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U.S. federal data security vulnerabilities

Data security vulnerabilities that exist within U.S. Federal agencies due to employees’ use of unsecure methods to exchange information, such as FTP – despite the …

How secure is our personal healthcare information?

Forty-seven percent of IT security professionals believe their personal healthcare information is less secure than it was 12 months ago according to a survey by nCircle. The …

Highly critical vulnerability in Safari for Windows

A vulnerability has been discovered in Apple Safari 4.0.5 for Windows, which can be exploited to compromise a system. The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the …

BackTrack 4 R1 Dev public release

BackTrack is a Linux-based penetration testing arsenal that aids security professionals in the ability to perform assessments in a purely native environment dedicated to …

phpnuke.org compromised, serving exploits

PHP-Nuke is a popular Web content management system based on PHP and various databases. Once upon a time it was an open-source platform, but is now commercial software. …

SQLninja 0.2.5 released

SQLninja is a tool targeted to exploit SQL Injection vulnerabilities on a web application that uses Microsoft SQL Server as its back-end. Its main goal is to provide a remote …

Week in review: Money mules, community anti-virus and Facebook bugs and privacy issues

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and reviews: Mobilizing a community to fight malware The word about …

New Facebook bug adds unauthorized apps to your profile

Just a few days after the bug that let users see their friends’ personal chats, another Facebook bug has been discovered yesterday, and this one was adding applications …

Small ISP wins in court, spammers must pay

Asis Internet Service, a smallish Californian ISP that counts only 4 employees, has 2.6 millions reason to celebrate. The ISP filed a lawsuit against a company named …

Clueless fraudster targets ThinkGeek

Popular online retailer ThinkGeek is – like many other retailers – sometimes targeted by fraudsters. To diagnose potential fraudulent orders, they usually …

Screenshot of YouTube video leads to DoS-capable worm

A screenshot of a YouTube video embedded with a link is the gateway to a malicious site where a worm with DoS capabilities is distributed, TrendLabs reports. The innocent …

Botnets battling for digital real estate

April saw high activity from multiple botnets, namely Gumblar and Sasfis, according to a report by Fortinet. While Gumblar remained in the No. 1 position in Fortinet’s …

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