Angela Moscaritolo

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SC World Congress: US Feds call for more collaboration

SC World Congress: US Feds call for more collaboration

Though "significant" progress has been made.
Angela Moscaritolo Oct 15 2009 11:29AM Security
Microsoft server failure causes smartphone data loss

Microsoft server failure causes smartphone data loss

Danger lives up to its name.
Angela Moscaritolo Oct 13 2009 10:36AM Security
YouTube used for ad spam campaign

YouTube used for ad spam campaign

First use of real videos by spammers.
Angela Moscaritolo Oct 9 2009 10:55AM Security
Asprox botnet launches new wave of SQL injection

Asprox botnet launches new wave of SQL injection

Unknown number of websites compromised.
Angela Moscaritolo Oct 7 2009 10:46AM Security
URLZone touted as most sophisticated banking trojan yet

URLZone touted as most sophisticated banking trojan yet

Able to steal money and banking credentials.
Angela Moscaritolo Oct 1 2009 10:48AM Security
Number of phishing URLs at all-time high

Number of phishing URLs at all-time high

More than 150,000 phishing URLs were established during Q2 of 2009, surpassing previous record-high levels during the first quarter of 2007.
Angela Moscaritolo Sep 29 2009 9:16AM Security
Security considerations critical in the cloud

Security considerations critical in the cloud

IT departments are increasingly realising the benefits of cloud security, but businesses must ask themselves a few questions before handing over control to a third-party.
Angela Moscaritolo Sep 18 2009 9:54AM Security
Zbot evades most anti-virus programs

Zbot evades most anti-virus programs

Morphing and rootkit capabilities keep it in the wild.
Angela Moscaritolo Sep 17 2009 10:59AM Security
New York Times serves up rogue ads to readers

New York Times serves up rogue ads to readers

An "unauthorised advertisement" made its way onto the Gray Lady's third-party managed ad stream.
Angela Moscaritolo Sep 15 2009 11:58AM Security
Microsoft disputes password-stealing SQL Server bug

Microsoft disputes password-stealing SQL Server bug

No need for an update, says Microsoft.
Angela Moscaritolo Sep 3 2009 10:48AM Security
Microsoft mandates Messenger upgrade for security flaws

Microsoft mandates Messenger upgrade for security flaws

Users risk being denied access.
Angela Moscaritolo Sep 2 2009 10:53AM Security
Purported malicious CD-ROMs actually part of pen test

Purported malicious CD-ROMs actually part of pen test

A package sent to a US credit union last week containing supposedly malicious CD-ROMs prompted a fraud alert from the US National Credit Union Administration, but it was actually part of a penetration test.
Angela Moscaritolo Sep 1 2009 11:39AM Security
New mass SQL injection attack infects 56,000 websites

New mass SQL injection attack infects 56,000 websites

Tens of thousands of websites have been compromised with a suite of malware containing backdoors, password stealers and downloaders, according to a security firm.
Angela Moscaritolo Aug 25 2009 11:47AM Security
"Dirtiest" websites host average of 18,000 threats

"Dirtiest" websites host average of 18,000 threats

The most dangerous sites on the web are propagating an average of 18,000 different pieces of malware, according to Symantec.
Angela Moscaritolo Aug 21 2009 12:17PM Security
Twitter used as botnet command-and-control hub

Twitter used as botnet command-and-control hub

Researchers have discovered that Twitter messages were used to issue new instructions to bots.
Angela Moscaritolo Aug 17 2009 11:24AM Security
Top websites using Flash cookies to track user behavior

Top websites using Flash cookies to track user behavior

Users often delete HTTP cookies to enhance their privacy, but some of the most popular websites are circumventing these efforts by utilising little-known Flash cookies, researchers at the University of California have found.
Angela Moscaritolo Aug 12 2009 11:16AM Security
Adobe updates Flash Player for 10 vulnerabilities

Adobe updates Flash Player for 10 vulnerabilities

Adobe has issued a security update for Flash Player and AIR to address a number of critical vulnerabilities which could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.
Angela Moscaritolo Jul 31 2009 11:05AM Security
US First Lady's safehouse location leaked on P2P

US First Lady's safehouse location leaked on P2P

Also found: a listing of the locations of all US nuclear facilities and a document containing the personal information of hundreds of thousands of US military members.
Angela Moscaritolo Jul 30 2009 10:37AM Security
Browser SSL warnings shown to be ineffective

Browser SSL warnings shown to be ineffective

New research shows that Secure Socket Layer (SSL) warnings, used in web browsers to indicate a problem with a web page's certificate or the potential for a man-in-the-middle attack (MITM), are ineffective.
Angela Moscaritolo Jul 29 2009 11:33AM Security
Emergency patches issued for IE and Visual Studio

Emergency patches issued for IE and Visual Studio

Microsoft has issued two out-of-band security patches -- one for the development tools suite Visual Studio and another for Internet Explorer.
Angela Moscaritolo Jul 29 2009 11:19AM Security

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