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September 21, 2011

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 12:21 PM/CST

Dutch CA Files for Bankruptcy After Security Breach

Unsurprisingly, DigiNotar has filed for bankruptcy. After major Web browsers and other software companies revoked the certificate authority's keys, it's days were numbered.

April 6, 2011

Wednesday, April 06, 2011 2:45 PM/CST

Former Gucci Employee Indicted for IT Rampage

Sam Chihlung Yin was indicted for doing something people people generally only joke about: retaliating against a former employer by hacking into the network. His IT attack also exposed serious flaws in Gucci America's IT policies.

October 18, 2010

Monday, October 18, 2010 10:19 PM/CST

Attackers Adopt 'Advanced Evasion Techniques' to Beat IPS

Security researchers at Stonesoft say sophisticated tactics by attackers are challenging IPS technology.

July 6, 2010

Tuesday, July 06, 2010 1:49 PM/CST

Database Administrator Sentenced to Fed Time for Insider Breach

A database administrator was sentenced to a year in prison for hacking into a company's network after he was fired.

August 10, 2009

Monday, August 10, 2009 10:01 PM/CST

Spam Growing Upwards, Onwards

Spam seemingly only changes by returning to its roots, and ebbing its volumes ever upwards, no matter what we do about it.

August 4, 2009

Tuesday, August 04, 2009 10:11 PM/CST

Attackers Took Shots at Wi-Fi Network at Black Hat

Aruba Networks released statistics on how the Wi-Fi network it provided fared at the Black Hat security conference last week. The news was mixed.

July 23, 2009

Thursday, July 23, 2009 6:44 AM/CST

Touting Possible Benefits of Windows 7 Security

At least one respected security researcher believes that Windows 7 should prove effective at stemming some forms of electronic attack.

July 15, 2009

Wednesday, July 15, 2009 10:52 PM/CST

Waves of New Trojans Overwhelming AV

Trojan outbreaks are evading signature-based AV systems in larger numbers again, according to a new research report.

June 10, 2009

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 1:06 PM/CST

IT Security's Weakest Link May Be Us

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and in IT security, that sometimes is the end user. A study by the Ponemon Institute has found that nearly half of those surveyed said security policies at their company were largely ignored.

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...

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