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55,000 Twitter Accounts Hacked, Passwords Exposed
Drew Bowling
Hackers appear to have successfully exposed the passwords of as many as 55,000 Twitter accounts yesterday, sparking the website to conduct an investigation into just how the security breach occurred.
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[Insider Report: 2012-05-03 ]
Oracle Offers Workaround After Confusion Leads to Zero-Day Disclosure
Trevor Boland
Many software developers offer bounty programs for their products. The concept is that someone finds an vulnerability and notifies the developers of the software for a reward. The point is to dissuade hackers from using the vulnerabilities by offering them something "better"(?). Of course one would think that, after the vulnerability is turned in and the reward given, the developer would scramble to correct the issue. Oracle seems to have a different process in place.
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[Insider Report: 2012-04-26 ]
Microsoft Warns of Conficker Worm Threat
Mike Fossum
The latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) has complied new data taken from over 600 million systems worldwide, and has found that iterations of the Conficker worm have appeared on roughly 220 million computers over the past 2.5 years. This makes Conficker one of the most substantial ongoing, broad-based threats to enterprises.
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Lead Articles:
[2012-04-19]
The State of IT Security [Infographic]
We all know about threats to the valuable data we store everyday, we hear about them all the time. There's always some anonymous hacker shutting down a website, or publishing someones private data. It's just something that has become part of living in the age of information. After all, you can't have so much information so readily available and not have it fall into the wrong hands once in awhile.
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[2012-04-12]
Internet Explorer 9.0.6 Now Available, Fixes Security Flaws
I remember just a few years ago when Internet Explorer was the laughing stock of the browser community. It lacked the functionality that other browsers had while lacking even basic security functions. It's what led to the impression that IE was a virus haven, but Microsoft has made great strides in making IE a more attractive and secure browser. The new update today only reaffirms that.
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[2012-04-06]
New Variant of Flashback Malware Exploits Unpatched Java Vulnerability in Macs
A new variant of the Flashback trojan has appeared, exploiting a Java vulnerability found in Macs. Cyber security firm F-secure announced this discovery via its blog today.
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[2012-03-29]
Microsoft: Internet Crimefighter & Bane Of Botnets
Microsoft's stepping up its effort against online crime lately by sending its own employees to accompany U.S. marshals in federal raids of facilities that are suspected of participating in one of the nastier methods of cybercrime: botnets.
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Facebook Becomes A Favorite Target Of Phishers
2010-05-13 12:53
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Google Goes After Impersonator Scammers
2009-12-08 04:46
As huge corporations go, Google's a pretty cuddly one, but according to the search giant itself, everyone should be careful about offers of employment or wealth that involve its name...
Senate Uncovers Online Credit Card Tricks
2009-11-18 03:58
A report issued by a U...
McAfee: Cyberwarfare A Big Threat
2009-11-17 04:02
It might not be long before we return to the days of schoolchildren diving under their desks in warfare preparedness drills...
ICSA Labs Finds Flaws In New Security Products
2009-11-16 03:57
It's sometimes fun to be an early adopter, as the long lines and waitlists for things like iPhones and the new Camaro have proven...
Nigeria Announces Early Results Of Anti-Scammer Initiative
2009-10-23 05:42
No one's sure how many there are to go, but according to a Nigerian official, there are about 800 scam email addresses and 18 criminals that can be considered "down...
MessageLabs Names Most- (And Least-) Spammed States
2009-09-25 04:37
When considering where to live, it's wise to look up stats about an area's climate, the cost of living, and its proximity to other important stuff in your life...
Enormous Malware Archive Creates Stir
2009-10-13 12:34
A Dutch company known as the Frame4 Group has created what's almost the computing equivalent of a Center for Disease Control lab...
Avsim Hacker (Maybe) Brought Before Cops
2009-09-09 04:39
Perhaps people who like to spend their spare time in the cockpits of imaginary F-16s should be left alone...
Email Password Hackers Present Real Threat
2009-09-08 03:51
The next time you have something really important to tell someone, consider whether a drive over to his or her house wouldn't be a nice way of spending a few minutes...
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