Ericka Chickowski

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Google search device flaw leaves sites open to phishing attacks

Google search device flaw leaves sites open to phishing attacks

Hackers and security experts made public a vulnerability in Google's search appliances that is leaving hundreds of major organisations such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Stanford University and the National Hockey League open to phishing attacks.
Ericka Chickowski Nov 29 2006 9:00AM Security
Cyber Monday a myth, but online shopping habits still a risk

Cyber Monday a myth, but online shopping habits still a risk

Mastercard announced this week that the so-called "Cyber Monday" is a myth, but information security experts are still warning to businesses to keep an eye on their employees as they begin their online shopping en masse.
Ericka Chickowski Nov 23 2006 9:31AM Security
Grey goo attack briefly fells Second Life

Grey goo attack briefly fells Second Life

Users of the highly popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game(MMORPG), Second Life, were locked out of the game's virtual world when it was shut down by a worm this weekend.
Ericka Chickowski Nov 21 2006 3:36PM Security
Research: 60 percent of enterprises to deploy NAC by 2008.

Research: 60 percent of enterprises to deploy NAC by 2008.

A new report released today by Infonetics Research, a global market research and consulting firm found that half of the large organisations in North America have already deployed some sort of Network Access Control (NAC) solution and the market could be poised to bring an additional 10 percent of these enterprises on board next year.
Ericka Chickowski Nov 16 2006 11:13PM Security
Windows OneCare labels Gmail as malicous

Windows OneCare labels Gmail as malicous

Customers of Windows Live OneCare were advised by Microsoft this week to update their antivirus signature after the service began tagging Google's e-mail service as malicious.
Ericka Chickowski Nov 15 2006 3:12AM Security
Rootkit leaves false trail to 'accuse' Prevx of infections

Rootkit leaves false trail to 'accuse' Prevx of infections

In their latest move in a game of cat and mouse with security companies, the hackers that created Gromozon redesigned the malware over the last week to include pop-ups and other fake clues to trick the infected user into thinking UK-based Prevx is the source of infection.
Ericka Chickowski Nov 10 2006 11:23PM Security
Microsoft: Six fixes teed up for Patch Tuesday

Microsoft: Six fixes teed up for Patch Tuesday

Microsoft told its users today that it is prepared to let loose six security fixes on Tuesday during its latest round of monthly patch releases.
Ericka Chickowski Nov 10 2006 1:46AM Security
PhishTank: PayPal, eBay most misrepresented by phishers

PhishTank: PayPal, eBay most misrepresented by phishers

A new online community that tracks phishing sites released its first month's statistical review this week.
Ericka Chickowski Nov 7 2006 10:15PM Security
On Election Day, IT security executives have doubts about electronic voting

On Election Day, IT security executives have doubts about electronic voting

As America goes to the polls, many IT security leaders have concerns about electronic voting systems being used across the land.
Ericka Chickowski Nov 7 2006 9:27PM Security
Secunia reports another Internet Explorer 7 flaw

Secunia reports another Internet Explorer 7 flaw

Secunia today reported a new vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) that can be exploited during phishing attacks.
Ericka Chickowski Oct 25 2006 5:34PM Security
Florida hacker faces two years in jail, $400,000 fine

Florida hacker faces two years in jail, $400,000 fine

The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that it charged a Florida man today in federal court for establishing a botnet from which he launched a denial of service attack on a Massachusetts technology firm.
Ericka Chickowski Oct 25 2006 12:46AM Security
McAfee warns botnets could threaten infrastructure

McAfee warns botnets could threaten infrastructure

Researchers with McAfee released a whitepaper today that claims botnets could feasibly threaten most countries' infrastructures.
Ericka Chickowski Oct 24 2006 6:20PM Security
Sophos, eEye in favor of Microsoft's PatchGuard

Sophos, eEye in favor of Microsoft's PatchGuard

While the largest IT security vendors continue to attack Microsoft on the new kernel patch protection in its Vista operating system, many of their competitors are coming forward to defend the software giant.
Ericka Chickowski Oct 24 2006 3:14AM Security
CipherOptics backs up products with charitable guarentee

CipherOptics backs up products with charitable guarentee

The executives at CipherOptics hope to put organisations' minds at ease with the launch of a new guarantee with a charitable twist.
Ericka Chickowski Oct 20 2006 8:24PM Security
Rivals not convinced of Microsoft's Vista offer

Rivals not convinced of Microsoft's Vista offer

While Microsoft has made a lot of fanfare about the concessions they announced last week regarding kernel access to 64-bit Vista, the leading IT security manufacturers said this week that what Microsoft eventually offers them may be too little, too late.
Ericka Chickowski Oct 19 2006 7:00PM Security
McAfee unveils new strategy

McAfee unveils new strategy

Building off of several months worth of key acquisitions, McAfee announced this week a new comprehensive security risk management strategy that it hopes enterprises will take advantage of to comply with regulatory requirements and shore up security in one fell swoop.
Ericka Chickowski Oct 18 2006 1:30AM Security
Microsoft changes course, opens kernel code through APIs

Microsoft changes course, opens kernel code through APIs

After several weeks of heated fingerpointing from major security firms about getting locked out of Windows Vista, Microsoft has slightly switched course with two key security features in the soon-to-be-released operating system.
Ericka Chickowski Oct 17 2006 5:19AM Security
Symantec and VeriSign team up to push better authentication

Symantec and VeriSign team up to push better authentication

Two of the information security market's biggest vendors announced this week in the US that they are teaming up to fight identity theft and fraud.
Ericka Chickowski Oct 11 2006 10:58PM Security
Payment card companies announce new PCI organization, update standard

Payment card companies announce new PCI organization, update standard

The five leading payment card companies joined together today to update to announce the formation of an independent council to manage and enforce the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard.
Ericka Chickowski Sep 8 2006 12:34AM Security
IT admins scramble after faulty CA AV update

IT admins scramble after faulty CA AV update

The SANS Institute warned IT system administrators to be wary of an update to CA's anti-virus software that causes the software to classify an element of Windows 2003 as malware.
Ericka Chickowski Sep 6 2006 9:25PM Security

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