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Wal-Mart, Bank of America, Microsoft to be represented on PCI standards council

Wal-Mart, Bank of America, Microsoft to be represented on PCI standards council

Bank of America, Microsoft and Wal-Mart Stores are three of 14 organisations that will make up the newly formed PCI Security Standards Council (SSC) Board of Advisors.
Dan Kaplan May 28 2007 9:49AM Security
Pirates of the Caribbean spam spreading

Pirates of the Caribbean spam spreading

Movie goers are being targeted by a spam email about the latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie which downloads a Trojan horse.
Matt Chapman May 28 2007 6:20AM Security
US feds to cut use of Social Security numbers

US feds to cut use of Social Security numbers

Amid an avalanche of federal data breaches, agencies have been ordered to eliminate the unnecessary collection of personal information, including Social Security numbers.
Dan Kaplan May 25 2007 9:57AM Security
Month of ActiveX Bugs project reveals Office 2000 flaw

Month of ActiveX Bugs project reveals Office 2000 flaw

Microsoft is looking into reports of a flaw in Office 2000 disclosed as part of the Month of ActiveX Bugs (MoAxB) project.
Frank Washkuch May 25 2007 9:36AM Security
Hackers access personal info of 45,000 University of Colorado students

Hackers access personal info of 45,000 University of Colorado students

A disabled firewall and an unapplied patch allowed hackers to infiltrate a server at the University of Colorado, Boulder, exposing the personal information of nearly 45,000 students, the university said Tuesday.
Dan Kaplan May 24 2007 12:46PM Security
Microsoft takes lion's share of IT budgets

Microsoft takes lion's share of IT budgets

Microsoft stands to receive the largest share of the world's IT budgets, according to new research.
Clement James May 24 2007 12:19PM Strategy
'Philfing' the new scourge of the net

'Philfing' the new scourge of the net

A recent survey of more than 2,400 web users has found that Britain is becoming a nation of angry online shoppers.
Staff Writers May 24 2007 11:50AM Telco/ISP
SC Forum: Be a part of the future

SC Forum: Be a part of the future

With more workshops and an international line-up of speakers, the SC Forum is bigger and better than ever. So make sure you join us.
Patrick Love, Head of Fiduciary Support, Global Wealth Sol May 23 2007 5:08PM Security
Los Alamos beefs up security in wake of data breach

Los Alamos beefs up security in wake of data breach

The theft of classified information by a contractor's former employee has forced the Los Alamos National Laboratory to implement a variety of tactical and strategic security policies commonly found in a private enterprise.
Jim Carr May 23 2007 10:09AM Security
Sensitive information of 140,000 new parents compromised

Sensitive information of 140,000 new parents compromised

Forms containing the sensitive information of about 140,000 parents of newborns in the US are at risk for compromise after they were not shredded upon disposal, the Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR) has told parents in a letter.
Dan Kaplan May 22 2007 10:48AM Security
New strain of Gozi virus steals thousands of bank details

New strain of Gozi virus steals thousands of bank details

A fresh batch of the Russian Gozi virus has spread across the world stealing personal data from thousands of computer users.
Fiona Raisbeck May 22 2007 10:41AM Security
Bad Norton update zaps millions of PCs

Bad Norton update zaps millions of PCs

A faulty update to Symantec's Norton Antivirus package has disabled "millions" of PCs in China, according to local press reports.
Simon Burns May 22 2007 10:18AM Security
Lost Alcatel-Lucent disk holds personal details

Lost Alcatel-Lucent disk holds personal details

Telecommunications service provider Alcatel-Lucent has sent notifications to employees and retirees about a 3 May data breach.
Frank Washkuch May 22 2007 8:42AM Security
Secunia: Nearly a third of applications missing critical patches

Secunia: Nearly a third of applications missing critical patches

Nearly a third of all applications on corporate networks are missing critical security patches and are at risk to security breaches, according to a new report from Secunia.
Jim Carr May 21 2007 4:11AM Security
Sentencing of teacher in 'porn or spyware' case postponed

Sentencing of teacher in 'porn or spyware' case postponed

The sentencing of Julie Amero, the Connecticut substitute teacher convicted of exposing seventh-grade students to pornographic images — pictures that she and a number of security experts contend were spyware-produced — was postponed to 6 June.
Frank Washkuch May 21 2007 3:40AM Security
Google and Yahoo beware; month of search engine bugs coming

Google and Yahoo beware; month of search engine bugs coming

A hacker using the alias "Mustlive" announced this week that June will feature the next month-long vulnerability disclosure project, this one dedicated to search engine bugs.
Dan Kaplan May 18 2007 10:04AM Security
MySpace removes thousands of sex offender profiles

MySpace removes thousands of sex offender profiles

Social networking site, MySpace, has removed thousands of profiles of convicted sex offenders to protect its young users from abuse.
Fiona Raisbeck May 17 2007 10:07AM Security
Retail VoIP comes of age

Retail VoIP comes of age

Subscriber numbers doubled during 2006, reports Point Topic.
Robert Jaques May 17 2007 6:35AM Telco/ISP
Third of UK companies have critical vulnerabilities

Third of UK companies have critical vulnerabilities

Nearly a third of UK organisations have critical vulnerabilities that are widely recognised and actively exploited by hackers, according to new research by NTA Monitor.
Fiona Raisbeck May 16 2007 9:45AM Security
Third of UK firms vulnerable to hackers

Third of UK firms vulnerable to hackers

Almost a third of UK organisations have unpatched critical vulnerabilities compromising their IT security, new research warned today.
Robert Jaques May 15 2007 2:33PM Security

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