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Microsoft releases password attack data
The software giant releases data collected from an FTP-server honeypot, showing that attempts to guess passwords continue to focus on the low-hanging fruit. 2009-11-27 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Climatologists hot over e-mail hack An unknown person leaks more than a decade of e-mail messages and some data belonging to a noted climatologist, adding fuel to the heated debate over climate change. 2009-11-23 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment Firms fail to secure mobile, cloud data Nearly half of all companies have failed to put sufficient resources toward securing their data and meeting compliance requirements, a survey finds. 2009-11-20 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment No cyberwar yet, but soon, says firm In its latest report on cybersecurity, McAfee argues for public discussion of the policy issues surrounding cyberwarfare. 2009-11-17 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Survey: Majority of Web sites vulnerable Nearly two-thirds of Web sites have at least one serious security issue that would allow someone to remotely attack the site, a study carried out by WhiteHat Security finds. 2009-11-16 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Microsoft fixes kernel, Office flaws The software giant releases six patches to plug 15 security holes, including three critical vulnerabilities in the Windows kernel. 2009-11-11 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment Point-and-click forensics tool leaks to Net Microsoft's COFEE tool, which is provided free to law enforcement, is reportedly available for download. 2009-11-09 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment iPhone worm spreads via default password Program "Ikee" jumps from device to device by targeting jailbroken phones whose users have failed to change the default system password. 2009-11-09 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment Gov't warns firms about online robberies FBI to banks: More secure systems and processes are needed to combat financial fraud. 2009-11-05 Read more ... | 2 Comment(s) | Post Comment Vulnerability sales help secure Microsoft The Zero Day Initiative, TippingPoint's bug bounty program, spends 30 percent of its effort helping the software giant mitigate bugs in its Windows operating system and applications. 2009-10-30 Read more ... | 2 Comment(s) | Post Comment Sensitive gov't docs leaked over peer-to-peer A confidential Congressional report on investigations into U.S. representatives was leaked this week after a staffer posted it to a file-sharing network. 2009-10-30 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Small, medium firms cut security budgets Companies are detecting more threats, but the economy has them slashing security spending, according to one survey. 2009-10-29 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Cyber conflict still in infancy, states analysis The cyber attacks targeting South Korea and the United States fell short of a true cyber conflict, but highlight the issues that nations have in responding to such attacks, a report concludes. 2009-10-27 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Hopes high for Windows 7 security Experts hope that Microsoft's focus on making Windows security more friendly will help secure the operating system's users. 2009-10-23 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment Rapid7 snaps up the Metasploit Project The vulnerability management firm acquires the exploit framework project and hires the development team, including founder HD Moore. 2009-10-22 Read more ... | 2 Comment(s) | Post Comment ChoicePoint allows data breach, again The consumer-data broker turns off a critical security measure, allowing unauthorized searches of its database and exposing 13,750 people to identity fraud, the Federal Trade Commission says. 2009-10-20 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment Microsoft flaw sends Mozilla scrambling The software giant plugs a critical vulnerability in a plug-in that it silently installed on Firefox users' systems in May. 2009-10-20 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment Microsoft to give investigators free COFEE The software giant plans to make the forensics toolkit available to all law enforcement to ease the collection of digital evidence at crime scenes. 2009-10-15 Read more ... | 3 Comment(s) | Post Comment Adobe to patch exploited Acrobat flaw The company plans to fix a vulnerability currently being used to compromise computers in its forthcoming quarterly patch. 2009-10-12 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Phishing scam exposes Hotmail passwords Microsoft warns users that thousands of customer credentials were exposed on a third-party site, apparently the result of a phishing campaign. 2009-10-06 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment Spam gets meatier as attached files grow The overall volume of bad bits transported across the Internet soars in 2009, as image spam and virus-laden e-mail messages become common. 2009-10-05 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Firefox feature looks to foil XSS attacks Mozilla releases a preview version of its browser that implements Content Security Policy, a feature that could make scripting attacks more difficult. 2009-10-01 Read more ... | 3 Comment(s) | Post Comment Firms most often infected by smaller botnets While the big botnets get the media attention, smaller collections of compromised PCs are more commonly found inside infected corporate networks. 2009-09-30 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Pharma scams go global, reports find Sellers of knock-off and fake medicines have moved from U.S.-centric businesses to global concerns, driving an uptick in spam. 2009-09-29 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Twitter warns of direct-messaging worm Following a number of reports of compromises via a malicious link sent in a direct message, the social-networking service issues a warning to users. 2009-09-24 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Apple patches up iTunes playlist flaw The consumer technology maker issues its first patch for iTunes 9, fixing a vulnerability that could allow remote attacks using specially-crafter playlists. 2009-09-23 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Social-networking sites short on security Web 2.0 sites that allow user-generated content make up the majority of prolific malware propagators, says report. 2009-09-18 Read more ... | 1 Comment(s) | Post Comment Gonzalez pleads guilty to giant breaches The 28-year-old Miami resident admits to charges of conspiracy, computer and wire fraud and aggravated identity theft stemming from the online breaches of major retailers and financial firms. 2009-09-14 Read more ... | 2 Comment(s) | Post Comment iPhone anti-phishing sigs only slightly delayed Criticism of Apple's anti-phishing feature finds that the filter's delays are quickly fixed. 2009-09-14 Read more ... | 0 Comment(s) | Post Comment Old patch introduced SMBv2 flaw, says finder Microsoft's December 2007 patch introduced a vulnerability in Windows' file-sharing software, claims the researcher who found the flaw. 2009-09-11 Read more ... | 2 Comment(s) | Post Comment |
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