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The 2008 Identity Fraud Survey Report – released by Javelin Strategy & Research – confirms that identity fraud is declining in most parts of the United …

IBM today released the findings of the 2007 X-Force Security report, detailing a disturbing rise in the sophistication of attacks by criminals on Web browsers worldwide. …

The fresh security update addresses the following: Directory Services – A local user may be able to execute arbitrary code with system privileges. A stack buffer …

Clavister AB, provider of IP-based security and UTM solutions, today declared a new world record in network security throughput. Tests show that the new Clavister technology …

McAfee announced findings from new research that reveals that almost three out of four mobile consumers (72%) are concerned about the security of today’s and …

Marcus Meissner from the SUSE security team sent the following to the opensuse-security-announce mailing list: As you are undoubtly aware a new local root exploit has been …

According to the Identity Theft Assistance Center, a national non-profit coalition dedicated to protecting consumers from identity theft, throughout 2008 “criminals will …

The PCI Security Standards Council announced that PCI PED equipment approval listings and security requirements documents are available on the Council’s website. With …

Abstract from the whitepaper by authors Hirokazu Sasamoto, Nicolas Christin and Eiji Hayashi: A number of recent scams and security attacks hinge on a crook’s ability to …

Percoban.A reaches computers disguised as a Word file. When run, it makes a copy of itself with names such as Rahasiamu.exe or Jangan Dibuka.exe. It also creates a Windows …

There is a new version of TrueCrypt, a free open-source disk encryption software for Windows Vista/XP , Mac OS X, and Linux. New features in version 5.0 include:Ability to …

The new “Apache Cookbook” is a collection of recipes drawn from the fire hose of the Usenet newsgroups, the ApacheFAQ, Apache-related mailing lists, emailed how-to …