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| » Facebookers Victimized by Erotic Clickjacking Exploit |
| Just three days ago, the administrators of Facebook blocked a clickjacking bug that showed images of a barely dressed woman on the profile pages of unsuspecting users.... |
| 26 November 2009 |
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| » IE Zero-Day Bug Now Race Against Time |
| Hackers and security specialists alike are racing against each other to either exploit or patch the Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability.... |
| 26 November 2009 |
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| » Hackers of Climate Change Research Site Leave Trail |
| The headline-making climate change hackers have left an obvious trail for IT security investigators to follow; however, is anyone bothering to follow it?... |
| 25 November 2009 |
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| » Hacker Invaded Symantec Japan Site |
| Plaintext passwords were exposed from a hacked, Asia-based Symantec website care of a Blind SQL Injection cyber attack.... |
| 25 November 2009 |
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| » Microsoft Admits Zero-Day Vulnerability in IE 6 and 7 |
| Microsoft confirms that Internet Explorer versions 6 and 7 both have zero-day bugs in them. As of now, they recommend users to turn off JavaScript.... |
| 25 November 2009 |
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| » Internet Explorer Takes a Knee from New Attack |
| Older versions of the system-integrated Internet Explorer have been turned into security liabilities thanks to a hacker attack code that specifically targets the notorious browser.... |
| 24 November 2009 |
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| » Customers Blamed for E-Retailer Marketing Scam |
| Ecommerce marketers that have been implicated in a marketing scam of sorts are blaming the customers for the entire debacle.... |
| 24 November 2009 |
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| » Ralsky Incarcerated for Four Years over Spam Fraud |
| The dubious career of the Spam Godfather is now sleeping with the fishes.... |
| 24 November 2009 |
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| » Cyber Attackers Instigate Enormous Climate Data Hack |
| The data, source code, and credentials of several secretive scientists from the Climate Research Unit of the University of East Anglia have been stolen by nefarious hacker hooligans.... |
| 23 November 2009 |
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| » Latest iPhone Worm Identified by ISP |
| The owners of jailbroken iPhones everywhere should beware, because a backdoor-installing, botnet-infecting mobile phone worm is now making its rounds in the wild.... |
| 23 November 2009 |
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| » Cloud Computing Advice, Dangers, and Perks |
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ENISA recently published a report that outlined the pros and cons of cloud computing as well as recommendations on how to better utilize this new technology.... |
| 23 November 2009 |
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| » The Anti-Cyber Crime Unit of the FBI |
| In a congressional hearing conducted this week, the FBI outlined how its anti-cyber crime taskforce will get the job done when it comes to IT security.... |
| 22 November 2009 |
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| » Latest Internet Explorer Vulnerability Exposed |
| The newest Internet Explorer 8 security hole is so dangerous that it can make safe sites unsafe.... |
| 22 November 2009 |
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| » Riskiest Threats to Federal Infrastructures and Systems |
| A new study by the Ponemon Institute recently concluded that the E-Government initiatives intended to modernize federal infrastructures are fraught with many perils.... |
| 22 November 2009 |
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| » India and Its Cyber Security Awareness |
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The biggest India-based security conference in the history of the nation opened its doors last Tuesday in order to talk about the depth of cyber security awareness in the country to date.... |
| 21 November 2009 |
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| » NSA Empowers Windows 7 Security |
| The National Security Agency has helped a lot in beefing up the IT security measures of Windows 7, and is now providing the same service to Red Hat, Sun Microsystems, and Apple.... |
| 21 November 2009 |
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| » Security Chief and Crypto Vanguard Leaves Sun Microsystems |
| The veteran Chief Security Officer of Sun Microsystems and renowned crypto pioneer Whitfield Diffie had already left the software giant.... |
| 21 November 2009 |
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| » Spammers Exploit Recent Swine Flu Trend |
| The online outlaws of Mother Russia are at it again as they distributed a spam scam that took advantage of the current swine flu panic-buying trend.... |
| 20 November 2009 |
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| » 2008 Campaign Allegedly Affected by Palin Email Hack |
| Former GOP vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin claims that the hijacking of her Yahoo email account is the most troublesome issue she faced during her campaign trail in 2008.... |
| 20 November 2009 |
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