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In an effort to address the shift by attackers from targeting operating systems to targeting applications Microsoft is offering the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit . According to V3.co.uk , ... More >
U.S.-based security firm Lookout warns that more than 80 Google Android wallpaper apps were gathering mobile phone numbers and other personal details. According to Telegraph.co.uk , many of the app... More >
During a talk at the Black Hat security conference, researcher Mariano Nunez Di Croce warned that SAP software is at risk from backdoor attacks Part of the problem, notes eCRM Guide , is tha... More >
In an effort to better share details on its bug patching efforts, Adobe will start using the Microsoft Active Protections Program by year's end. This will be the first time that another company's p... More >
Security consultant Ron Bowes has published the personal details of 100 million Facebook users . According to BBC News, the list is being shared as a downloadable file and contains the URL of ever... More >
At this year's Black Hat conference, Barnaby Jack, director of security testing at IOActive, demonstrated that it's possible to hack into an ATM. CNET News reports that Jack unearthed a numb... More >
According to eWEEK , Apple has patched a bug in Safari just a day before a researcher's presentation about the issue. Among the 15 fixes is one for the Safari Autofill flaw, which WhiteHa... More >
A report carried out by Verizon Business in conjunction with the U.S. Secret Service found that organized crime was behind 85 percent of all data stolen in external attacks on companies, according ... More >
According to PCWorld.com , wireless security researchers have discovered a vulnerability in the WPA2 security protocol . An AirTight researcher who uncovered the flaw has dubbed it "Hole 196... More >
According to The Register , Slovenian police have arrested a 23-year-old hacker suspected of creating the code behind the infamous Mariposa botnet. The suspect, known only by his hacker handle of ... More >
Google has fixed five vulnerabilities in Chrome 5. According to Softpedia , three are pegged as high, one medium and one low risk. As The H Security reports, three security researchers, Jo... More >
Just days after releasing 14 security updates to address bugs in Firefox, Mozilla has released a patch to fix one of its patches. InformationWeek reports that Security Advisory 2010-48, which wa... More >
According to CNET News , Citibank has addressed a flaw in its mobile banking iPhone app that was accidentally storing customer account data on the mobile devices. In a statement, the company said:... More >
Because Open Hack Days have proven to be important sources of new ideas and technologies for Yahoo, the company is considering investing in hackers with good ideas and technologies, reports Comput... More >
According to Gazette.net , a Maryland Department of Human Resources employee has been fired for posting about 3,000 names, Social Security numbers and other personal information on his personal we... More >
Following Google's request that the security community redefine "responsible disclosure," Microsoft has pitched its own proposal for how software makers react to bugs reported by researchers in an ... More >
V3.co.uk reports that Cisco is warning that a flaw in its Content Delivery System could allow an attacker to remotely access a targeted system. According to the security advisory : The Cis... More >
According to Computerworld , Safari's AutoFill feature , which is supposed to make it easier to fill out forms, could by abused by hackers to harvest personal information. Techtree.com repo... More >
InformationWeek reports that the Open Information Security Foundation, a Department of Homeland Security-funded foundation, has released source code for the Suricata Engine , an open source softwar... More >
Computerworld reports that a group of researchers claim to have developed software that cracks the A5/1 encryption algorithm used by some GSM networks. Dubbed Kraken, the software can break A5/1 e... More >
Microsoft is attempting to temporarily plug a critical .LNK vulnerability with an automated "Fix It" tool , reports ChannelWeb . As we reported on our Network Security Edge site, a securit... More >
Dell has issued a warning that "a small number" of its PowerEdge R410 server motherboards may contain malware , according to Computerworld . Apparently, the "malware code has been detected on the e... More >
According to PCMag.com , the first beta of the next version of Microsoft Security Essentials is now available. This next version will be more tightly integrated with Internet Explorer. Not ... More >
In an effort to provide more protection against attacks, Adobe is adding a "Protected Mode" to the next release of Adobe Reader for Windows, according to CNET News . As the article explains: The s... More >
CNET News reports the Mozilla has released security fixes for Firefox and Thunderbird that also include updates for the legacy versions of both. Firefox 3.6.7 for Windows, Mac, and Linux ad... More >
Despite the discovery of a worm that allows criminals to break into Siemens' industrial automation systems using a default password, Siemens is telling customers not to change their passwords , ac... More >
Zscaler's latest cloud-based e-mail security application scans and secures messages sent from any device before it enters or leaves a customer's e-mail system. According to eSecurity Planet ... More >
Information on nearly 800,000 people associated with South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, Mass., may be at risk after computer files went missing when they were shipped to a contractor to be destroyed,... More >
VeriSign has expanded its SSL certification program to include malware scanning . According to V3.co.uk , administrators can now display a certification confirming that the site is free of malware ... More >
Beware of a new and highly sophisticated virus that goes after computers used to manage large-scale industrial control systems used by manufacturing and utility companies, warns Siemens. Acco... More >
Colorado's Secretary of State and other officials are telling the state's 800,000 or so registered businesses to beware of scammers who have recently been fabricating business identities to make fr... More >
According to PCWorld.com , Mozilla has increased the bounty it will pay security researchers for information on security flaws in its products from $500 to $3,000. The reward program applie... More >
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal wants the state Teachers' Retirement Board to explain why it waited six months to inform its members of a lost flash drive containing retirement data... More >
A Sophos study found that 15.2 percent of all global spam messages came from the United States during the second quarter of 2010, compared to 13.1 percent in the first quarter. Behind the United St... More >
According to InformationWeek , a new study conducted by M86 Security found that while traditional online attacks are becoming less effective, attackers are combining these attacks in unexpected wa... More >
Trusteer is warning that the Zeus botnet has started harvesting bank data by posing as a credit card verification scheme. V3.co.uk reports that the malware has been injecting phishing pages into s... More >
According to Computerworld , Mozilla has pulled a password-stealing add-on that slipped into Firefox's extension gallery more than a month ago. In a blog post , Mozilla says: It was discovered th... More >
EnterpriseMobileToday reports that Google is offering enhanced mobile device security options for iPhone, Nokia Series E and Windows Mobile devices. Included in the options is the ability t... More >
Microsoft says it has seen a surge in attacks leveraging one of the critical bugs fixed in July's monthly security patches , and is urging users to update their software. According to Comput... More >
AfterDawn reports that according to a report from Secunia, Apple takes first place in the list of companies whose software for PCs has the most security vulnerabilities in the first half of 2010. ... More >
According to Computerworld , Oracle plans to release 59 patches to fix security flaws affecting hundreds of products. Twenty-one of the vulnerabilities affect Solaris products; seven of the... More >
According to SPAMfighter , the Maine Legislature and the University of Maine are the victims of hackers , although the two incidents do not seem to be related. University police say that hac... More >
Symantec is warning of a recurrence of the Trojan.Sasfis malware . According to V3.co.uk , the Trojan attempts to trick users into opening an attachment that appears to be an official lookin... More >
According to CNET News , Microsoft's July Patch Tuesday will include four security bulletins patching a total of five vulnerabilities. A critical patch for Windows XP and one for the Access databa... More >
A repeat of a wave of outages that struck U.S. and South Korean government websites last July caused no major interference, reports boston.com . Police say hundreds of computers were designe... More >
According to V3.co.uk , Google has issued a security update that addresses nine vulnerabilities in the Mac, Linux and Windows versions of its Chrome browser. Successful exploits of the flaws could... More >
Looking to prevent malware from spreading via USB devices, McAfee has inked deals with a number of secure USB manufacturers to ship McAfee security software on their devices. InformationWeek... More >
NetQin is warning of new viruses targeting Symbian smartphones . According to InformationWeek , the viruses -- Dubbed ShadowSrv.A, FC.Downsis.A, BIT.N and MapPlug.A -- come hidden in games d... More >
In retaliation for Microsoft's treatment of a colleague, an anonymous group of security researchers has published information about an unpatched Windows bug , according to Computerworld . A ... More >
According to BBC News , Apple has banned Vietnamese developer Thuat Nguyen from its app store for fraudulently pushing his titles to its best-seller list. The Register reports that Nguyen ... More >
Adeniyi Adeyemi, a former IT staffer with the Bank of New York Mellon, pleaded guilty to stealing sensitive information on 2,000 bank employees and then using that data to bilk charities out of $1 ... More >
The Wall Street Journal reports that Connecticut is looking into a security breach that may have exposed information on some 470,000 people who applied for health insurance from WellPoint. ... More >
According to Reuters , data on 79,000 retirees, former employees, and current employees could be at risk after a hard drive containing personal information was stolen from the AMR Corp.'s pension ... More >
According to V3.co.uk , Microsoft has admitted that more than 10,000 Windows XP PCs have been struck by attacks exploiting a publicized vulnerability in the Windows Help and Support Center. ... More >
Researchers at Symantec Hosted Services have discovered a sophisticated malware operation targeting defense contractors . According to V3.co.uk , the scheme involved compromising the site of... More >
Here we go again: On Tuesday, Adobe patched 17 critical vulnerabilities in Reader and Acrobat in an out of cycle update, according to Computerworld . Adobe says 16 of the 17 patches could lead to ... More >
Reuters reports that some 470,000 people who applied for health insurance from WellPoint may have had their personal information exposed due to a website security glitch. The company is blaming th... More >
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