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July 1, 2009

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 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 22, 2009

Monday, June 22, 2009 7:52 PM/CST

Facebook Hack Beats Privacy Settings

After waiting more than two weeks, bloggers went public June 22 with a report of a vulnerability on Facebook that can be exploited to reveal personal information. Facebook has reportedly fixed the flaw.

June 16, 2009

Tuesday, June 16, 2009 7:20 AM/CST

Blank Messages Drive Spam Spike

Spammers are enlisting an interesting new technique in forwarding their unwanted e-mails, blank messages.

June 13, 2009

Saturday, June 13, 2009 7:56 AM/CST

More Banks As Anti-Malware Brokers

Providers of technologies used by banks and other financial services companies to protect their online customers maintain that emerging solutions will foster improved security.

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.

June 5, 2009

Friday, June 05, 2009 6:28 PM/CST

Sears Settles FTC Spyware Charges

Sears has agreed to a settlement with the FTC over charges that it did not fully disclose its use of spyware.

May 27, 2009

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 9:20 PM/CST

Insurance Company Endures an HR Website Nightmare

Aetna, one of the world's largest health insurance providers, had to do something special for its customers following a security "oops" reported May 26 involving its Website. It turns out that a number of human resource-related e-mails containing important personal...

May 26, 2009

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 12:17 PM/CST

Royal Air Force Breach Exposed Potential Blackmail Data

Last year, the British Royal Air Force admitted three USB devices with personnel data were lost. What they didn't say was that the data included information on extra-marital affairs and drug abuse that could be used for blackmail.

May 21, 2009

Thursday, May 21, 2009 1:22 PM/CST

Sophos: Twitter Phishing Scam Lures Users with TinyURL

Sophos has uncovered a phishing scam targeting users of Twitter. The attack tries to trick users into visiting a rogue site posing as the legitimate Twitter.com page and giving up their passwords and usernames.

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