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Major IE8 flaw makes 'safe' sites unsafe
The latest version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser contains a bug that can enable serious security attacks against websites that are otherwise safe. 2009-11-23 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11565 Researcher busts into Twitter via SSL reneg hole A Turkish grad student devises a serious, real-world attack on Twitter that targeted a recently discovered vulnerability in the secure sockets layer (SSL) protocol. 2009-11-16 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11564 Security firm chokes sprawling spam botnet A botnet that was once responsible for an estimated third of the world's spam has been knocked out of commission. 2009-11-11 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11563 FBI and SOCA plot cybercrime smackdown The FBI and the UK’s Serious and Organised Crime Agency draw up a program for dismantling and disrupting cybercrime operations. 2009-10-23 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11562 Botnet boosts criminals' revenues from Google Victims whose computers have been compromised will have their searches redirected from Google and its competitors to fake sites that skim off ad revenue. 2009-10-09 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11561 Popular apps need better patching, says report A report using data from two security vendors finds that ubiquitous applications, such as Apple's QuickTime and Adobe Flash, are not patched fast enough by their users. 2009-09-17 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11560 Apple sneaks anti-malware into Mac OS X The feature, which will debut in Snow Leopard, offers some basic protection against malicious software. 2009-08-27 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11559 Security flaws foul financial giant’s Web site Investment services firm Ameriprise Financial's Web site contained bugs that allowed even low-level criminals to inject malicious content into its pages for the last five months. 2009-08-21 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11558 Hacker charged with Heartland, other breaches A federal grand jury indicts a Florida man already charged with stealing data from TJX with allegedly helping breach five more companies. 2009-08-18 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11557 Two convicted in U.K. for refusal to decrypt data U.K. judges can sentence offenders to up to five years in jail; prosecutors say power is only used in terrorism and child indecency cases. 2009-08-12 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11556 |
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