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Zombie hacker pleads guilty to hospital infection

Zombie hacker pleads guilty to hospital infection

A U.S. man has pleaded guilty of creating a zombie network of 50,000 computers to launch a devastating attack against a Seattle hospital.
William Eazel May 8 2006 10:07AM Security
World Cup trojan aims to fake out soccer fans

World Cup trojan aims to fake out soccer fans

Security experts warned football fans about a new trojan that poses as a wallchart for the FIFA World Cup tournament taking place in Germany in five weeks.
René Millman May 5 2006 10:26AM Security
Study: Most malware made to make money

Study: Most malware made to make money

Malicious software coded by cyber criminals for financial gain accounted for some 70 percent of all malware detected during the first quarter of 2006, according to a report released today.
William Eazel May 5 2006 10:06AM Security
FTC files to stop sale of phone records

FTC files to stop sale of phone records

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed federal complaints against five web-based communications firms that, the watchdog charged, have sold individuals’ phone records.
Frank Washkuch May 4 2006 6:17PM Security
CA says low-risk PowerPoint trojan points to bigger threats

CA says low-risk PowerPoint trojan points to bigger threats

A low-risk exploit embedded into a PowerPoint attachment is raising eyebrows at CA, whose executives this week predicted it could be a sign of future attacks.
Ericka Chickowski Apr 28 2006 10:07PM Security
Quiz: Web users blind to spyware

Quiz: Web users blind to spyware

Internet users who think websites with clean, appealing graphics and national advertisers on their home pages are safe need to think again, as such seemingly respectable sites often harbor malware, according to a pop quiz on spyware.
William Eazel Apr 28 2006 10:59AM Security
IT security more imporant to most U.K. businesses

IT security more imporant to most U.K. businesses

Three-quarters of U.K. businesses rate security as a high or very high priority for their senior management or board of directors, according to the latest government-sponsored survey of breaches in the U.K. released at Infosec London.
William Eazel Apr 26 2006 10:13AM Security
Microsoft to update April patch

Microsoft to update April patch

Microsoft will re-release one April Patch next Tuesday due to interference between the fix and third-party software.
Frank Washkuch Apr 21 2006 8:45PM Security
Entrust to try PKI market

Entrust to try PKI market

Entrust will enter the managed public key infrastructure (PKI) service fray by the end of this year’s second quarter, company officials said last week.
Ericka Chickowski Apr 20 2006 9:23PM Security
Microsoft touts Sender ID to stop spam

Microsoft touts Sender ID to stop spam

Microsoft on Tuesday promised to increase efforts to combat spam by pushing adoption of its Sender ID framework for email authentication.
William Eazel Apr 19 2006 9:51AM Security
Your invitation to the SC Forum

Your invitation to the SC Forum

At the SC Magazine Forum, you could gain information, advice and great contacts to help you more readily achieve your goals as an IT security pro. Read on to see if you qualify for a free delegate place.
Staff Writers Apr 14 2006 8:14PM Security
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Staff Writers Apr 14 2006 8:14PM Security
Paying the cost to be the boss

Paying the cost to be the boss

In our organizations, we need to take a strong lead in many areas. The first area is awareness. There used to be a commercial where an executive, with a bit of a smirk, tells an IT engineer that he just opened an email attachment — like he was told not to. In our organizations, we know that sort of thing is happening somewhere in the company.
Peter Stephenson,CeRNS, Apr 14 2006 8:14PM Security
Researchers take VoIP security back to school

Researchers take VoIP security back to school

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued four awards totaling $600,000 to the University of North Texas (UNT) to lead a multi-university collaboration to develop a geographically distributed, secure test bed to analyze VoIP vulnerabilities.
William Eazel Apr 13 2006 2:30PM Security
U.K. firms fail to encrypt data

U.K. firms fail to encrypt data

U.K. businesses are failing to adopt the security controls needed to protect customers' information, according to the 2006 Department of Trade and Industry's biennial Information Security Breaches Survey.
William Eazel Apr 12 2006 10:24AM Security
Debate: Should the UK government have access to search engine records to help fight crime?

Debate: Should the UK government have access to search engine records to help fight crime?
Conleth McCallan Apr 7 2006 5:21PM Security
Knowing how to react is everything

Knowing how to react is everything

I have always emphasised the importance of visibility and forward thinking in enterprise security. However, in my experience, incident management is the most important, yet least well-executed, skill in all organisations.
David Lacey, Apr 7 2006 12:44PM Security
Microsoft to fix Internet Explorer flaw on Tuesday

Microsoft to fix Internet Explorer flaw on Tuesday

It’s official: PC users will only have to wait a few more days for a createTextRange() patch for Internet Explorer (IE).
Frank Washkuch Apr 6 2006 7:09PM Security
Talk is cheap: learn to use it carefully

Talk is cheap: learn to use it carefully

It can be hard to separate facts from hype in the infosec business. Talk to one source and ID theft is a major concern that should have every right-thinking citizen reaching for the shredder. Everything from the latest utility bill to an invitation to tea is turned to dust.
Paul Fisher Apr 6 2006 10:16AM Security
Cyber criminals count on Sudoku to infect victim PCs

Cyber criminals count on Sudoku to infect victim PCs

Security experts yesterday warned that a growing number of maliciously coded web pages are downloading spyware programs onto computers without the consent of the sites' visitors.
William Eazel Apr 5 2006 9:52AM Security

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