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Microsoft releases FixIt for critical flaw in 100 apps

IT SECURITY NEWS - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 18:57
Relief for Firefox, Nvidia, PowerPoint

Microsoft has released a software tool that helps system administrators protect PCs against a critical class of vulnerabilities found in more than 100 applications from a variety of software makers.…

Survey scammers serve up supposed shelter from survey scams

IT SECURITY NEWS - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 14:18
Kind of ironic when you think about it

Cheeky scammers are offering prospective marks an application that supposedly shields them from exposure to survey scams.…

Survey scammers serve up supposed shelter from survey scams

SPYWARE NEWS - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 14:18
Kind of ironic when you think about it

Cheeky scammers are offering prospective marks an application that supposedly shields them from exposure to survey scams.…

Survey scammers serve up supposed shelter from survey scams

ANTI-VIRUS NEWS - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 14:18
Kind of ironic when you think about it

Cheeky scammers are offering prospective marks an application that supposedly shields them from exposure to survey scams.…

Russian cops cuff 10 ransomware Trojan suspects

IT SECURITY NEWS - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 11:58
Cybercrime gang allegedly raked in $16m

Russian police have arrested 10 suspected members of a ransomware gang who allegedly made millions via a locked computer malware scam.…

Hardware hackers defeat quantum crypto

IT SECURITY NEWS - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 10:11
Tripping the light fantastic

Security researchers using hardware hacking techniques have unearthed generic flaws in supposedly ultra-secure quantum cryptography systems.…

CarderPlanet founder charged in $9.4m RBS WorldPay hack

IT SECURITY NEWS - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 01:55
And then there were nine

A man accused of being one of the most prolific sellers of credit-card data has been charged with participating in the brazen hack of RBS WorldPay in 2008 that funneled about $9.4m out of the payment processor in just 12 hours.…

Judge bashes warrantless cellphone tracking

IT SECURITY NEWS - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 23:33
Tower data protected by Fourth Amendment

A federal magistrate has ruled that information pulled from cellphone towers provides such an intimate portrait of a customer's life that government investigators must get a warrant before obtaining it.…

Fake TweetDeck update lures prompt password resets

IT SECURITY NEWS - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 14:26
Are UK hackers behind Trojan horse attack?

Compromised Twitter accounts have been used to post links to an exploit portal that poses as a download site for an update to TweetDeck, the popular micro-blogging client software package.…

Fake TweetDeck update lures prompt password resets

ANTI-SPAM NEWS - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 14:26
Are UK hackers behind Trojan horse attack?

Compromised Twitter accounts have been used to post links to an exploit portal that poses as a download site for an update to TweetDeck, the popular micro-blogging client software package.…

Crooks said swiped church funds were for sex crime victims

IT SECURITY NEWS - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 12:55
It was simply resting in their account

Scammers who made off with $600,000 after breaking into the bank account of a Catholic diocese claim the funds have been earmarked for the victims of paedophile priests.…

Scotch tape maker buys biometric tech firm

IT SECURITY NEWS - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 10:53
Wrap up

Updated  Industrial conglomerate 3M has agree to buy biometric security firm Cogent Systems in a deal valued at $943m.…

E-voting critic released on bail (finally)

IT SECURITY NEWS - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 00:05
'No offence disclosed'

A computer scientist who exposed serious vulnerabilities in India's electronic voting machines was released on bail over the weekend after seven days in police custody.…

Apple QuickTime backdoor creates code-execution peril

IT SECURITY NEWS - Mon, 08/30/2010 - 21:27
Getting punked by 9-year-old parameter

A security researcher has unearthed a “bizarre” flaw in Apple's QuickTime Player that can be exploited to remotely execute malicious code on Windows-based PCs, even those running the most recent versions of operating system.…

Apple QuickTime backdoor creates code-execution peril

SPYWARE NEWS - Mon, 08/30/2010 - 21:27
Getting punked by 9-year-old parameter

A security researcher has unearthed a “bizarre” flaw in Apple's QuickTime Player that can be exploited to remotely execute malicious code on Windows-based PCs, even those running the most recent versions of operating system.…

Apple QuickTime backdoor creates code-execution peril

ANTI-VIRUS NEWS - Mon, 08/30/2010 - 21:27
Getting punked by 9-year-old parameter

A security researcher has unearthed a “bizarre” flaw in Apple's QuickTime Player that can be exploited to remotely execute malicious code on Windows-based PCs, even those running the most recent versions of operating system.…

Once-prolific Pushdo botnet crippled

IT SECURITY NEWS - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 19:30
Torrent of spam choked

Security researchers have disrupted the botnet known as Pushdo, a coup that over the past 48 hours has almost completely choked the torrent of junkmail from the once-prolific spam network.…

Once-prolific Pushdo botnet crippled

SPYWARE NEWS - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 19:30
Torrent of spam choked

Security researchers have disrupted the botnet known as Pushdo, a coup that over the past 48 hours has almost completely choked the torrent of junkmail from the once-prolific spam network.…

Once-prolific Pushdo botnet crippled

ANTI-VIRUS NEWS - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 19:30
Torrent of spam choked

Security researchers have disrupted the botnet known as Pushdo, a coup that over the past 48 hours has almost completely choked the torrent of junkmail from the once-prolific spam network.…

Police extend detention of e-voting critic

IT SECURITY NEWS - Thu, 08/26/2010 - 22:21
'Conspiracy to discredit' elections probed

A computer scientist who exposed serious vulnerabilities in India's electronic voting machines will remain in police custody until at least Saturday, seven days after he was arrested, news websites reported.…

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