-day exploit hits Internet Explorer
Researchers report code exploiting an unpatched flaw within Microsoft's Web browser one day after Patch Tuesday. It creates an XML tag, then waits 6 seconds to thwart antivirus engines.

Symantec, VMware team up for disaster recovery
The security and virtualization vendors will provide support for mutual customers using VMware ESX and Veritas Cluster Server.

Study: Cybercriminals cashing in on economic slide
McAfee says as governments face economic hardships, the fight against cybercrime is slipping further in funding and support.

Microsoft fixes 28 flaws; 6 are critical
Redmond issues eight patches that affect Visual Basic 6, Internet Explorer, Word, Excel, Windows Search, SharePoint, and Windows Media Components.

Site educates on holiday-themed online threats
Antivirus vendor AVG creates a site devoted to educating users on the risks of opening holiday-themed e-mail.

Security industry moves forward on data security
Industry players are teaming up to lower the cost, complexity, and integration effort needed for data-centric security.