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| Last Updated: 09/05/2008 5:07 pm |
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| Microsoft Gives Advance Notice Of Critical Updates |
[Insider Report: 2008-09-05 ]
Microsoft Gives Advance Notice Of Critical Updates
Jason Lee Miller
Microsoft plans to issue a security bulletin next Tuesday, September 9, about critical vulnerabilities affecting various Windows-based systems.
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Recent Reports:
[Insider Report: 2008-09-04 ]
Botnets Increase Four Fold Over Summer
Jason Lee Miller
Both the number of botnets and the size of individual botnets have quadrupled in the past 90 days, according to security researchers. Despite the sudden influx, spam and malware has not increased correspondingly, making the case more mysterious.
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[Insider Report: 2008-09-02 ]
Word To The Wise: Don’t Fire Your IT Guy
Jason Lee Miller
In case you didn't know, it's kind of important to be nice to your IT staff. You know why? Yeah, you know why; they have access to everything and can sink or expose your entire system. And guess what? A recent survey pegs 88 percent or 300 IT security pros as willing to take you down with them in a blaze of data.
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[Insider Report: 2008-08-29 ]
Next Malware Breeding Ground: Online Games?
Jason Lee Miller
You know the bad guys are after your money and identity via traditional methods already. Did you know security experts are warning against attackers going after your or your kids' virtual currency?
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Lead Articles:
[2008-08-28] NASA Confirms Virus On Space Station
NASA has confirmed that some laptops on the International Space Station have been infected with the W31.Gammima.AG virus, a worm that steals users names and passwords for online games. »Click
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[2008-08-27] BGP Exploit Is Big Uh-Oh For Internet
As far as possible security exploits this sounds pretty bad. Well, not just "possible" and not just "bad." A demonstrated exploit of the internet routing protocol BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) is potentially catastrophic to the Internet. »Click
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[2008-08-26] No, Hackers Didn't Hijack Your Baby
The somewhat romantic myth about honor among thieves is hereby debunked. The latest attempt at wriggling into your system comes in the form of a ransom note. »Click
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Oracle WebLogic Hit With Zero-Day Exploit 2008-07-31 01:26 A workaround emerged from Oracle as news circulated of a remotely exploitable flaw, without requiring authentication, involving the WebLogic platform...
Metasploit's Moore Sapped Via DNS Flaw 2008-07-30 01:46 The same critical DNS issue that HD Moore and his associates raced to include in their security testing toolkit, the Metasploit Project, bounced back against the noteworthy security researcher...
Regulatory Compliance & the Real Risk of Undetected Malware 2008-06-23 05:50 With the emergence of regulatory laws borne out of experience from a variety of embarrassing security breaches, today's corporate leaders face a myriad of repercussions...
From Traditional Anti-Virus to Security-as-a-Service 2008-05-28 09:21 Over the past five years, the anti-virus market has experienced tremendous growth as many new technologies have emerged in response to current conditions...
Don't Overlook the Online Channel: Combating Multi-Channel Fraud at the Source 2008-08-18 10:15 The latest threat to online banking accounts involves fraudsters using multi-step schemes that involve different interaction points with financial institutions...
Storm Botnet Subsides 2008-05-02 01:03 Something new may be on tap to replace Storm as the big botnet pest, as its size decreased substantially in April...
eBay Has Its Romanian Hacker 2008-04-21 01:46 An arrest in Budapest turned up one Vlad Constantin Duiculescu, aka Vladuz, a thorn in the side of the online marketplace...
Google Builds Tools To Fight Child Porn 2008-04-15 02:23 An ongoing effort with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) by Google produced video tools for use in finding exploitative images and videos...
PayPal Calls For Partnerships Against Phishing 2008-04-14 01:40 One of the most popular phishing targets on the Internet wants to thwart criminals, but needs a lot of help to do so...
Online Criminals Outsource Their Work 2008-04-08 12:38 A study by security vendor Finjan suggested a trend in criminal behavior has them farming work out to established rings with a technology infrastructure in place...
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