Friday, November 20, 2009 8:02 AM/EST

Fallen Beauty: Attackers Feast on Prejean Scandal

You likely could have predicted that when a sex tape of a former beauty queen surfaced, related cyber-attacks would not be far behind.

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Friday, November 20, 2009 2:48 AM/EST

RSA Reveals Inner Workings of Reshipping Scheme

RSA took a look inside the other end of a cyber-crime operation - the mules shipping merchandise overseas after attackers have purchased it with stolen credit card information.

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Thursday, November 19, 2009 5:10 PM/EST

Researchers: Online Threats Demand New Security Model

Traditional defenses aren't adding up when it comes to stopping Web-based threats, but cloud-based services may help, researchers contend.

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Thursday, November 19, 2009 7:27 AM/EST

Sizing Botnets No Exact Science

After cutting off the notorious Mega-D botnet, researcher with FireEye are attempting to find out just how massive the zombie network might have been.

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

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.

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Wednesday, November 18, 2009 7:18 PM/EST

Attackers Abuse Google to Push Rogueware

Security researchers at Cyveillance uncovered a massive attack abusing Google search results to direct users to sites hosting rogue antivirus software.

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009 3:07 PM/EST

Enterprise Security Challenged by Web 2.0, Mobile Devices

A new survey from the Ponemon Institute suggests that a lack of collaboration between IT security and operations teams is impacting security.

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009 7:58 AM/EST

Online IT Security Drama: Reality or TV?

Applications Security Inc. has produced an online miniseries that aims to detail the plight of today's IT security workers. But is the show true to life, or not nearly quite as desperate?

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 8:44 PM/EST

Koobface Worm Poses as Facebook User

The Koobface botnet has new tricks up its sleeve: It can now automate the process of registering a Facebook account, confirming an e-mail address and joining random Facebook groups.

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009 6:21 PM/EST

Unisys: Interest in Biometric Authentication Growing

A new consumer survey shows that attitudes regarding biometrics are changing as interest in the technology grows in response to identity theft.

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