CNN:
A new, more serious danger to jailbroken iPhones has emerged, says security firm Intego. The threat, currently labeled "iPhone/Privacy.A," is described as a hacking tool based on the same vulnerability used by the recent Ikee worm. Unlike Ikee however, Privacy.A is not meant as a warning but rather a malicious means of st (Read More)
CNET News.com:
The city's contract for Google Apps requires that integration provider Computer Sciences Corp. promise to pay a penalty if there is a security breach. (Read More)
SANS NewsBites:
The US-China Economic and security Review Commission this week released a report titled "Capability of the People's Republic of China to Conduct Cyber Warfare and Computer Network Exploitation....... (Read More)
Ars Technica:
A new survey shows, perhaps unsurprisingly, that more Americans are worried about being robbed online than they are about being mugged in real life. The bi-annual Unisys Security Index found that Americans fear fraudulent use of their personal credit and debit cards significantl (Read More)
CNET News.com | Tech news blog:
Defcon founder and Homeland Security adviser Jeff Moss reflects on how he got into hacking, says the Internet's "age of innocence" is over, and has a message for Google and other big Web sites. (Read More)
CNN:
Todd Feinman spent more than a decade breaking into the computer systems of Fortune 100 companies. Not for his own nefarious purposes, though. The former director at PricewaterhouseCoopers was paid to test corporate security systems. (Read More)
BBC:
Over the last few days, many of you will have read all about the phishing attacks on Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail and AOL involving more than 30,000 accounts.And while the BBC and other organisations have been highlighting the dangers of these attacks for a long time, it is understandable why so many people fall for them.Cyber-cri (Read More)
Anton Chuvakin Blog - "Security Warrior":
So, next week I will be at The Computer Forensics Show in Santa Clara, CA and I got some discount codes to share, courtesy of the organizers. 50% off attendance code is: VIP50 Here is the info about the event: WHEN: October 5-6, 2009 WHERE: Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA PRESO HIGHLIGHTS: "When No One E (Read More)
CNN:
The Department of Homeland Security will hire up to 1,000 cybersecurity experts over the next three years to help protect U.S. computer networks, an Obama administration official said.
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CNN:
The Department of Homeland Security will hire up to 1,000 cybersecurity experts over the next three years to help protect U.S. computer networks, an Obama administration official said.
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SANS NewsBites:
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) is notifying 163,000 women whose personal information was exposed in a computer security breach....... (Read More)
ZDNet Blogs:
Once pitched as an additional layer of security for E-banking transactions, two-factor authentication is slowly becoming an easy to bypass authentication process, to which cybercriminals have successfully adapted throughout the last couple of years. Modern banker malware, also known as crimeware, is now fully capable of byp (Read More)
ZDNet Blogs:
Apple has shipped iTunes 9.0.1to fix a critical security hole that puts Mac and Windows users at risk of computer takeover attacks. (Read More)