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A new Facebook scam is targeting the publicity surrounding the site's proposed new terms and conditions, reports vnunet.com . The message reads: "[Friend's name] has just reported you to Fac... More >
The Obama administration's fiscal 2010 budget proposal sets aside $355 million for cybersecurity efforts . According to internetnews.com , a big portion of the funding with go to the Departm... More >
McAfee is warning that malware distributors are taking advantage of Google Trends to get top billing for their pages. According to vnunet.com , malware writers are using the service to find... More >
TippingPoint's DVLabs third annual Pwn2Own contest will focus on Web browsers and mobile devices, reports InformationWeek . According to Computerworld , the first hackers to crack either a... More >
In an effort to make its Native Client more secure, Google is holding a 10-week contest in which it will award cash prizes for the person or team who discovers the most high-impact bugs and reports t... More >
According to a recent report from the Web Application Security Consortium, stealing money and data is not always the main motivation for hackers. Twenty-four percent of 57 Web site hacks from last ye... More >
Microsoft has issued an update for Windows 7 Beta to plug numerous compatibility and reliability holes in Internet Explorer 8, according to ChannelWeb . The patches address a variety of stability ... More >
According to a Reuters report in InfromationWeek, Director of National Intelligence Admiral Dennis Blair says the National Security Agency may take on a greater role in cybersecurity due to its t... More >
The Conficker worm has been upgraded to get around attempts to shut it down. According to vnunet.com , the new variant, called Conficker B++ , uses a new set of backdoors to update itself in... More >
Adobe is patching its Flash multimedia software to fix five flaws affecting Windows, OS X and Linux systems. InfoWorld reports that the update addresses a critical flaw that could allow a h... More >
Google Gmail users were hit with a widespread phishing attack hours after a worldwide outage . According to The Register , the malicious message spread through the Google Talk instant messaging ch... More >
Consumers may be more away of security concerns, but they still rely on service providers for protection and persist in using unsafe password management practices, according to a survey from Gartner.... More >
Following a US-CERT security alert, Microsoft is pushing out an update that fixes a bug in the Windows AutoRun software . According to InfoWorld , the bug is cause for concern, since the Co... More >
Lurene Grenier, a senior research engineer with the Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team, has created her own patch for the flaw in Adobe Reader and Acrobat . Adbobe has said it won't have ... More >
Security experts are concerned by the methods being used by a new rogue application spreading through Facebook . vnunet.com reports that the 'Error Check System' seems to be harmless in its ... More >
Symantec is warning that attackers are going after a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet program . According to InfoWorld , the vulnerability affects Excel 2007 and Excel... More >
A group of U.S. government security organizations that includes the NSA, US-Cert and the SANS Institute has compiled a list of the top 20 security actions that organizations should take to improve c... More >
Visa and MasterCard are notifying banks about the breach of another payment processor. This incident is not related to the massive Heartland Payment Systems incident reported last month. Acc... More >
Microsoft developers are working on a new browser that they say could be far more secure than Google's Chrome, Mozilla's Firefox or Microsoft's own Internet Explorer, reports InfoWorld . The prototy... More >
A survey by Ponemon Institute shows that more than half of laid-off workers take data on their way out . NetworkWorld reports that 59 percent of respondents admitted that they stole company data, w... More >
The University of Florida is notifying at least 97,200 people that a hacker accessed its antiquated Grove system and possibly stole their names and Social Security numbers. internetnews.com reports... More >
The security of the Secure Sockets Layer protocols is being called into question again following a presentation at the Black Hat conference. According to vnunet.com , a researcher calling h... More >
In an effort to reduce its customers' risk, Novell has made two new acquisitions , reports vnunet.com . The company purchased compliance and privileged user management firm Fortefi . Accord... More >
A flaw in Adobe Reader and Acrobat could compromise PCs if a user opens a malicious PDF file. InfoWorld reports that the flaw triggers a buffer overflow condition and gives attackers control... More >
According to Spamhaus.org , Verizon.net hosts the most spam-spewing zombies of any other major ISP in the U.S. A Composite Block List breakdown shows that of the 225,454 U.S. based Internet addres... More >
An exploit for the Internet Explorer 7 flaw that was patched in Microsoft's last Patch Tuesday release is now in the wild. According to CNET News , the malicious code comes via a Word docu... More >
The recently updated Windows Live Hotmail CAPTCHA System has been hacked , reports IT PRO . Last year, Microsoft revamped the CAPTCHA authentication it uses in an effort to stop automated bo... More >
A report from RSA Security shows that global phishing attacks surged by 66 percent last year as compared to 2007, resulting in 135,426 separate incidents. vnunet.com reports that the UK was... More >
Aimed at midsize businesses, Fortinet has announced a Web application firewall, FortiWeb 1000B , that processes SSL and XML traffic separately from the Web server, according to NetworkWorld . ... More >
Need to find out if your Java environment is up to date? Now you can, thanks to this link from Sun that allows you to run a quick scan of your installation. ZDNet blogger Ryan Naraine has t... More >
Cisco is making integrating Internet security inside the home easier thanks to a collaboration effort with Trend Micro. According to CNET News , Trend Micro's Home Network Defender will be incorpora... More >
The Secure Enterprise 2.0 Forum has released its top eight security threats for 2009 , reports ReadWriteWeb . The report doesn't name specific technologies or companies that are risky, but rather "... More >
In an effort to get a better grasp on technological threats, the Defense Department is making use of the National Defense University . The university is located at at Fort Lesley J. McNair, and its ... More >
The first arrests associated with the Heartland security breach have been made. Computerworld reports that Florida residents Tony Acreus, Jeremy Frazier and Timothy Johns were arrested for alleged... More >
According to Computerworld , Massachusetts has delayed the deadline for companies to comply with data security regulations ... again. The original deadline was Jan. 1. Then it was moved back to May ... More >
TG Daily reports that phishers are casting their nets in Apple's MobileMe in an effort to get credit card information. Fake e-mails, purporting to be official communications from the Mobile... More >
PC Magazine reports that Apple has released patches that address over 50 distinct vulnerabilities . Mac OS X v10.4.11 and Mac OS X v10.5.6 are addressed in the OS X Security Update 2009-001... More >
Security researcher Charlie Miller says he's found a flaw in Android that is serious enough that he's recommending people stop using the browser until it's fixed. According to CNET News , t... More >
Microsoft is willing to pay $250,000 to know who's behind the Conficker computer virus that infected more than 15 million machines, reports Telegraph.co.uk . The worm also is known as Downad... More >
According to internetnews.com , spammers have taken control of Facebook site " 5,000,000 against the new version of Facebook ." Their ads promoted get-rich-quick schemes and a guide on how to seduce... More >
In an issue related to Microsoft's recent patch for Internet Explorer , Research in Motion has reissued a security patch for software used on its BlackBerry smartphone. According to vnunet.c... More >
According to watchdog group Project on Government Oversight, the Energy Department sent a memo to Los Alamos officials concerning the 67 computers that have gone missing . Thirteen of those were los... More >
The same hacker site that claims to have hacked Kaspersky Labs and BitDefender now says it has breached the site of F-Secure . According to CNET News , F-Secure has taken the affected se... More >
During a study by Kessler International, the computer forensics firm found that 40 percent of hard drives that it purchased in bulk on eBay contained personal, private and sensitive information . Th... More >
According to Panda Labs, scammers are using the popular news aggregator Digg.com to get users to download malware . Purporting to be news items about celebrities, the posts contain a link to ... More >
Websense is rolling out new e-mail and Web security services . SC Magazine reports that Websense Hosted Email Security and Websense Hosted Web Security will protect businesses from emerging Web 2... More >
Houston's municipal court system has been infected by a virus, according to an Associated Press story in The Houston Chronicle. The court system actually had to close down Friday afternoon ... More >
The first deadline for the federal government to push out DNS security mechanisms on its .gov top-level domain has been rescheduled. NetworkWorld reports that officials now say it will happen by ... More >
In an effort to determine how federal agencies use technology to protect secrets and data, President Obama has ordered a 60-day review of the nation's cybersecurity . The effort will examine all gov... More >
Hackers were able to break into the FAA's computer system last week and access the names, Social Security numbers and medical information of 45,000 employees and retirees, according to the Associat... More >
According to Security Watchdog , anti-malware firm Kaspersky Lab's U.S. portal has been hacked . The hacker goes by the name Unu and has posted details of his SQL injection attack on the H... More >
A new target marketing provider, TwitterHawk, has made changes to its services in order to save Twitter users from spam . Marketers can use TwitterHawk to monitor Twitter posts for keywords a... More >
Even before the law has been passed, spammers are already going after economic stimulus plan , according to vnunet.com . The SANS Institute reports that there is scam offering users a refund... More >
Nearly 30,000 Kaiser Permanente employees are being notified that their personal information may have been breached, reports CNET News . A "handful" of employees have already reported identity frau... More >
According to research by KnujOn, 83 percent of all the spam and malware distributed over the past eight months is coming from only 10 registrars . The top 10, reports Ars Technica , are: &nb... More >
According to a press release , Paranet Solutions has decided to add VoIP Security Services to its Security Solutions Suite. The addition of VoIP Security Services will address issues like illegal re... More >
Late last year, ATM thieves bagged $9 million in cash in one day by exploiting a breach at payment processor RBS WorldPay, reports The Washington Post . Hackers broke into RBS's databases an... More >
Sunbelt Software has upgraded its network vulnerability scanner, Sunbelt Network Security Inspector. According to the press release , the new scanner boasts a new scanning engine, a more intuitive u... More >
Computerworld reports that Microsoft's next Patch Tuesday, expected Feb. 10, will address four security flaws , two of them labeled as "critical." According to the advisory , the updates af... More >
Hackers are always looking for new ways to get people to use malicious Web sites. BBC News reports that fake parking tickets seems to be the latest trick. Cars in Grand Forks, N.D., were t... More >
Google has released an update to Chrome browser version 1.0.154.48 that fixes a cross-browser attack vector , reports internetnews.com . The fix addresses a bug that allows command line argu... More >
Terry Childs, who made headlines last year when he was accused of locking top administrators out of San Francisco's new computer system , has filed a claim against the city of San Francisco stating ... More >
According to ZDNet , Cisco has issued a warning about multiple security flaws in some of its Wireless LAN controllers . If you have Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers (WLCs), Cisco Catalyst 6500... More >
According to vnunet.com , British white hat hacker Chris Paget has demonstrated how easy it would be for someone to clone U.S. passport cards that use Radio Frequency ID chips . Using a $250... More >
According to McAfee, January saw in increase in the number of spam messages originating from China. CIOL reports that while the use of zombie networks is down, China now beats the U.S. as the top... More >
CNET News reports that Firefox version 3.0.6 fixes six bugs , including a critical JavaScript issue affecting the browser's layout engine. Mozilla's Thunderbird e-mail client and SeaMonkey Internet... More >
Thanks to a two-year deal, Symantec will help Ask.com surfers identify malicious Web sites by providing safety level ratings via a new toolbar, reports the Associated Press . The ratings are integ... More >
According to IBM's latest X-Force Trend and Risk report, businesses are making it easier for hackers to sneak onto their legitimate sites , exposing customers to security threats, because they are ... More >
According to vnunet.com , the Departent of Justice is phishing its own employees to test security awareness. The e-amils, sent from Jan. 25 to Jan. 27 , claim to be from the "Thrift Saving... More >
A security researcher says there's a big problem in the latest beta version of Windows 7, reports vnunet.com . Long Zheng has released a proof-of-concept for a problem involving the User Acc... More >
A study by the Ponemon Institute shows that companies are losing more than ever from data breaches because customers are turning their backs on them. NetworkWorld reports that every data re... More >
According to InformationWeek , a misplace forward slash (/) that caused every search result to be flagged as dangerous confused many Google users. In a blog post, Google VP Marissa Mayer sa... More >
According to The Inquirer , former Fannie Mae computer programmer Rajendrasinh Makwana has pleaded not guilty to charges that he created a computer time bomb to wipe 4,000 Fannie Mae computer serv... More >
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