Security

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RSA's Coviello: Cloud Computing Not Secure Enough Friday, July 03, 2009 2:40 AM PDT Cloud-based services are being rolled out without enough attention being paid to securing these services and the information they handle.

Superhacker Max Butler Pleads Guilty A skilled San Francisco-based computer hacker who once sought to unite the cyber underworld under his benign rule pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud charges here Monday, admitting he stole nearly…

Celebrity Deaths Drive Spam, with Jackson Pervasive The deaths of Michael Jackson and other celebrities is driving a flood of spam, malware and other scams.

Small-Business Network Security 101 Today more than ever, good network security is vital to businesses of all sizes.

Worst Celebrity Death Hoaxes Celebs big and small, from Oprah to William Hung, have been killed off before their times.

Jul
4th

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NetBank woes - cyber attacks set to spread Commonwealth Bank says it still cannot pinpoint the source of a presumed cyber attack blamed for preventing customers from accessing their online accounts, highlighting a security risk expected to…

2 headed to prison for hacking into phone system A teenager and a 23-year-old man from Massachusetts are headed to prison after being sentenced in Dallas on conspiracy charges related to a phone hacking case.

Jackson hackers hijack Sydney radio website Tim Little behind the mic for his weekly dance music radio show. Asher Moses July 2, 2009 - 10:40AM A Sydney radio show has been caught up in a global Michael Jackson spam storm, after its website…

Police: Hacker of Quincy Web site still elusive; case may never be solved This much is clear: Someone hacked into and altered the Web site hosted by the Mississippi River city of Quincy last fall.

Ex-boyfriend convicted of stalking Marin woman and hacking into her... After more than three years of legal maneuvering, a Las Vegas man was convicted of stalking a Corte Madera woman, breaking into her home and hacking into her computer.

Hacker Robs Bullitt County Of $415,000 1hr Someone has hacked into Bullitt County’s online bank account and stolen more than $415,000. County officials held a special meeting on the topic Wednesday night to inform residents about what…

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[ISecAuditors Security Advisories] Joomla! < 1.5.12 Multiple XSS vulnerabilities in HTTP Headers INTERNET SECURITY AUDITORS ALERT 2009-007 - Original release date: June 30th, 2009 - Last revised: July 2nd, 2009 - Discovered by: Juan Galiana Lara - Severity: 6.8/10 (CVSS Base Score) I….

[USN-795-1] Nagios vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notice USN-795-1 July 02, 2009 nagios2, nagios3 vulnerability CVE-2009-2288 A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 This…

[USN-794-1] Perl vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notice USN-794-1 July 02, 2009 libcompress-raw-zlib-perl, perl vulnerability CVE-2009-1391 A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu…

Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities in Mozilla, Internet Explorer, Opera and Chrome Hello SecurityFocus! I want to warn you about Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities in Mozilla, Internet Explorer, Opera and Chrome. I wrote about it at my site this Monday (29.06.2009) and also…