US government websites taken down in hacking attacks 

US government websites taken down in hacking attacks

Several important US government web sites were shut down by hackers over the July 4th holiday weekend it has been revealed.
Researcher plans to unveil a month of Twitter bugs in July 

Researcher plans to unveil a month of Twitter bugs in July

A security researcher plans to use next month to disclose a slew of bugs that could yield worm outbreaks in microblogging platform Twitter.
Malware heats up in July 

Malware heats up in July

Spammed malware activity boomed over the month of July, according to Google.
Microsoft readies four patches for July update 

Microsoft readies four patches for July update

Microsoft announced on Thursday that it plans to push out four patches -- none for "critical" vulnerabilities -- in the July round of fixes.
VeriSign suffers data breach after July laptop theft 

VeriSign suffers data breach after July laptop theft

VeriSign, the digital certificate vendor responsible for the internet's .com and .net domains, suffered a data breach last month when a laptop was stolen from an employee's ...
Microsoft fixes one July Patch Tuesday fix 

Microsoft fixes one July Patch Tuesday fix

Microsoft fixed one of its July patches this week after reports that the patch appears to install correctly, but then is reoffered by Automatic Update and Windows Update.
July court date set for Sasser menace 

July court date set for Sasser menace

The alleged author of the Sasser worm will appear before court on July 5.
July was a boom month for email viruses 

July was a boom month for email viruses

Netsky topped the list of viruses in July, as users continued to be fooled by email scams. MyDoom and Zafi vied for second place.
July was a big month for viruses 

July was a big month for viruses

Sophos said it identified 1,157 new viruses in July, the highest number since December 2001.
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