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One in 33 homes experience ID theft

One in 33 homes experience ID theft

About 3 percent of the nation’s households were victims of identity theft during a six-month period in 2004, losing about $3.2 billion to fraudsters, the U.S. Justice Department announced Sunday.
Dan Kaplan Apr 3 2006 8:15PM Security
Experts detect sharp hike in ‘script kiddie’ phishing tools

Experts detect sharp hike in ‘script kiddie’ phishing tools

Almost a third of phishing attacks during February were generated by technically unskilled individuals using so-called script kiddie kits, new monitoring data has revealed.
William Eazel Mar 31 2006 9:02AM Security
A week in tech

A week in tech

A round-up of all the latest tech news.
FinanceAsia & IRG Mar 31 2006 8:44AM Hardware
Experts warn of 'aggressive' rise in child-porn spam

Experts warn of 'aggressive' rise in child-porn spam

Security experts have warned computer users of an increase in highly offensive emails designed to lure traffic to child-porn websites. As a result of these new "aggressive" spam campaigns, security firm Sophos has recorded a three-fold increase in the amount of illegal child-porn websites over the past week.
William Eazel Mar 29 2006 10:50AM Security
Most U.K. staff would turn in pirate bosses

Most U.K. staff would turn in pirate bosses

Almost half of U.K. employees have suffered from exposure to "illegal or inappropriate activities" at work - including being asked to use pirated software, according to new research.
William Eazel Mar 27 2006 9:46AM Security
One in five firms has no disaster recovery plan

One in five firms has no disaster recovery plan

One in five global companies have no formalized business continuity (BC) plan, according to new research.
William Eazel Mar 24 2006 10:31AM Security
S.F. internet marketer to pay 900K in fines

S.F. internet marketer to pay 900K in fines

An internet marketing agency will pay $900,000 – the largest penalty of its kind - to the Federal Trade Commission for allegedly violating the CAN-SPAM Act.
Frank Washkuch Mar 23 2006 11:03PM Security
Serious security bug found in Sendmail

Serious security bug found in Sendmail

Security experts at Internet Security Systems (ISS) yesterday revealed the existence of a serious vulnerability in the Sendmail SMTP server software.
William Eazel Mar 23 2006 9:55AM Security
Second IE flaw discovered in two days

Second IE flaw discovered in two days

A new web browser vulnerability made a tough week a little bit tougher for Microsoft.
Frank Washkuch Mar 22 2006 10:46PM Security
600K available in Panda grant prizes

600K available in Panda grant prizes

Panda Software is putting more than $600,000 in cash and product donations up for grabs as part of a new grant program designed to promote better access to secure technology across the globe.
Ericka Chickowski Mar 20 2006 9:24PM Security
IT security experts to fill in House subcommittee

IT security experts to fill in House subcommittee

Industry and government leaders will testify Thursday before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on the growing cybersecurity concerns facing small businesses.
Dan Kaplan Mar 15 2006 8:16PM Security
SC Awards toast the best in IT security

SC Awards toast the best in IT security

As part of the IT security industry's leading global awards program, the SC Magazine Awards U.S. gala was organized to honor the professionals, companies and products that help fend off the myriad security threats confronted in today's corporate world.
Staff Writers Mar 10 2006 8:50PM Security
Web banking fraud losses double in U.K.

Web banking fraud losses double in U.K.

A sharp hike in the volume and sophistication of phishing scams pushed British online banking fraud losses to record levels of £23 million in 2005 – almost double the previous year’s losses of £12 million, APACS, the U.K. payments association warned yesterday.
William Eazel Mar 10 2006 9:38AM Security
Hackers to face decade in jail

Hackers to face decade in jail

Hackers in the U.K. could face ten years in jail under stiff new laws passed in parliament.
René Millman Mar 8 2006 4:44PM Security
Korean online RPG in class action suit

Korean online RPG in class action suit

Lawyers in South Korea have brought a class action lawsuit on behalf of 224,000 online gamers whose identities were stolen by hackers.
René Millman Mar 3 2006 11:51AM Security
AOL to see phishers in court

AOL to see phishers in court

AOL is using the long net of the law to snag three “phishing gangs” from the wild.
Frank Washkuch Feb 28 2006 8:54PM Security
A real treasure for turning in software pirates

A real treasure for turning in software pirates

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) announced today that it has increased its cash incentive to $200,000 for information on software piracy that leads to an infringement settlement with software vendors.
Ericka Chickowski Feb 28 2006 8:13PM Security
Florida data thief gets eight years in slammer

Florida data thief gets eight years in slammer

A Florida man convicted of one of the largest data-intrusion crimes ever committed was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in prison.
Dan Kaplan Feb 23 2006 9:37PM Security
Archiving better in U.S. than U.K, but still not good

Archiving better in U.S. than U.K, but still not good

They won’t win a gold medal, but U.S. companies are beating their counterparts across the pond in one important IT security race.
Frank Washkuch Feb 22 2006 8:30PM Security
Second Mac virus in the wild

Second Mac virus in the wild

Another Mac virus has been spotted in the wild by anti-virus researchers. Called Inqtana-A, the new worm spreads between Macs via a Bluetooth vulnerability and has appeared within days of the discovery of the first ever real virus for Mac OS X.
René Millman Feb 20 2006 11:12AM Security

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