Google reports huge rise in fake antivirus software 

Google reports huge rise in fake antivirus software

In Web/client - By Iain Thomson, 28 April 2010 1:34 PM
Fake AV now accounts for 15 per cent of online malware.
Yahoo accounts of journalists based in China and Taiwan hacked 

Yahoo accounts of journalists based in China and Taiwan hacked

In Web/client - By SC Australia Staff, 1 April 2010 3:11 PM
Foreign journalists and academics targeted.
Mass account theft hits Hotmail users 

Mass account theft hits Hotmail users

In Messaging - By Shaun Nichols, 6 October 2009 12:22 PM
Phishing operation blamed for loss of thousands of passwords.
Microsoft investigates exploit reports for Windows flaw 

Microsoft investigates exploit reports for Windows flaw

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 13 October 2008 10:09 AM
Attackers have posted public exploit code for a zero-day Windows vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation.
Report claims IT underestimates scope of malware 

Report claims IT underestimates scope of malware

In Web/client - By Ashley Clark, 5 June 2008 4:55 PM
A recent study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has found malware has become so prevalent that 25 percent of computers in the United States ...
TJX reports soaring profits one year after breach disclosure 

TJX reports soaring profits one year after breach disclosure

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 21 February 2008 9:52 AM
TJX on Wednesday reported a 47 percent spike in quarterly profits, aided by a reduction in the reserve that was created to pay for costs associated with last year's reported ...
TJX reports plummeting profits, but sales up 

TJX reports plummeting profits, but sales up

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 16 August 2007 2:15 PM
TJX's profits are starting to crumble under the weight of the massive data breach announced in January that placed about 45.7 million customers at risk for identity theft, ...
Microsoft refutes exploit-site reports of Office flaws 

Microsoft refutes exploit-site reports of Office flaws

In Applications - By Frank Washkuch, 12 April 2007 9:40 AM
The same week Microsoft released April's second Patch Tuesday distribution, a hacker claimed on exploit websites to have found a number of application flaws. Microsoft today ...
Secunia reports Kaspersky vulnerabilities as highly critical 

Secunia reports Kaspersky vulnerabilities as highly critical

In Applications - By Ericka Chickowski, 10 April 2007 10:48 AM
Secunia yesterday released a highly critical advisory for multiple vulnerabilities in several Kaspersky Lab products that could allow remote attackers to access or steal files ...
US reaches milestone: 100 million records exposed  

US reaches milestone: 100 million records exposed

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 15 December 2006 9:36 AM
Two months after the U.S. population reached 300 million people, the nation realised a more troubling statistical milestone when the nonprofit organisation, Privacy Rights ...
Mozilla: Nothing to reports of Firefox 2.0 flaws 

Mozilla: Nothing to reports of Firefox 2.0 flaws

In Web/client - By Frank Washkuch, 27 October 2006 7:50 PM
Mozilla has downplayed reports of two vulnerabilities in just-released Firefox 2.0.
Secunia reports another Internet Explorer 7 flaw 

Secunia reports another Internet Explorer 7 flaw

In Networks - By Ericka Chickowski, 25 October 2006 5:34 PM
Secunia today reported a new vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) that can be exploited during phishing attacks.
Microsoft denies reports of first IE7 security flaw 

Microsoft denies reports of first IE7 security flaw

In Risk - By Tom Sanders, 20 October 2006 10:00 AM
Microsoft has dismissed reports of a security vulnerability in its Internet Explorer 7 browser as "inaccurate".
Microsoft reports post-Patch Tuesday PowerPoint exploit 

Microsoft reports post-Patch Tuesday PowerPoint exploit

By Dan Kaplan, 13 October 2006 4:55 PM
Two days after Microsoft released 10 patches to remedy 26 vulnerabilities, the software giant's security team reported late Thursday that it is tracking a new zero-day exploit ...
Symantec investigating vulnerability reports 

Symantec investigating vulnerability reports

By Dan Kaplan, 26 May 2006 7:12 PM
Symantec is investigating the report of a vulnerability in its AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10, the security giant said Thursday.
Organization reports more than 350 software piracy cases in 2005 

Organization reports more than 350 software piracy cases in 2005

By William Eazel, 10 April 2006 9:47 AM
The Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) has released its 2005 AntiPiracy year end report, which revealed the organization received 366 reports of piracy last ...
F-Secure reports on self 

F-Secure reports on self

By Dan Kaplan, 20 January 2006 9:24 PM
Anti-virus vendor F-Secure has detected a vulnerability in one of its own products, the company said in an advisory Thursday.
National cybersecurity group to launch web site, release reports 

National cybersecurity group to launch web site, release reports

By Marcia Savage, 17 March 2004 5:23 PM
A coalition of business associations working to implement the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace plans to launch its website and release recommendations on Thursday.
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