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July 23, 2008

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 12:05 AM/CST

Report Uncovers Online Roid Rage

Researchers have found new evidence that America still has an addiction to online steroid sales.

June 17, 2008

Tuesday, June 17, 2008 1:59 PM/CST

Spam king loses MySpace beef

Spam king Scott Richter is going to be paying for that fake ham, er unwanted e-mail that he's been sending to all your MySpace pals... $8 million to be exact.

April 24, 2008

Thursday, April 24, 2008 3:21 PM/CST

Fraud Protection Comes to Opera Browser

The latest refresh of Opera's flagship Web browser comes with several crucial security features. With Opera 9.5 Beta 2 (code-named Kestrel), the Norwegian company has added fraud-protection capabilities and support for EV SSL (Extended Validation Secure Sockets Layer) Certificates...

Thursday, April 24, 2008 1:31 PM/CST

Blue Hat: Token Kidnapping, Browser Security on Front Burner

Software engineers at Microsoft will get a front-row seat to hear about an unpatched Windows security hole that was once pooh-poohed as a "design issue" that shouldn't be seen as a security vulnerability. At the Spring edition of Redmond's...

April 23, 2008

Wednesday, April 23, 2008 12:28 PM/CST

LendingTree Warns of Insider Password Heist

LendingTree, an IAC subsidiary that connects online borrowers with mortgage, credit card and auto loans, has suffered a major insider breach that exposed sensitive user files to lenders. The company sent out e-mails to customers affected by the breach,...

Wednesday, April 23, 2008 9:13 AM/CST

Another Batch of Safari Vulnerabilities Exposed

Apple's Safari browser is beginning to look like a bullet-ridden car in Iraq. According to a warning posted to security mailing lists, there are multiple security flaws in Safari 3.1.1 that put users at risk of ID-theft spoofing attacks or,...

April 21, 2008

Monday, April 21, 2008 11:58 AM/CST

Rock Phish Gang Adds Crimeware Trojan to Arsenal

The notorious Rock Phish gang is pushing the envelope again, adding a sophisticated crimeware Trojan to its identity theft arsenal. The Russian group, which is responsible for about half of all phishing attacks, is now doing browser-based drive-by attacks...

April 19, 2008

Saturday, April 19, 2008 3:33 PM/CST

PayPal: Safari Not Among 'Unsafe Browsers'

Over on Twitter, during a discussion on PayPal's plan to ban "unsafe browsers," I suggested there was no way the company would risk blocking Safari connections. Can't afford to alienate iPhone and the mobile transaction market. Woke up this...

March 5, 2008

Wednesday, March 05, 2008 12:37 PM/CST

Drive-by Malware Blocker Coming in IE 8?

As I mentioned in this eWEEK story on the conspicuous absence of information on security-themed goodies in Internet Explorer 8, it looks like the browser refresh will have some form of malware protection. This screenshot from Microsoft showing the new...

January 28, 2008

Monday, January 28, 2008 3:02 PM/CST

PayPal Buys Anti-Fraud Technology

PayPal, the online payments platform owned by eBay, has shelled out $170 million in cash to snap up Fraud Science, an Israeli company that markets fraud management technology. PayPal, which is high on the list of phishing and ID...



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