Angela Moscaritolo

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Google working on fix for clickjacking vulnerability in Chrome

Google working on fix for clickjacking vulnerability in Chrome

A researcher has shown that the Google Chrome web browser can succumb to clickjacking.
Angela Moscaritolo Feb 2 2009 11:03AM Security
Barack Obama site hosting trojan

Barack Obama site hosting trojan

President Obama supporters wanting to view videos made by other fans of the newly inaugurated leader might soon find themselves infected with a virus.
Angela Moscaritolo Jan 28 2009 10:42AM Security
Email worm spreads under guise of Valentine's Day greetings

Email worm spreads under guise of Valentine's Day greetings

The criminal group behind the Waledac email worm, distributed last week in inauguration-related phishing attacks, is now leveraging Valentine's Day to distribute malware and expand a botnet.
Angela Moscaritolo Jan 28 2009 10:36AM Security
McAfee: Malware will use web and USB sticks to spread in 2009

McAfee: Malware will use web and USB sticks to spread in 2009

McAfee predicts in the upcoming year that web-based malware and removable storage devices will be some of be the biggest threats to businesses.
Angela Moscaritolo Jan 27 2009 3:31PM Security
Spam grows as senders use slicker ways to trick users

Spam grows as senders use slicker ways to trick users

The amount of spam is nearing pre-McColo numbers, and junk mailers are using crafty new methods to infect computers, two spam reports released on Monday conclude.
Angela Moscaritolo Jan 27 2009 3:29PM Security
President Obama's cybersecurity plan released

President Obama's cybersecurity plan released

To protect the USA's information networks, President Obama plans to appoint a 'cyber adviser', initiate new research and development and increase collaboration with the private sector.
Angela Moscaritolo Jan 23 2009 11:26AM Security
Websense: Number of compromised websites at all-time high

Websense: Number of compromised websites at all-time high

Seventy percent of the most popular sites on the web have either hosted malicious content or contained a masked redirect, a recent study has found.
Angela Moscaritolo Jan 22 2009 10:47AM Security
Fake Obama sites prey on inauguration by distributing trojan

Fake Obama sites prey on inauguration by distributing trojan

Barack Obama was sworn in as president today, but a new malware campaign wants you to believe otherwise.
Angela Moscaritolo Jan 21 2009 10:58AM Security
Malware purposely not infecting machines in certain countries

Malware purposely not infecting machines in certain countries

Researchers have spotted a jump in malware that is designed to avoid infecting users in certain countries -- an attempt to stay out of the purview of law enforcement.
Angela Moscaritolo Jan 19 2009 11:11AM Security
Patches issued for Oracle products are "critical"

Patches issued for Oracle products are "critical"

The 41 patches issued earlier this week by Oracle include several that earned the most severe rating under the database giant's scoring system.
Angela Moscaritolo Jan 15 2009 10:51AM Security
Paris Hilton's website infects users with data-stealing trojan

Paris Hilton's website infects users with data-stealing trojan

The official website for Paris Hilton has been targeted by cybercriminals to distribute malware, and most anti-virus scanners are not detecting the threat.
Angela Moscaritolo Jan 14 2009 11:02AM Security
Vulnerability fixed in OpenSSL

Vulnerability fixed in OpenSSL

A vulnerability discovered in OpenSSL could enable a remote attacker to bypass signature checks and launch spoofing attacks.
Angela Moscaritolo Jan 9 2009 11:00AM Security
TJX hacker gets 30-year prison sentence

TJX hacker gets 30-year prison sentence

A Ukrainian man, one of the orchestrator's of the monster TJX breach, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in Turkey.
Angela Moscaritolo Jan 9 2009 10:48AM Security
Fake Beyonce, Victoria Beckham LinkedIn pages carry malware

Fake Beyonce, Victoria Beckham LinkedIn pages carry malware

Researchers have identified malicious links present on fake LinkedIn profiles claiming to belong to Beyonce Knowles, Victoria Beckham and about 25 other celebrities.
Angela Moscaritolo Jan 8 2009 11:07AM Security
Analyst firm expects security budgets to rise in 2009

Analyst firm expects security budgets to rise in 2009

Despite the ongoing financial crisis, IT security spending is expected to grow this year, according to two reports from Forrester.
Angela Moscaritolo Jan 7 2009 11:22AM Security
Survey: Collaboration applications inadequately secured

Survey: Collaboration applications inadequately secured

A gap in security exits for applications that help enable collaboration among employees, such as intranet portals and content management systems, a recent study found.
Angela Moscaritolo Dec 19 2008 9:51AM Security
"Extremely severe" issues addressed with Opera 9.63 update

"Extremely severe" issues addressed with Opera 9.63 update

The security issues could lead to system access, disclosure of potentially sensitive information, cross-site scripting exploits, or a denial of service condition.
Angela Moscaritolo Dec 18 2008 11:03AM Security
Emergency Internet Explorer patch issued overnight

Emergency Internet Explorer patch issued overnight

Users are encouraged to patch their systems immediately with an out-of-band fix from Microsoft for a major Internet Explorer vulnerability.
Angela Moscaritolo Dec 18 2008 11:03AM Security
XSS vulnerabilities discovered in Facebook, closed quickly

XSS vulnerabilities discovered in Facebook, closed quickly

Researchers this week released proof-of-concept code for a number of cross-site scripting flaws on Facebook, but the social networking site said it closed the vulnerabilities within hours.
Angela Moscaritolo Dec 17 2008 9:34AM Security
Security issues present in browser password management

Security issues present in browser password management

The password management features of most popular web browsers are riddled with bugs, new research concludes.
Angela Moscaritolo Dec 16 2008 10:03AM Security

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