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How banks use Twitter to combat fraud
With phishing attacks hurting the credibility of email communications, forward thinking banks are turning to social media as the best channel to warn customers of scams and …
The evolution of traditional desktops into personal clouds
As users go virtual in all aspects of their life, the notion of doing all their work on a single traditional desktop in one physical location is rapidly evolving. …
IBM WebSphere Portal XSS vulnerability
A vulnerability has been reported in IBM WebSphere Portal, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks, according to Secunia. Certain …
Spammers establish their own fake URL-shortening services
For the first time ever, spammers are establishing their own their own fake URL-shortening services to perform URL redirection, according to Symantec. This new spamming …
Cybercrime statistics show widespread phishing problem
The top five industries vulnerable to cybercrime include travel, education, financial services, government services and IT services, according to KnowBe4. Using the Inc.com …
The rise of layered fraud prevention
By 2014, 15 percent of enterprises will adopt layered fraud prevention techniques for their internal systems to compensate for weaknesses inherent in using only authentication …
Mobile users: Risky behavior and weak security
Researchers found that while an increasing number of consumers use mobile devices for both business and personal activities, large numbers are not familiar with their …
iPhone hardware encryption investigated
Users of Apple iPhone devices accumulate huge amounts of highly sensitive information stored in their smartphones. Historical geolocation data, viewed Google maps and routes, …
phpMyAdmin redirection weakness and script insertion vulnerability
A weakness and a vulnerability have been reported in phpMyAdmin, which can be exploited by malicious users to conduct script insertion attacks and by malicious people to …
GFI LANguard 2011 released
GFI Software launched GFI LANguard 2011, the latest version of the network vulnerability scanning and patch management solution. GFI LANguard 2011 is the first network …
40% of IT staff could wreak havoc to your network
A survey showed that 40% of IT staff admit that they could hold their employers hostage – even after they’ve left for other employment – by making it …
Programmer sentenced for accessing ATMs using malicious code
A former Bank of America (BOA) computer programmer was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for unauthorized access to the financial institution’s protected …
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