Phishing Over the Phone
Phishing is now taking place over the phone. Email security company Cloudmark has reported two separate such attacks over the past week.
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Date: 2006-04-28
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OS X Security
Apple Mac is a growing security risk. That theme has been popular recently. Mac's probably are a growing security risk (as opposed to Microsoft, which has a mature, fully grown security risk), but I doubt this baby is ever going to match Microsoft's size.
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Date: 2006-04-27
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IE7 beta 2: Security
Microsoft has released IE7 beta 2 and they really want you to try it. If you are running IE (45% of people visiting here still are), even I want you to try it, because it fixes most of the problems IE6 has with these pages.
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Date: 2006-04-27
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Aetna Loses Data On 38,000 Members
The latest edition of the SPN Idiot Watch award goes to an unnamed and presumably former employee of the Aetna insurance firm for taking the company's "We want you to know" far too literally.
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Date: 2006-04-27
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Intel Plans for a More Secure Future
Intel plans to "change the way the world views and uses business PCs" with its new vPro Technology, which the company refers to as a "revolutionary shift in desktop PC security and manageability".
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Date: 2006-04-24
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What To Do If You've Been Phished
Last week the University of South Carolina announced it had accidentally made public the Social Security numbers of 1,400 students. In response, the National Crime Prevention Council released a list of tips intended students and faculty to prevent identity theft, but will serve us well in situations like this in the future.
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Date: 2006-04-24
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HP Fire Hazard
Hewlett-Packard is recalling nearly 16,000 notebook batteries for being potential fire-hazards.
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Date: 2006-04-21
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Symantec Guards the Gates
Symantec recently announced the release of Symantec Mail Security for SMTP 5.0, which integrates antispam, antivirus and content filtering protection in one solution.
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Date: 2006-04-19
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A Network for Security
It appears that cyber security in the UK will be tightening, as university, industry, and government experts unite to form a security network.
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Date: 2006-04-14
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Winternals Picks A Fight With Geek Squad
The white-shirt, black-tie clad, VW-driving computer support crew at Geek Squad have been using Winternals software to diagnose customer computer problems; unfortunately, they apparently didn't bother to license the software from Winternals first.
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Date: 2006-04-13
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Oracle Slips How To Attack Own Databases
Oracle is trying to figure out two things: who published information about a security flaw in their databases on their Metalink knowledgebase before they had a patch for it; and how to get out a patch for the flaw as quickly as possible.
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Date: 2006-04-12
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Identity Theft 20X Bigger Problem Than Reported
A new report issued by the US Dept. of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reveals that the Federal Trade Commissions (FTC) initial 2004 identity theft report missed severely missed the mark, according to the National Crime Prevention Center (NCPC).
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Date: 2006-04-10
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Biggest UK DVD Pirate Ring Busted
British authorities have broken up what they say is the largest film pirating operation ever uncovered in the UK. On Wednesday, a coalition of police, trading authorities, and film industry, raided a factory containing over 500 DVD burners and arrested five people.
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Date: 2006-04-07
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Akonix Launches New IM Security For SMBs
Instant messaging security company Akonix Systems unveiled a new line of IM security appliances aimed at the small to medium sized business (SMB) sector, along with a couple of other appliances for IM management and file sharing protection.
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Date: 2006-04-06
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Mobile Security Lags In N. American Business
Only a third of North American businesses have deployed security software to protect their mobile data, according to a survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit. That puts the continent well behind Western European and Asia-Pacific markets in terms of mobile security.
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Date: 2006-04-06
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Online Child Sex Probe Stings DHS Official
A deputy press secretary with the Department of Homeland Security has been put on leave with his security clearance suspended after his arrest on charges of propositioning a deputy sheriff he believed was a 14-year-old girl.
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Date: 2006-04-05
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US Govt. Reports eBay Vulnerable To Phishing Attacks
EBay users should take action to update their Web browsers to help protect themselves against phishing attacks, according to a report published yesterday by the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT), a division of the US Dept. of Homeland Security.
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Date: 2006-04-04
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Cube Said To Be Spam Zapper
The latest buzz in spam protection is around Spam Cube - an apparent cyberbug zapper. Plugged into your computer, the big square box requires no software or installation
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Date: 2006-04-04
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Symantec Launches IM Security Product
Symantec announced Monday the release of its enterprise instant messaging protection service, called the Symantec IM Manager 8.0. It enables organizations to control the use of public IM services and enterprise RTC platforms and manage compliance with legal and corporate governance policies.
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Date: 2006-04-04
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Lucent Tries Placating US Concerns Over Alcatel
By creating a separate unit based in the United States to specifically handle US government contracts for networking equipment, Alcatel and Lucent hope to avoid the scrutiny that Lenovo and Check Point have received from politicians.
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Date: 2006-04-03
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