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July 1, 2009

Wednesday, July 01, 2009 10:58 PM/CST

Month of Twitter Bugs Arrives

The Month of the Twitter Bugs began July 1 with reports of four cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. All four bugs have been patched.

Wednesday, July 01, 2009 8:12 PM/CST

Google: Spam Slows, Then Surges After Fall of 3FN

Researchers at Google reported a surge in spam during the second quarter of 2009 on the back of image spam and e-mails sent out with viruses. The report largely echoes findings from MX Logic, which reported a 300 percent jump in spam since February.

Wednesday, July 01, 2009 12:02 AM/CST

ATM Attack Talk Canned at Black Hat

Juniper Networks has agreed to pull a talk on ATM security slated for the upcoming Black Hat and DefCon security conferences.

June 30, 2009

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 9:48 PM/CST

Sunbelt Formalizes Ties With Stopbadware

Sunbelt Software has agreed to contribute research data to the Harvard Law School-based Stopbadware.org initiative.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 7:34 AM/CST

Data Theft Attacks Still Driving Underground

Data theft is at the center of the malware torrent and will continue to be so for the forseeable future, Trend Micro reports.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 12:01 AM/CST

Botnets Churn Spam, Then Back Again

Botnets are behind the vast majority of the world's spam, according to MessageLabs.

June 26, 2009

Friday, June 26, 2009 7:06 AM/CST

Global Takeout: China Cooking Up Lots of Spam

Researchers contend that China is currently accounting for as much as 70 percent of the world's unsolicited e-mail.

June 25, 2009

Thursday, June 25, 2009 7:28 AM/CST

Apps Whitelisting Proponents Tout Growing Acceptance

Applications whitelisting vendors maintain that the current malware environment and demand for tools to address the shortcomings of traditional AV are speeding their push to market.

June 24, 2009

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:11 AM/CST

CISO's Fear Internal Data Threat

Most CISOs are most worried about insder threats to their data, not external attacks or those backed by foreign governments, according to a new report.

June 19, 2009

Friday, June 19, 2009 12:45 AM/CST

Mass Injectors Still Burying the Needle

The use of mass injection redirection campaigns like the Gumblar is only just getting started, researchers contend.

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