2009-07-10
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo plans to sue social networking site Tagged.com for allegedly stealing the identities of its members, raiding their e-mail contact lists and sending out spam in a bid to lure recipients to the site. Tagged's CEO denies the accusations.
2009-07-10
Security firm Trend Micro teams up with Sago Networks to provide businesses with an expanded range of security solutions.
2009-07-09
Microsoft is prepping fixes for vulnerabilities in the DirectShow and Video ActiveX Control components as part of July's Patch Tuesday. The Patch Tuesday release will consist of six security bulletins, three rated critical.
2009-07-09
IBM pulled the covers off new technology today that uses optical character recognition to conceal data. The data masking tool does not change data but filters it before it reaches the PC screen, making it unnecessary to develop sanitized copies of enterprise data for individual users.
2009-07-09
A new series of cyber-attacks targeting Websites in South Korea was launched today, disrupting both commercial and government sites. The DDOS attacks continue a campaign that began targeting sites in the United States over the July 4 weekend.
2009-07-08
Research by Symantec MessageLabs shows the amount of spam that contains links masked via URL shortening services has jumped dramatically in the past few days. While services like TinyURL and Cligs are popular for legitimate users, people should treat shortened URLs with at least as much caution as other links, security researchers say.
2009-07-08
As security researchers work to break down the malicious code tied to a DDOS attack targeting government and commercial sites in the United States and South Korea, more information is leaking out on how the attack happened. Still, much about the attacks–including the motives and identity of attackers-remains unknown.
2009-07-08
The distributed denial of service attacks that swept through U.S. and South Korean government sites has a key cyber-security senator renewing his push for a reform of the Federal Information Security Management Act. The legislation would change the focus of U.S. cyber-security from compliance to detection and prevention.
2009-07-08
Cost-conscious businesses that find their IT departments overwhelmed with technology issues might turn to IT services provider CMIT Solutions, which announced the launch of its co-managed service desk.
2009-07-07
The vulnerability in the Video ActiveX control Microsoft has warned about was reported to the company in 2008, but that doesn't mean Microsoft dragged its feet too much when it came to patching, says one of the researchers who found the vulnerability. With hackers circling, however, users may not want to wait on a patch to protect them.
2009-07-07
Those old Microsoft vulnerabilities you read about are still being targeted successfully by hackers. According to research from Fortinet, it’s not just the latest exploits your IT admins and users have to be concerned with.
2009-07-06
Symantec unveils reputation-based technology code-named Quorum in the latest versions of Norton Internet Security and Norton AntiVirus. Now available as a free beta, the products represent Symantec's hybrid approach to security, mixing traditional signatures with application whitelisting.
2009-07-06
Hackers are launching attacks against an unpatched vulnerability in the Microsoft Video ActiveX Control that could allow an attacker to take full control over the system. When using Internet Explorer, code execution is remote and requires no user interaction, Microsoft says.
2009-07-06
McAfee customers around the world running old, unsupported versions of its security software fell victim to false positives July 3 that disrupted operations for some. McAfee officials say users running the most current version of McAfee VirusScan Enterprise were not impacted.
2009-07-03
UPDATED: The hacker who made the news in 2007 for unlocking Apple's first iPhone has released a new application for jailbreaking the iPhone 3GS. The tool is currently available for Windows only.
2009-07-03
China’s Ministry of Industry and IT reportedly said it “will definitely carry on the directive on Green Dam.” And while Apple has so far been on the sidelines of the Windows-based filtering software mandate, Green Dam maker Jinhui is said to be testing a Mac-compatible version.
2009-07-02
EXCLUSIVE: The FAA, which has suffered a series of embarrassing flight plan system crashes during the last several years, has upgraded its legacy flight plan filing system to a new open-systems server and storage infrastructure supplied by Stratus Technologies. This architecture is now replacing critical systems that directly affect all air travelers in the United States.
2009-07-02
Security researchers at Symantec and Sophos are reporting the prevalence of spam related to the death of pop star Michael Jackson last week. Rather than relying on just their normal Independence Day-related e-mails, spammers have launched a number of campaigns to infect users with malware using news about the singer as a lure.
2009-07-01
Facebook looks to make a splash with changes designed to simplify and standardize its privacy settings. The push to improve privacy comes as Facebook is working to make profiles more searchable over the Web.
2009-06-30
Former security consultant Max Ray Butler pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges June 29 in connection with his role in a massive hacking and identity theft scheme. Butler faces decades behind bars when he is sentenced in October.
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