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Clickjacking Attacks Create a New Type of “Spyware”

Let Bright Hub be the first to label this really scary version of clickjacking “Spyware 2.0.”

Published by Peter_Suciu (4261 pts) on Oct 10, 2008 to
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Lawmaker’s son Indicted in Palin Hacking

Today the son of a Democratic Tennessee state Rep. Mike Kernell pleaded not guilty to hacking a personal e-mail account belonging to Alaska Governor and GOP Vice Presidential hopeful Sarah Palin.

Published by Peter_Suciu (4261 pts) on Oct 8, 2008 to
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Spammers Learn New Tricks, Web-Mail Based Attacks Likely to Increase

Spammers have apparently defeated revised CAPTCHAs (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) from both Google and Microsoft. The results could mean that spammers could establish online Web-mail accounts to send out endless ads.

Published by Peter_Suciu (4261 pts) on Oct 7, 2008 to
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Symantec Releases State of Spam Report

In the October 2008 report Symantec highlights that the trend is on the rise of spam messages containing URL links to malicious code.

Published by Peter_Suciu (4261 pts) on Oct 6, 2008 to
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DNS Vulnerabilities and Targeted Attacks Biggest Threats to Enterprises

This week the Computer Security Institute will release its 13th annual Computer Crime and Security Survey, and CSI director Robert Richardson noted in a preview of the report that 27 percent of respondents to the 2008 survey indicated that their enterprises had been hit by a targeted attack

Published by Peter_Suciu (4261 pts) on Oct 6, 2008 to
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BitDefender Offers Anti-Virus Defense and More: Q&A With Vitor Souza Part I

Romanian based BitDefender has taken its line of security software global, providing superior threat management to more than 41 million home and corporate users in more than 100 countries.

Published by Peter_Suciu (4261 pts) on Oct 6, 2008 to
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Clickjacking Threat Could Mean New Browsers Required

“Clickjacking” is a new form of attack, where a computer can be hijacked when the user visits a compromised page, but despite the name this can occur without the necessity for the user to click on anything to set off an attack.

Published by Peter_Suciu (4261 pts) on Oct 6, 2008 to
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Nevada Enacts Nation’s First Data Encryption Law

This week the state of Nevada put into effect the nation’s first data encryption law, which prohibits businesses from electronically transferring customers’ personal data outside an organization unless it is specifically encrypted.

Published by Peter_Suciu (4261 pts) on Oct 3, 2008 to
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Google's Ian Fette Talks About Security: Part 2

Ian Fette, a Product Manager with Google's Security Team, talks about the state of security and the steps that Google takes to enable its users to surf safely.

Published by Brett Callow (5966 pts) on Oct 3, 2008 to
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Security Myths Debunked

Thanks to movies, books and TV the accepted view of a hacker is part William Gibson console cowboy and part Kevin Mitnick anti-social bad boy with bad skin but limitless computer skills.

Published by Peter_Suciu (4261 pts) on Oct 3, 2008 to
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