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Security

April 2008

April 30, 2008

'Hacktivism' Reported on Upswing

Security researchers are warning that politically motivated hacking seems to be on the rise and becoming more dangerous, reports vnunet.com .   Paul Ferguson, advanced threats researcher at T... More >

April 29, 2008

Radio Free Europe Under Cyber Attack

A denial-of-service attack against Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Web sites continues, with the broadcaster suggesting it could be the work of the Belarus government, reports The Associated Press... More >

Microsoft Sites Under Attack

Microsoft has found itself in the middle of a massive hacking attack, reports InformationWeek . Hundreds of thousands of Web pages using Microsoft IIS Web Server and Microsoft SQL Server have been ... More >

April 25, 2008

China Beefing up Physical, Online Security for Olympics

With Interpol warning of increased risks of physical attacks during this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing, China's worried about online attacks as well.   Organizers have been scrambling to put... More >

April 21, 2008

Earthlink Cited as Example of ISP Greed

It seems like every time Earthlink makes headlines, it's because something has gone wrong.   Last August, the company announced it was canning half of its staff due to plummeting stock prices.... More >

April 16, 2008

'No Phishing,' Says PayPal

PayPal knows it's an attractive target for phishers, which is why it's stepping up is efforts to slow the proliferation of phishing attacks .   Silicon.com reports that PayPal is taking a thre... More >

April 15, 2008

Phony Subpoena E-mails Target CEOs

Security researchers are warning about a variation of a "spear phishing" scam in which e-mails are sent to CEOs telling them they have been sued in federal court and must click on a Web link to dow... More >

Only YOU can Prevent Hacking

"Ethical hacker?" Is that an oxymoron?   LIGATT Security is providing a self-study guide to becoming a Certified Ethical Hacker , according to this marketwire press release.   That's rig... More >

April 11, 2008

User Ignorance Fuels the Threat of Botnets

The National Cyber Security Alliance published a research report yesterday that revealed 71 percent of consumers are blind to protecting themselves against botnets. That's an alarming percentage and ... More >

April 9, 2008

Uncle Sam Wants You ... to Help Defend Against Cyber Attacks

The government is admitting it can't do it on its own, so it is appealing to the private sector to help in defending against cyber attacks .   In a keynote speech to the RSA Conference, Homelan... More >

April 8, 2008

World's First Data Security Ratings Agency

A group of Japanese companies plan to create what they're calling the "world's first ratings agency" for data security . The Associated Press reports that the new firm is called IS Rating and will... More >

April 2, 2008

Cisco Adds to Physical Security Line

  <body><p>In the market for a surveillance camera? How about an access control system? Cisco is expanding its <strong><a href=" http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles... More >

Hannaford Tells of 'Sophisticated' Malware

In a letter to Massachusetts regulators, grocery company Hannaford Brothers said "new and sophisticated" malware was secretly installed on servers at each one of its grocery stores, exposing as man... More >