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Mozilla has patched 10 vulnerabilities in its older browsers, six of which are rated as "critical" and could be used by attackers to run malicious code on a compromised machine. According to ... More >
According to The Associated Press , it appears that the Yahoo e-mail accounts of at least three journalists and an analyst have been hacked . However, PCWorld.com puts the number closer to eight... More >
Oleksandr Dorozhko , a Ukrainian energy engineering consultant, has been ordered to pay $580,000 for allegedly "hacking into computer networks or otherwise obtaining electronic access to systems" tha... More >
A study by Javelin Strategy & Research shows that there were more than 275,000 cases of medical information theft in the United States last year. According to InformationWeek , the report foun... More >
Microsoft today says it will issue an out-of-band security update tomorrow for the zero-day vulnerability affecting Internet Explorer, reports Computerworld . Microsoft issued a warning abo... More >
According to a report by BeyondTrust, 90 percent of critical Microsoft Windows 7 vulnerabilities can be mitigated by slashing administrator rights, reports CNET News . Adjusting administrator righ... More >
Computerworld reports that Apple has issued a huge security update, patching 92 vulnerabilities in its Leopard and Snow Leopard operating systems. A third of the patches are accompanied by the phr... More >
eSecurity Planet reports that, according to an IBM-sponsored study conducted by the Ponemon Institute, 76 percent of the 115 C-level execs surveyed said that they now see reducing potential security... More >
Sans researcher Kevin Liston is warning of unsolicited e-mail claiming to come from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service that attempts to spread the ZeuS malware. According to V3.co.uk , the e... More >
Just days after researchers in the annual Pwn2Own contest outwitted major Windows 7 defenses to exploit Internet Explorer and Firefox, Microsoft defended its security measures , saying they are an e... More >
Appearing before the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, Navy Adm. Robert Willard offered a strong warning about cyber threats posed by China , reports Computerworld : U.S. military and government... More >
Symantec's MessageLabs is reporting a surge in spam being sent by the notorious Rustock botnet using Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption. According to PCWorld.com , two weeks ago, spam encry... More >
In what is being called the largest data breach ever, The Wall Street Journal reports that during the weekend of March 20-21, the names, addresses, Social Security numbers and other personal data o... More >
According to a report by Symantec, most of the targeted malware distributed this month came from China even though most of the e-mail servers used to push the scams were physically located in the U... More >
A 23-year-old unemployed Frenchman who is accused of hacking Twitter systems and distributing corporate data says that his actions were not malicious . V3.co.uk quotes François Cousteix, who... More >
Cisco has issued a security advisory addressing 11 flaws that could leave its IOS networking software vulnerable to remote code execution and denial-of-service attacks, reports V3.co.uk . Th... More >
InformationWeek reports that a U.S. federal court in Boston has sentenced hacker Albert Gonzalez to 20 years in prison and $25,000 in fines for his role in the security breaches of Barnes & No... More >
Dave & Buster's has settled a Federal Trade Commission complaint that the company left consumers' credit and debit card information vulnerable to hackers, reports The Dallas Morning News . &nbs... More >
A stolen desktop computer from a Vanderbilt University professor's locked office last month has put 7,174 current and former students' personal information at risk . According to eSecurity P... More >
In an attempt to reduce spam and cyber crime, Google says it will notify Gmail users of any fraudulent activity on their accounts. According to V3.co.uk , the search giant will not only provide de... More >
Twitter boasts that it has slashed spam levels from nearly 11 percent of tweets in August 2009, to less than 1 percent by February of this year, according to V3.co.uk . Twitter has been pla... More >
Computerworld reports that more than 300 experts met at the Council of Europe's conference on cyber crime to discuss the 2001 Convention on Cybercrime treaty and ways to foster better cooperation.... More >
As expected, Apple's iPhone and Safari browser, Microsoft's Internet Explore 8 and Mozilla's Firefox were taken down in minutes by hackers at this year's Pwn2Own contest , reports Computerworld . ... More >
A new patch management tool from Secunia checks almost 13,000 applications from more than 2,300 vendors for unpatched vulnerabilities, V3.co.uk reports. Corporate Software Inspector 4.0 int... More >
Symantec is offering a new security service aimed at protecting companies from Web-based attacks. V3.co.uk says Symantec's new Web Security Monitoring service offers round-the-clock protect... More >
Messaging security firm Cloudmark and the GSM Association (GSMA) have announced a worldwide trial to combat the growing problem of mobile spam. According to V3.co.uk , the GSMA Spam Reportin... More >
Security researchers are warning that an unpatched flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser is not just being used in targeted attacks anymore. Instead, the exploits are much more widespread ... More >
Steven Chabinsky, deputy assistant director of the FBI's cyber division, issued an ominous warning about cyber attacks during a presentation at the FOSE government IT trade show. According t... More >
V3.co.uk reports that McAfee has unveiled its McAfee Data Loss Prevention , a new enterprise package aimed at helping companies reduce the risk of data loss. McAfee says the package can be f... More >
Just days after Mozilla confirmed a critical vulnerability in the latest version of Firefox, the company has decided to push out the update a week earlier than expected , reports V3.co.uk . ... More >
In an effort to study and rank the nation's riskiest cities for cyber crime, Symantec has released a report that lists the top 50 American cities that are most vulnerable to cyber attacks, Compute... More >
Recently, Opera has seen gains thanks to Microsoft's browser ballot. This makes the news that Opera has re-launched the latest version of its browser to fix security and user interface flaws all th... More >
Apple's iPad will likely be a prime target for credit card thieves and online scammers of all types, says The Washington Post . A disproportionate share of the more than half a billion doll... More >
In an effort to combat fraud and inappropriate content, Russia is tightening its procedures for its .ru top-level domain names , according to Computerworld . Beginning April 1, registrants f... More >
In an effort to reduce online vulnerabilities, Google has introduced an open source automated Web security scanning program called skipfish, InformationWeek reports. According to Help Net... More >
According to The H Security , security expert Charlie Miller plans to disclose 20 zero-day security holes in Apple's Mac OS X at the Canadian CanSecWest security conference. He will not reveal det... More >
Following a second instance of the now defunct Mariposa botnet being found on an HTC Magic phone, Vodafone now says as many as 3,000 HTC Magic phones may have malware-tainted memory cards, accord... More >
Just days before the Pwn2Own browser hacking contest is to kick off in Canada, Google has patched 11 vulnerabilities in the Windows version of Chrome, reports Computerworld . Six of the flaws are ... More >
According to Computerworld , the National Broadband Plan contains several recommendations that are designed to promote cyber security . The plan gives the FCC a greater role in creating ... More >
Police in Austin, Texas, have arrested Omar Ramos-Lopez, a former Texas Auto Center employee, for allegedly exploiting a system used by auto dealers to immobilize the vehicles of people behind with t... More >
CNET News reports that McAfee is warning Facebook users about a new phishing scam . Users are sent an e-mail that appears to be from Facebook saying the company reset their password and urgi... More >
According to security company Panda, there has been another instance of traces of the now defunct Mariposa botnet being found on an HTC Magic phone. NetworkWorld reports that the malware was agai... More >
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has accused Valery Maltsev of illegally manipulating share prices by stealing the login credentials of people’s online trading accounts, reports V3.co.u... More >
Core Security Technologies warns that an unpatched weakness in Microsoft's Virtual PC could leave companies vulnerable. According to CNET News , the hole could allow an attacker to bypass v... More >
Computerworld reports that Trusteer has launched a new service designed to allow banks to remotely investigate their customers' computers if it is believed that the PC has been hacked. The se... More >
In a move that aims to give cloud-computing service providers a way to provide security assurances to their customers, McAfee has announced a vulnerability-assessment scanning service, reports Netwo... More >
In an effort to help companies and vendors assess the effectiveness of their security products, IT security group the Jericho Forum is offering a new Self-Assessment Scheme . According to V3... More >
Computerworld reports that former Barclays Bank programmer Humza Zaman has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role in the data thefts at TJX Companies Inc. He has also been ordered to ... More >
According to Computerworld , Microsoft is testing a patch for a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer. Microsoft disclosed the vulnerability in last week's Patch Tuesday release. Wh... More >
Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency has reports that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has hacked into 29 Web sites associated with U.S. espionage networks , according to Computerworld . ... More >
V3.co.uk reports that Artur Boiko has been sentenced to two years and seven months after being found guilty of creating the Allaple malware to launch a DDoS attack on a local insurance company. &n... More >
Symantec warns that business networks could be overwhelmed by new trend in spam in which messages are sent via the Transport Layer Security protocol, reports V3.co.uk . The problem, accordi... More >
Come June, the Public Interest Registry plans to add an extra layer of security known as DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) to the .org domain . Computerworld reports that DNSSEC will be suppo... More >
According to Computerworld , there's a new Zeus toolkit out that promises new capabilities for strengthening the botnet. Don Jackson, director of threat intelligence at SecureWorks, says Ze... More >
Apple's new released Safari 4.0.5 addresses 16 vulnerabilities . According to The H Security , six of the flaws just affect Windows versions of Safari, while the other 10 affect both Mac OS X and W... More >
The Arkansas National Guard has lost an unencrypted backup storage drive that contained the names, Social Security numbers and other unspecified personal information of more than 35,000 guardsmen, ... More >
Internet users should be on the lookout for a malware attack disguised as an official Windows update , warns security firm Webroot. V3.co.uk says the attack seems to be related to a number o... More >
Adobe Reader has the unflattering distinction of taking first place as the software most often exploited in targeted attacks. Computerworld reports that F-Secure says 61 precent of the near... More >
According to Computerworld , HSBC has admitted that about 15,000 accounts of its Swiss private banking unit may have been compromised after an employee allegedly stole data. HSBC originally put th... More >
Computerworld reports that Israeli researcher Moshe Ben Abu has published exploit code for the unpatched Internet Explorer bug that Microsoft disclosed earlier this week as part of its Patch Tue... More >
Reuters reports that a former Transportation Security Administration employee has been charged with trying to corrupt a U.S. security database that holds sensitive information used for screening a... More >
Visitors to the Drudge Report are claiming that they got malware after visiting the site. Matt Drudge denies that his site was infecting visitors, but CNET News claims a visitor to the site has pro... More >
Symantec is showing off a prototype for what the company calls a next-generation solution to mobile security developed by its research labs. According to eSecurity Planet , Symantec Mobile R... More >
Secunia says that conflicting reports about the severity of a newly reported Opera flaw could be harming efforts to mitigate the threat, according to V3.co.uk . Carsten Eiram, chief security spe... More >
In an effort to cut down phishing and other malicious attacks, Twitter has launched a link-screening service . Computerworld reports that the service includes a Twitter tool to shorten URLs. Users... More >
According to Computerworld , Panda Security is investigating how three malware programs got on a recently purchased HTC Magic phone that belonged to a Panda employee. The phone contained a ... More >
Microsoft's March Patch Tuesday releases saw only two bulletins patching eight vulnerabilities. According to InformationWeek , both bulletins, which affect Windows Movie Maker and all versions of M... More >
According to V3.co.uk , researchers at Cambridge and Edinburgh universities say the security mechanisms used to protect online accounts are inherently flawed . The paper entitled "What's in ... More >
Help Net Security reports that Brett Gervasoni, a researcher and consultant with Sense of Security Labs, has discovered a serious vulnerability in Apache's HTTP Web server . The flaw allows an atta... More >
According to V3.co.uk , McAfee is using its first Consumer Threat Alert to warn Web users of the dangers of fake antivirus scams . Not only should users be on the lookout for bogus ads that ... More >
Computerworld reports that IBM is making use of two acquisitions to offer an enterprise-level product for security testing and code scanning . The product will feature Rational AppScan testi... More >
Opera is working on a patch for a critical vulnerability in its Windows desktop browser. According to Computerworld , attacker can exploit the bug, which affects Opera 10, to corrupt memory... More >
According the Chicago Tribune , Citibank mistakingly mailed year-end tax statements to 600,000 customers with their Social Security numbers printed on the outside of the envelope . Citi is blaming ... More >
The Anti-Phishing Working Group's latest phishing activity report shows that phishers are targeting smaller prey and are getting more skillful at accessing the credentials of high-value targets. &nb... More >
According to security vendor RSA, January saw a 21 percent increase in phishing attacks over the month before. Fast-flux attacks, in which phishing sites are masked by a constantly changing ... More >
A court in Thailand has approved the extradition of a Malaysian man to the United States for his alleged involvement in hacking credit card information, according to an IDG article in The New York... More >
The Department of Homeland Security's US-CERT is warning about software that accompanies the Energizer DUO USB battery charger. Computerworld reports that the software contains a Trojan horse tha... More >
MobileSitter , from Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology, offers a novel feature over other password-storage applications. According to Computerworld , the mobile ... More >
According to a study by code-testing company Veracode, 58 percent of software submitted to Veracode for testing is susceptible to application layer attacks . The number jumps to 88 percent when meas... More >
In an effort to catch cyber criminals, the FBI has started to embed agents with law enforcement agencies in Estonia, the Ukraine and the Netherlands, Computerworld reports. Jeffrey Troy, chief of... More >
This month's Patch Tuesday from Microsoft will see two bulletins fixing eight vulnerabilities rated "important" in Windows and Microsoft Office products, according to CNET News . Computerwo... More >
A survey by the Ponemon Institute of 80 large financial firms revealed that poor operating practices leave companies vulnerable to breaches that could expose sensitive data or put customers' and em... More >
Should malware-infected PCs be kicked off the Internet? eSecurity Planet reports that Microsoft thinks so, according to Scott Charney, corporate vice president of Trustworthy Computing at Microsof... More >
According to V3.co.uk , McAfee has created the Vulnerability Detection and Response Group , which will offer help and advice to organizations about emerging threats. According to McAfee, the... More >
Virus Bulletin's latest spam test showed that all 16 products tested passed the test and earned the VB certification, V3.co.uk reports. Spam filters were put up against more than 250,000 le... More >
This week's RSA Conference saw the announcement of a partnership between EMC, Intel and VMware to improve security and regulatory compliance in cloud computing, according to a Network World story... More >
Security company Damballa says the now infamous Google attacks were carried out by “amateur-level” botnets. According to eWEEK , researchers were able to trace the botnet's activity back to J... More >
Looking to get ideas from individuals and industry about how to best engage the American public in a discussion about cyber security, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano... More >
Last month, Microsoft yanked a Windows patch that users were claiming caused the so-called Blue Screen of Death. Following an investigation, Microsoft determined that a rootkit, known as ... More >
Experts at the RSA 2010 conference are warning that the effectiveness of traditional anti-virus and encryption systems is failing , V3.co.uk reports. Even though current successful detect... More >
Three men that were behind the Mariposa botnet have been arrested by Spanish authorities, according to Computerworld . In December, a group of volunteers calling itself the Mariposa Working ... More >
Financial resources are not the only thing identity thieves are interested in going after. They are also after medical identification data and services, reports Computerworld . According to a... More >
V3.co.uk reports that Microsoft has issued a security advisory for an unpatched vulnerability in VBScript that could allow hackers to plant malware on Windows XP machines running Internet Explor... More >
NetworkWorld reports that Cisco has announced an initiative known as Secure Borderless Network architecture . The intiative is being described as an "always on" security protection for mobile devic... More >
In an effort to better predict and protect against increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks, Lockheed Martin is opening a second internal security intelligence center in Denver, Reuters reports. ... More >
The Cloud Security Alliance conducted a security study identifying the “seven deadly sins” of cloud computing. Among the top seven threats , according to GCN , are: Malicious Insiders -- Th... More >
According to a TechCrunch article in The Washington Post, Google is expected to roll out some new security features for Gmail that will cut down on phishing and hacking. One possible chang... More >
Certainly, cyber criminals take advantage of current events to dupe users. InformationWeek reports that Symantec is warning users to be on their guard against scams to steal personal information wh... More >
According to eSecurity Planet , a Trojan is masquerading as Microsoft's popular free Microsoft Security Essentials package. The rogue security tool goes by the name Security Essentials 2010. ... More >
Security vendor iSEC Partners estimates that more than 100 companies were affected by the Google attack two months ago, reports PCWorld.com . However, as iSEC's Alex Stamos notes, the resemblance... More >
Symantec says the Grum and Rustock botnets have pushed spam levels up by 5 percent in February, reports V3.co.uk . A report from Symantec Hosted Services shows that the Grum botnet had a 51... More >
Hackers have stolen sensitive customer data from the computer systems of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts . According to Computerworld , the incident occurred between late October 2009 and Janua... More >
According to Computerworld , Microsoft is investigating an unpatched vulnerability in VBScript that could allow hackers to plant malware on Windows XP machines running Internet Explorer. Ma... More >
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