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IM Worm Installs 'Safe' Web Browser
Of the many worms currently eating away at IM security, FaceTime Communications has found "one of the oddest and most insidious pieces of malware encountered in years," according to Tyler Wells, senior director of research for FaceTime. Dubbed "yhoo32.explr" the worm installs a rogue Web browser called "Safety Browser" and hijacks the user's Internet Explorer home page. (Full story...)
Japanese Power Plant Secrets Leaked by Virus
For the second time in less than four months, sensitive information about a Japanese power plant has leaked from a virus-infected computer. The leak contained security arrangements at a thermoelectric power plant run by the Chubu Electric Power in Owase, Japan. Full story...
Will Video Break the Internet?
Internet service providers, telephone and cable companies fear that TV-quality and high-definition programming flooding the Internet could cause it to choke. Full story...
Microsoft: Open Source 'Not Reliable or Dependable'
Open source software is not "anti-Microsoft," according to Vice President of Microsoft Europe. It is just giving people choices in the technologies that they use, he said in the documentary "The Code Breakers," which recently aired on BBC World. Full story...
5 Ways to Screw Up SSL
SSL might be a wonderful protocol, but it is frequently used badly. This helpful checklist is intended to point out some of the more common errors made by applications using SSL. (Full story...)
CIOs Fighting Uphill Battle Against Renegade Apps
Instant messaging, VoIP, impromptu Web conferences and peer-to-peer file sharing like Kazaa, LimeWire or BearShare downloads are making inroads into American business, introducing access points for malware, spyware, viruses and Trojans. A 2005 survey of CIOs by San Francisco-based market research firm NewDiligence showed that 93% of workplace computers have at least one of these renegade applications. (Full story...)
When You Take Work Home, Make Sure Security Goes With It
One of the great things about mobile computing is that it's mobile. You can take data anywhere. The bad thing is that it's mobile--someone else can take your data anywhere, too. (Full story...)
5 Ways Google is Shaking the Security World
Google's clashes with the U.S. Department of Justice, CSOs and CISOs keep on raging as the search giant continues in its unabashed ambitions to catalog everything from images and libraries to Earth, the moon and Mars. (Full story...)
GE Security Exec Shares Tips to Reduce Security Risks
When it comes to putting data and identity thieves in their place, there's no room for being Mr. Nice Guy. Peter Costa suggests having a "public hanging" because companies need to be "fanatical about prosecution," he says. (Full story...)
Hackers Controlled University Network for Year
A server at The University of Ohio that stored over 137,000 social security numbers was under the control of hackers for more than a year without anyone noticing. But how and why did it happen? (Full story...) |
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Ever wonder what it's like to be a real spyware hunter? What it's like to get paid to spend your day gaining the confidence of... and then infiltrating… rings of real life cyber criminals?
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