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Attackers exploit recent Microsoft fix 

Attackers exploit recent Microsoft fix

In Applications - By Sue Marquette, 16 April 2008 10:33 AM
Hackers continue trying to exploit a patched vulnerability in Microsoft's Graphic Display Interface (GDI), researchers said this week.
Spammers use Angelina, Britney gossip as lures 

Spammers use Angelina, Britney gossip as lures

In Messaging - By Sue Marquette, 7 April 2008 5:59 AM
Cybercriminals are playing off the interest in celebrity gossip by sending email that promises erotic pictures of stars such as Angelina Jolie and Britney Spears but are ...
Americans feel safe online, says poll 

Americans feel safe online, says poll

In Web/client - By Sue Marquette, 3 April 2008 9:40 AM
An overwhelming majority of Americans claim to feel safe online, according to a recent poll.
Hackers may have accessed Sony PlayStation network 

Hackers may have accessed Sony PlayStation network

In Web/client - By Sue Marquette, 28 March 2008 9:42 AM
Some users of the Sony PlayStation network may have had their passwords changed and personal information exposed through unauthorized access, the gaming platform provider has ...
FTC plans anti-phishing roundtable  

FTC plans anti-phishing roundtable

In Messaging - By Sue Marquette, 26 March 2008 10:14 AM
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is hosting a half-day roundtable event to discuss new strategies aimed at increasing awareness of phishing schemes.
Websites riddled with vulnerabilities: WhiteHat study 

Websites riddled with vulnerabilities: WhiteHat study

In Web/client - By Sue Marquette, 25 March 2008 10:03 AM
Most legitimate websites average seven vulnerabilities, with nine out of 10 containing serious flaws that hackers can exploit, the latest WhiteHat Website Security Statistics ...
March Madness hoops-watching may drive IT staff mad 

March Madness hoops-watching may drive IT staff mad

In Risk - By Sue Marquette, 20 March 2008 10:28 AM
With online viewing the only option for many college basketball fans this week, businesses run the risk of employee productivity declines, bandwidth overloads and security ...
Spammers send Google links to malware 

Spammers send Google links to malware

In Messaging - By Sue Marquette, 19 March 2008 10:17 AM
A loophole in Google's website is sending unsuspecting users to malicious websites or executables, according to McAfee Avert Labs.
Pacemakers vulnerable to attack 

Pacemakers vulnerable to attack

In Web/client - By Sue Marquette, 17 March 2008 10:02 AM
Heart patients beware: If you feel a sudden jolt to your chest, it may be that someone has hacked into your pacemaker, according to recent research that investigated security ...
Cyber Storm II underway from DHS 

Cyber Storm II underway from DHS

In Web/client - By Sue Marquette, 12 March 2008 10:00 AM
To strengthen the nation's cybersecurity preparedness, the federal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) this week is holding its second Cyber Storm event, a five-day exercise ...
Aniti-phishing bill working its way through U.S. Senate 

Aniti-phishing bill working its way through U.S. Senate

In Hackers - By Sue Marquette, 10 March 2008 10:40 AM
A group of U.S. senators have introduced a bi-partisan bill aimed at stopping phishing, but some privacy advocates are worried that website registrants will have to forfeit too ...
Home-grown encryption scanner mimics Princeton's "cold-boot" tool 

Home-grown encryption scanner mimics Princeton's "cold-boot" tool

In Messaging - By Sue Marquette, 6 March 2008 10:42 AM
A scanning tool similar to the one a Princeton engineering team built last month to read encrypted data on a "cold boot" DRAM chip has been publicly released by McGrew ...
Survey: ID management grows in importance across government 

Survey: ID management grows in importance across government

In Risk - By Sue Marquette, 6 March 2008 10:42 AM
Most government IT workers believe identity management is critical to their organisations, but view cost as a major obstacle, a new survey from Quest Software concludes.
Report outs banks with most ID theft complaints 

Report outs banks with most ID theft complaints

In Risk - By Sue Marquette, 3 March 2008 10:16 AM
Consumers, regulators, and businesses have no way to reliably assess the incidences and frequency of identity fraud at major financial institutions, a new study concludes.
Survey shows IT security employees in demand, but skills lack 

Survey shows IT security employees in demand, but skills lack

In Risk - By Sue Marquette, 29 February 2008 9:41 AM
There is a wide gap between IT security skills that organisations need and the skills IT professionals bring to the job, according to a new survey by the Computing Technology ...
YouTube breakdown could happen again 

YouTube breakdown could happen again

In Networks - By Sue Marquette, 28 February 2008 9:42 AM
When officials in Pakistan blocked content from YouTube, it created two separate issues -- but neither one should have surprised anyone, a Gartner analyst said Wednesday.
US Feds lacking in data security 

US Feds lacking in data security

In Risk - By Sue Marquette, 27 February 2008 10:02 AM
Federal agencies are not doing enough to protect citizens from identity theft, according to a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), the investigative arm ...
Olympic spam carries malicious code: MessageLabs 

Olympic spam carries malicious code: MessageLabs

In Messaging - By Sue Marquette, 26 February 2008 10:16 AM
A legitimate attachment containing information about security for the upcoming Beijing Summer Games is also masking a trojan, researchers at MessageLabs said.
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