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FTC Warns Businesses About Digital Copier Security
By Brian Prince | Posted: 2010-12-06
A lot is written about protecting the network and safeguarding endpoints, but what about digital copiers?
A new brochure from the Federal Trade Commission released Dec. 3 includes
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Google Plugs 13 Chrome Security Bugs, Adds PDF Viewer
By Brian Prince | Posted: 2010-12-03
Google patched 13 security flaws in the latest release of its Chrome browser.
The flaws ran the gamut from a possible pop-up blocker bypass to a use-after-free vulnerability with SVG
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Is More Cyber-Security Regulation the Answer?
By Brian Prince | Posted: 2010-12-02
A survey of critical infrastructure companies by Enterprise Strategy Group reported that the companies with the most industry regulations to address tended to have better security
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Ransomware Appears Targeting Windows
By Brian Prince | Posted: 2010-11-30
Security researchers are reporting the appearance of ransomware kidnapping PCs.
What appear to be two separate campaigns have emerged. The first, discussed here by Sophos by Nov. 26, was
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Stolen Identities Selling for Cheap
By Brian Prince | Posted: 2010-11-22
The personal price of having one's identity stolen can be high. But the price for buying that identity isn't.
A look at underground sites revealed stolen American credit cards can go for as
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Apple Issues Safari Security Update
By Brian Prince | Posted: 2010-11-18
Apple fixed 27 vulnerabilities in Safari for Mac OS X and Windows today.
All of the vulnerabilities exist in the open-source Webkit engine. In addition, nearly all of them can be exploited to execute code remotely on Macs or Windows PCs.
Among the vulnerabilities is a problem due to Safari using a
SMBs Wary of Social Network Security
By Brian Prince | Posted: 2010-11-16
Research from Webroot illustrated that many small to midsized businesses (SMBs) have taken to blocking social networking sites.
In a survey of more than 1,000 businesses from the U.S. and U.K.,
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Mobile Malware Targets Chinese Users
By Brian Prince | Posted: 2010-11-12
More than one million mobile phone users in China have been infected with malware due to a fake antivirus scam.
According to media reports, malicious code hidden within a fake antivirus
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Eleonore Exploit Kit Bag Full of Not-So Goodies
By Brian Prince | Posted: 2010-11-09
Researchers recently discovered that the latest Internet Explorer zero-day, detailed here by eWEEK, had made its way into the Eleonore exploit kit.
But most of the vulnerabilities
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Firefox Add-On BlackSheep Sniffs Out Firesheep Tool
By Brian Prince | Posted: 2010-11-08
Researchers at Zscaler have released a tool to help detect the much-discussed Firesheep tool.
With no small touch of irony, Zscaler has dubbed its tool "BlackSheep." Like Firesheep,
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Adobe Investigates Reader Security Flaw Report
By Brian Prince | Posted: 2010-11-05
Adobe Systems is investigating a report of a new vulnerability in Adobe Reader.
So far Adobe has not seen any attacks exploiting the vulnerability, though proof-of-concept code was
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Stock Spam Scam Uses Social Media
By Brian Prince | Posted: 2010-11-04
Spammers are putting a new twist on pump-and-dump scams, according to a new report by McAfee.
Pump-and -dump scams artificially inflate stock prices with misleading information so they can be sold at a
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Designing Smartphone Botnet Command and Control Infrastructure
By Brian Prince | Posted: 2010-11-02
Smartphone security mostly still means having the ability to remotely manage devices. Still, malware targeting smartphones does exist, and the prospect that attackers
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Firefox Fixes Security Zero-Day
By Brian Prince | Posted: 2010-10-28
Firefox has patched a zero-day vulnerability uncovered earlier this week.
The company issued an update to Firefox and Thunderbird late Wednesday to patch the vulnerability.
The vulnerability was
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Cloud Security Survey Shows Way to Go
By Brian Prince | Posted: 2010-10-26
A survey from access governance vendor Courion underscored that security cloud has a ways to go.
In a survey of 384 business managers (86 percent of which came from companies with at least 1,000 employees), Courion found disagreement over who is in charge of data. More than 65 percent said the
