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November 18, 2009

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 10:51 PM/CST

Unified Creeps: Cyber-crime to Rage on in '10

Year-ahead security landscape predictions are not immune to the theory of unified cultural creep. But, on the flip side, they're already here.

November 6, 2009

Friday, November 06, 2009 3:32 PM/CST

New Attack Abuses Web Browser Cookies

A new attack outlined at the ToorCon conference in October allows attackers to use vulnerabilities on Website subdomains to reach the parent domain.

November 3, 2009

Tuesday, November 03, 2009 5:54 PM/CST

Dutch Attacker Hijacked iPhones, Demanded Ransom

A Dutch teenager has backed away from plans to extort users of jail-broken iPhones in Netherlands. The teen had compromised the phones via the default root password.

September 22, 2009

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 6:58 PM/CST

Search Engine Manipulation Grows Up

Attackers are more frequently using compromised legitimate Web sites in their efforts to lure search engine users into finding their malware threats.

September 9, 2009

Wednesday, September 09, 2009 11:14 PM/CST

Mozilla Warning Users with Vulnerable Adobe Flash Plug-ins

Mozilla has built-in new detection to its Firefox browser to warn users if they are using an older version of Adobe's Flash Player plug-in.

September 1, 2009

Tuesday, September 01, 2009 7:16 AM/CST

New PowerPoint Attacks Hit Old Flaw

A new wave of attacks are taking aim at an old .PPT vulnerability, highlighting the inability of many users to keep up with vendor-issued security updates.

July 15, 2009

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 10:18 AM/CST

Dangerous Bug Hits Firefox 3.5

Sample exploit code for a vulnerability in Firefox 3.5 is circulating the Web. Here are some resources for information on workarounds.

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.

June 23, 2009

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 7:12 AM/CST

Microsoft and the Power of Free

Microsoft's move to launch its' new Morro endpoint AV beta as freeware could have a significant impact on the overall state of PC security, especially among consumers.

June 6, 2009

Saturday, June 06, 2009 1:39 PM/CST

ATM Attacks Cash-In on Vulnerable E-Life

This week's ATM-based malware run stands as evidence of the fact that as a society we must recognize the ubiquitous threat for attack over any form of computing device.

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