Archive for November, 2008
How to handle ID fraud's youngest victims
Sometime on October 14, a wide array of furniture and electronics were stolen from a commercial storage facility outside Phoenix.
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How to handle ID fraud’s youngest victims
Is white listing going mainstream?
White lists will be on every desktop within the next five years, according to Patrick Morley, CEO of Massachusetts-based Bit9. Morley was in town to address the Dow Jones VentureWire Technology Showcase in Redwood City, Calif., on Tuesday.
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How Live OneCare changed the antivirus landscape
Since its introduction in 2006, Microsoft’s Windows Live OneCare has altered the antivirus landscape. With Tuesday’s announcement that Microsoft will no longer be selling the product in retail outlets but offering a new free version, code-named Morro , starting in the second half of 2009, it’s sure to ..
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Express Scripts clients threatened with extortion
One week after a breached corporate health care company refused to pay extortionists , the criminals now are seeking money from the corporate clients whose employee data might have been exposed. St. Louis-based Express Scripts said on Tuesday that a limited number of its clients–which include government agencies, unions, and employers–have …
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Study: DDoS attacks threaten ISP infrastructure
Arbor Networks found that DDoS attack size (in gigabits) nearly doubled in 2008 from the previous year.
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Study: DDoS attacks threaten ISP infrastructure
Security expert talks Russian gangs, botnets
In February of 2005, a Miami man sued Bank of America for not adequately protecting him against a $90,000 fraudulent wire transfer to the Parex Bank in Latvia.
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Extortion used in Express Scripts database breach
The customer database of Express Scripts, a company used by employer health care services to provide prescription medicine by mail, has been breached.
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Extortion used in Express Scripts database breach
WPA wireless encryption cracked
Researchers have found a method of cracking a key encryption feature used in securing wireless systems that doesn’t require trying a large number of possibilities. Details will be discussed at the sixth annual PacSec conference in Tokyo next week.
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WPA wireless encryption cracked
Campaign PCs of Obama, McCain cyberattacked
Last summer, Sen.
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Campaign PCs of Obama, McCain cyberattacked
