Recent articles by Jim Carr

Phisher targets Salesforce.com customers

Phisher targets Salesforce.com customers

Customers of Salesforce.com are facing a barrage of phishing emails containing viruses and keyloggers after the company suffered the leak of a customer contact list.
Jim Carr Nov 9 2007 9:44AM Security
SecureWorks: Anti-spyware solution scam steals personal financial information

SecureWorks: Anti-spyware solution scam steals personal financial information

A complex plot involving fake anti-spyware products has scammed thousands of victims out of money and personal information, according to SecureWorks.
Jim Carr Nov 8 2007 10:12AM Security
Researcher finds Firefox design vulnerability

Researcher finds Firefox design vulnerability

A leading security researcher has discovered a vulnerability in Firefox that could compromise websites and browsers.
Jim Carr Nov 6 2007 9:49AM Security
SecureWorks: Storm worm may be for sale

SecureWorks: Storm worm may be for sale

The infamous storm worm trojan, which first hit inboxes in January, is poised to become a for-sale spam botnet system, complete with fast-flux DNS and hosting capabilities.
Jim Carr Oct 17 2007 10:07AM Security
Fake Microsoft anti-spyware site stealing credit card info

Fake Microsoft anti-spyware site stealing credit card info

Security researchers at McAfee Avert Labs have uncovered a fake "AntiSpyware Center" website purporting to be from Microsoft.
Jim Carr Oct 16 2007 9:47AM Security
CompTIA: Security spending to soar

CompTIA: Security spending to soar

Spending on security technology, training, assessments and certification will eat up an greater part of IT spending in the next year, according to a survey from the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA).
Jim Carr Oct 12 2007 10:54AM Security
US state credit report freeze law goes into effect

US state credit report freeze law goes into effect

The US state of Oregon has become the latest to pass legislation to control identity theft.
Jim Carr Oct 5 2007 9:58AM Security
Users of AOL I.M. at risk of attacks

Users of AOL I.M. at risk of attacks

Millions of computers with registered copies of AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) are at risk to a variety of attacks via a vulnerability in AIM 6.1, AIM beta 6.2, AIM Pro and AIM Lite, according to researchers at Core Security.
Jim Carr Sep 27 2007 9:38AM Security
Ethical hacking courses for sale on eBay

Ethical hacking courses for sale on eBay

Ethical hacking kits, which provide a variety of tools for penetration testing, password theft and guides to virus development, are being sold on eBay.
Jim Carr Sep 24 2007 9:43AM Security
Deloitte: Human factor is No. 1 IT security issue

Deloitte: Human factor is No. 1 IT security issue

The "human factor" — employees, customers, third parties and business partners — are the "greatest root cause of security breaches," according to Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu's 2007 Global Security Survey.
Jim Carr Sep 21 2007 9:39AM Security
Ads on Facebook serving up adware

Ads on Facebook serving up adware

An apparent adware distributor is placing ads that download adware and spyware on to the unpatched Windows computers of those visiting the popular Facebook website.
Jim Carr Sep 19 2007 1:35AM Security
Firefox plagued by unpatched QuickTime flaw

Firefox plagued by unpatched QuickTime flaw

Mozilla on Thursday acknowledged that a year-old vulnerability in the QuickTime media player plug-in for Firefox could let a hacker break into the open-source browser.
Jim Carr Sep 17 2007 9:08AM Security
Software pirate gets 30-month sentence

Software pirate gets 30-month sentence

A 40-year-old American was sentenced yesterday to 30 months in prison for conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement.
Jim Carr Sep 10 2007 4:34AM Security
Pentagon servers attacked, but by whom?

Pentagon servers attacked, but by whom?

Is the Chinese military responsible for recent attacks on Pentagon computers?
Jim Carr Sep 6 2007 9:52AM Security
Exploited Bank of India website downloads malware

Exploited Bank of India website downloads malware

The website of one of India's leading financial services companies is back online after US researchers discovered it was downloading a wide range of malware to customer PCs.
Jim Carr Sep 3 2007 9:55AM Security
Judge dismisses students' lawsuit in data breach

Judge dismisses students' lawsuit in data breach

Two former Ohio University students may have lost their battle in a data-breach-related lawsuit, but the current US political environment left them with no other recourse than to sue, a security industry analyst told SCMagazine.com.
Jim Carr Aug 31 2007 10:30AM Security
International web-use explosion fuels domain name growth

International web-use explosion fuels domain name growth

Increased international use of the internet has driven the number of domain names registered globally to 138 million, according to a report from VeriSign, the firm that operates the .com and .net domains.
Jim Carr Aug 31 2007 10:17AM Security
Personal records of 35,000 veterans stolen in burglary

Personal records of 35,000 veterans stolen in burglary

The burglary of a US prisoners of war (POW) support group's offices has netted thieves the personal information, including addresses and Social Security numbers, of more than 35,000 veterans and their families.
Jim Carr Aug 29 2007 10:52AM Security
Monster takes down ‘pirate' server with stolen user information

Monster takes down ‘pirate' server with stolen user information

Monster.com, the online recruitment website that suffered a data breach triggered by the Infostealer.Monstres trojan, said it has closed a "pirate" server housing the personal information of hundreds of thousands of job hunters.
Jim Carr Aug 24 2007 10:40AM Security
AOL phisher pleads guilty in ID theft scheme

AOL phisher pleads guilty in ID theft scheme

A 23-year-old man accused of sending spam and phishing emails that targeted AOL subscribers pleaded guilty on Wednesday in a US court, the country's Department of Justice (DOJ) announced.
Jim Carr Aug 24 2007 10:37AM Security

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