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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 287 days ago
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206103681By Thomas ClaburnInformationWeekFebruary 4, 2008Businesses and government agencies face a rising number of phishing attacks targeting high-level executives.The Anti-Phishing Working Group on Monday said that in November the identities of 178 financial institutions and government agencies, a new record, were co-opted by phishers in an effort to dupe victims into revealing information. This represents a 2.23% increase from the previous read more »
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Category: tools | Posted by Avatar Staff 287 days ago
Via: http://blog.metasploit.com | Tags: rise security vs asus eee pc comments Discuss  
The fine folks at RISE Security have purchased a Linux-based ASUS Eee PC and literally rooted it out of the box (using Metasploit, of course). Considering how much criticism other PC vendors have received for out-of-the-box security, its a wonder that a similar outcry has not been heard for Linux-based products. The last line of the RISE article really sums it up: "Easy to learn, Easy to work, Easy to root." read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 286 days ago
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p strong Federal IT spending is likely to rise but not before January 2 9. strong p ...Ruby on Rails Seminar Get up to speed on Rails at a two-day seminar in San Francisco. You'll leave with a deployed site! read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 282 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: blended security threats rise ibm says comments Discuss  
The number of malware code samples in the wild grew 30 percent to 410,000 in 2007, according to security researchers at IBM's ISS division. The Storm worm in particular accounted for 13 percent of the entire malware collection. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 270 days ago
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http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20080223-120767/Police-say-computer-crimes-on-the-riseBy Alcuin PapaPhilippine Daily Inquirer02/23/2008MANILA -- Computer crimes reported to police are on the rise, the Philippine National Police said Saturday.According to a briefing paper on cyber crimes prepared by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, a total of 1,843 crimes involving computers were reported to police in 2007. This is more than three times the number of 527 reported in 20 read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 224 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: the rise malware mafia comments Discuss  
New laws 'a waste of paper'RSA Policy makers should reject pressure to draft new laws targeting phishing and other types of cyber crime because existing statutes already cover most of the illegal activity, a researcher who investigates online criminals said.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 126 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: huge rise malware year comments Discuss  
Malware has risen by a staggering 278 percent in the first half of 2008, thanks in part to the large number of Web sites comprised last month, so says a new study by ScanSafe. And it warns that things are only going to get worse, especially after Dan Kaminsky goes public with details about his 20-year-old DNS vulnerability. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 112 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: symantec profits rise customers consolidate security storage vendors comments Discuss  
Symantec CEO John Thompson said the poor economy may be helping Symantec as business customers consolidate security and storage vendors. Symantec, the IT security and data storage software giant, reported higher quarterly profit and beat Wall Street expectations as it announced it is signing more large customers. Symantec said it may beat analysts' profit forecasts for the current quarter, which ends Oct. 3. - BOSTON, July 30 (Reuters) - Symantec Corp, thelargest maker of computer security and data bac read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 52 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: security risks rise smartphones smarter comments Discuss  
As wireless devices become more numerous within businesses, their convenience will be counterbalanced by an increasing potential for security problems, according to a Gartner analyst. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 51 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: uk banking fraud losses rise m comments Discuss  
More financial jollityUK banking losses due to fraud in the first half of 2008 hit £301.7m compared to £263.6m in the same period last year, according to the latest figures from UK banking association APACS.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 36 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:09:01 -0500 (CDT)http://www.fcw.com/online/news/154083-1.htmlBy Ben BainFCW.comOctober 15, 2008Malicious cyber activity has grown more prevalent and sophisticated during the past year and threats come from organized crime groups, terrorist organizations and foreign governments, according to a senior FBI official.The increase in activity and sophistication poses a criminal and national security threat and has raised concerns from the gove read more »
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