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According to Computerworld , hackers have accessed the payment-processing system of Destination Hotels & Resorts. Destination isn't saying much about the incident, but in a press relea... More >
Florida International University's College of Education is notifying 19,000 students and 88 faculty members that their personal information has been exposed by an unsecure database, eSecurity Plan... More >
Researchers at Core Security Technologies warn that users of Cisco's Aironet 1200 Series Access Point may be putting themselves at risk if they leave a WPA wireless migration feature enabled. ... More >
A data breach that exposed the most sensitive personal information of more than 230,000 Anthem Blue Cross members is being blamed on a sloppy website upgrade, according to eSecurity Planet . ... More >
G Data SecurityLabs research is warning of a recent surge in spam and phishing sites that link to MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger. According to V3.co.uk , the links included in the... More >
M86 Security is warning that a rapidly growing number of websites are being infected by the Asprox spam botnet . V3.co.uk reports that according to the security firm, Asprox, which is capabl... More >
Computerworld reports that .org has become the first generic top-level domain to provide its customers improved security using DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions). Alexa Raad, C... More >
John Pescatore, a senior analyst at Gartner, says to expect botnet attacks to continue going strong until 2013 , as they have proven remarkably resilient as an entry point into corporate systems, re... More >
V3.co.uk reports that Mozilla's Firefox update fixes nine vulnerabilities , six of which are considered "critical." Computerworld adds that two were labeled "moderate," while one was tagged as "l... More >
According to a report by security firm SMobile Systems, about 20 percent of the apps in the Android marketplace grant a third-party application access to sensitive or private information . CN... More >
Twitter says with the record traffic it is experiencing because of the World Cup, it will delay delay its total switch to OAuth until Aug. 16 . As InformationWeek explains: OAuth technology... More >
A recent security patch for Microsoft's SharePoint Server 3.0 that shipped as part of last week's Patch Tuesday release seems to be giving systems administrators headaches and causing the collaborat... More >
According to eSecurity Planet , Microsoft has filed suit against the perpetrators behind one of the "largest ever" spam attacks on Windows Live Hotmail. In a blog post , John Scarrow, gene... More >
According to new research from NSS Labs, security software from major vendors often misses new malware , taking an average of two days to block a website crafted to attack a computer visiting it. Co... More >
In issuing its latest Mac OS X software update, Apple seems to have silently slipped in an anti-malware protection update. According to Computerworld , Sophos claims that Apple's OS X 10.6.4... More >
According to the French National Commission on Computing and Liberty, the Wi-Fi traffic that Google collected with its Street View cars included passwords and e-mail , NetworkWorld reports. CNIL h... More >
Research by CPP shows that 3.7 billion phishing e-mails have been sent over the past year, according to Network World . More than half of the of phishing scams are fake bank e-mails. Hoax l... More >
An Associated Press article in The Washington Post reports that in an effort to provide a trusted way for researchers to report stolen credit card numbers and other data they've found , Microsoft ... More >
Apple has issued security updates for Mac OS and iTunes . According to V3.co.uk , the OS X patch covers flaws in 10.5 Leopard and 10.6 Snow Leopard. It fixes 23 vulnerabilities in the operat... More >
AVAST Software has released the first of its “America’s Most Wanted” roster of the most infected websites. Its virus labs found the most infected websites during May had an overwhelming popular cult... More >
Law enforcement across Europe, the United States and Australia have snagged 178 people in an operation to quash an international network producing fake credit cards that turned over more than $25 mi... More >
It seems AT&T has made the news again for mishandling data. PCWorld.com reports that some users claim that when they log in to their AT&T accounts to pre-order the iPhone 4, they apparently... More >
InformationWeek reports that a new SQL injection attack has infected about 1,000 Web pages with a malicious iFrame. This attack is a variation of last week's mass SQL attack that infected an est... More >
The Federal Communications Commission is speaking out about the privacy incidents involving Apple's iPad and Google's Street View . FCC officials say both point to a need for greater security awa... More >
The Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization (AMTSO) has established guidelines for how security software products should be tested . There are two sets of guidelines that cover principles for te... More >
Computerworld reports that a San Francisco Superior Court judge has delayed the sentencing of Terry Childs to July 2 at the request of Childs' defense attorneys who asked for more time to prepare ... More >
According to Computerworld , Windows XP SP2 users will no longer receive any Internet Explorer security updates after July 13 when the 2004 operating system will be retired. To continue to receive... More >
AT&T is blaming the exposure of 114,000 iPad users' e-mail addresses on "computer hackers" who "maliciously exploited" an attempt by the carrier to speed the process of logging in to its webs... More >
Microsoft has confirmed an unpatched bug in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 that could be used to infect PCs by tricking users into visiting malicious websites or opening attack e-mail, reports ... More >
According to BusinessWeek , the Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into an AT&T security breach that exposed the e-mail addresses of users of Apple's iPad 3G. The Wall Street Journal ... More >
To help developers avoid common security pitfalls when building applications, HP has launched HP Comprehensive Applications Threat Analysis as part of its Secure Advantage portfolio to eliminate se... More >
Though the range and number of threats has not decreased, Gartner says it's "safe" for IT teams to reduce their security budgets this year, reports V3.co.uk . According to Gartner, IT secur... More >
According to Computerworld , thousands of websites, including Web pages belonging to The Wall Street Journal and The Jerusalem Post, were hit by a widepread attack that posted malicious HTML code ... More >
The e-mail addresses of about 114,000 iPad users were exposed after hackers from a group that calls itself Goatse Security exploited a hole in an AT&T website, reports CNET News . Top official... More >
Penn State University officials have discovered that a computer in the campus's Outreach Market Research and Data office was communicating with a botnet's command-and-control center. According to ... More >
In an attempt to improve security and get more information on links being shared, Twitter has announced a new feature designed to wrap and shorten all links posted by users, according to V3.co.uk ... More >
Apple's latest version of its Safari browser patches a record 48 vulnerabilities , Computerworld reports. The browser shipped the same day as Apple unveiled the iPhone 4 at its annual Worldwide ... More >
According to CNET News , Adobe will patch a critical hole in its Flash Player by Thursday. A patch for the same vulnerability in Acrobat and Reader will be available June 29 as part of an accelera... More >
Users of Amazon Web Services' content delivery network service CloudFront are now able transfer data over an encrypted HTTPS connection, but it will cost them more than if they transfer it via HTTP. ... More >
According to San Francisco-based security firm Lookout, hackers have loaded viruses in video games for smartphones running Microsoft Windows, reports Reuters. The games involved are 3D Anti... More >
Colorado Casualty Insurance Co. has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that it is not responsible for reimbursing the University of Utah for $3.3 million in costs related to a 2008 data breach, accord... More >
CNET News reports that Adobe is warning of a "critical" vulnerability in its Flash Player and Adobe Reader and Acrobat products that could allow attackers take control of victim's computers. ... More >
Microsoft's June Patch Tuesday will include 10 bulletins fixing 34 vulnerabilities affecting Windows, Office, and Internet Explorer, CNET News reports. According to Computerworld , three... More >
Panda security has boosted its cloud-based antivirus protection by expanding the protection provided in the free version, and adding a Pro Edition with additional features and capabilities. ... More >
Two years after suing Florida spyware vendor CyberSpy Software for selling "100 percent undetectable" keylogging software, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with the company.... More >
According to ChannelWeb , a clickjacking worm has plagued hundreds of thousands of Facebook users , spreading malware and unwanted code when users click a link that indicates they "like" the malici... More >
Business First reports that a University of Louisville database with the personal information of hundreds of dialysis patients has been accessible via the Internet since Oct. 1, 2008. University o... More >
Once again, the Federal Trade Commission has pushed back the deadline for the Red Flags Rule . As IT Business Edge blogger Lora Bentley explains: These rules, set out in the Fair and Accurate Cred... More >
Intego is warning that some Mac software may include a new piece of invasive spyware called OSX/OpinionSpy. According to PCWorld.com , the spyware infects a number of apps and screen savers... More >
InformationWeek reports that attendees at this month's AusCERT information security conference in Australia got an unintended surprise when IBM passed out a promotional USB thumb drive that was loa... More >
Soldiers serving in the U.S. Armed Forces are being warned to be on high alert for a new phishing scam that targets customers at a pair of credit unions that serve servicemen and their families , re... More >
More than 5,200 current and former employees working for the City of Charlotte, N.C. are at risk after an official confirmed that two DVDs storing information including names, birth dates and Social... More >
The Financial Times reports that several Google employees say the search giant is phasing out Microsoft’s Windows operating system because of security concerns. The move to other operating ... More >
According to Computerworld , Adobe is considering a more frequent patch schedule . Last year , the company moved to a quarterly patch schedule. But with hackers increasingly focused on find... More >
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