Data Theft

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• Heartland, VeriFone Foodfight Flares Up Again

  
  StorefrontBacktalk — Authority: 584
  In last weeks saga of two security vendors filing exaggerated half-truth accusations at each other, Heartland Payment Systems issued a statement that apparently contradicted its own court filing. This week, the two firms rumble about a federal judges decision, whether a Web site is still up or not and generally ...
  19 hours ago

• PCI: Maybe It’s Not Just For Card Data Any More

  
  StorefrontBacktalk — Authority: 584
  With all of the recent fuss about PCI requirements and how to protect payment cards, many companies have opted to take a far too narrow view of data protection. The PCI rules are absolutely designed to only apply to payment cards, but the same common-sense security guidelines will also dramatically help the security ...
  22 hours ago

• Apple Safari exposes Windows to drive-by download attacks

  
  Zero Day — Authority: 625
  A high-priority Safari update patches vulnerabilities that allow remote code execution (drive-by downloads) if a user simply surfs to a maliciously rigged Web site.
  1 day ago

• Adobe plugs security hole in Photoshop Elements

  
  Zero Day — Authority: 625
  Adobe has shipped a patch to cover a security vulnerability affecting its Photoshop Elements software product.
  2 days ago

• Microsoft patches Windows worm holes, drive-by download flaws

  
  Zero Day — Authority: 625
  One of the Windows vulnerabilities could expose users to drive-by malware attacks via the browser.
  2 days ago

• Major online ad site hacked, serving up exploit cocktail

  
  Zero Day — Authority: 625
  A high-profile online advertising Web site has been hacked and rigged to serve multiple exploits to Microsoft Windows users.
  2 days ago

• Why is Apple meddling with my Windows AutoRun?

  
  Zero Day — Authority: 625
  Costin Raiu says Apples iTunes has started to meddle with the Windows AutoRun feature, making Microsofts operating system less secure.
  2 days ago

• Laptop Encryption Software And Rickrolling Having Something In Common

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 130
  What does laptop encryption software have in common with the cultural zenith that was, and is, Rick Astley?  Passwords. Rickrolling iPhone Worm Australians with jailbroken iPhones got the treat of a lifetime when their wallpaper got changed to that of a young Astley looking impishly serious (check out the ...
  3 days ago

• Mac OS X mega patch covers 58 security vulnerabilities

  
  Zero Day — Authority: 625
  The most serious of the flaws could allow a remote attacker to gain complete control of an unpatched system.
  3 days ago

• Rogue Anti-Spyware Targets Sesame Street’s Big Bird

  
  McAfee Avert Labs — Authority: 511
  The idea of malware distributors abusing Google Trends is not new. The bad guys have once again demonstrated that they, too, can take advantage of Google Trends. This time their target is Big Bird’s birthday. It’s not new that the Google logo includes Big Bird; it does so on special occasions. The Google ...
  3 days ago

• Rogue Anti-Spyware Targets Sesame Street’s Big Bird

  
  McAfee Avert Labs — Authority: 511
  The idea of malware distributors abusing Google Trends is not new. The bad guys have once again demonstrated that they, too, can take advantage of Google Trends. This time their target is Big Bird’s birthday.   It’s not new that the Google logo includes Big Bird; it does so on special occasions. The Google ...
  3 days ago

• Data breach notifications one step closer to law… again

  
  ShareConnector — Authority: 455
  Every time there’s a major data breach in retail or government, there’s a chorus of frustrated customers trying to find out whether their information was exposed to would-be identity thieves. The problem is that it’s near impossible to find out this information unless the organization in question takes the ...
  3 days ago

• Data breach notifications one step closer to law... again

  
  Ars Technica — Authority: 754
  Every time theres a major data breach in retail or government, theres a chorus of frustrated customers trying to find out whether their information was exposed to would-be identity thieves. The problem is that its near impossible to find out this information unless the organization in question takes the initiative ...
  3 days ago

• CBS 60 Minutes tackles cyber-terrorism

  
  Zero Day — Authority: 625
  Could hackers get into the computer systems that run crucial elements of the worlds infrastructure, such as the power grids, water works or even a nations military arsenal? CBS News 60 Minutes reports.
  3 days ago

• Lawsuit: iPhone app developer Storm8 stole phone numbers, user data

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 758
  A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday claims that popular App Store app developer Storm8 may have bypassed safeguards in order to obtain data such as phone numbers via games downloaded over 20 million times. World War, iMobsters, Racing Live, Vampires, Kingdoms, Zombies Live, Rockstars Live and Ninjas Live are some ...
  4 days ago

• National Data Breach Laws Move Through Senate

  
  Question Everything — Authority: 142
  Kim Zetter | WiredA national data breach law got closer to passage this week.The Senate Judiciary Committee approved two bills Thursday that address data security and breach notification, according to Government Information Security. The legislation was drafted in response to the plague of data thefts that have ...
  4 days ago

• High-risk flaw dings Google Chrome

  
  Zero Day — Authority: 625
  A "high-risk" flaw in Google Chrome presents a threat of arbitrary code execution.
  6 days ago

• Code execution hole in BlackBerry Desktop Manager

  
  Zero Day — Authority: 625
  Research in Motion (RIM) has shipped a patch to cover a gaping hole in its BlackBerry Desktop Manager software.
  6 days ago

• Patch Tuesday heads-up: Critical MS Office patches coming

  
  Zero Day — Authority: 625
  Microsoft plans to release six security bulletins next week to fix at least 15 serious vulnerabilities that could expose Windows users to malicious hacker attacks.
  1 week ago

• F-Secure Home Server Security

  
  Spy Review — Authority: 121
  Can we even imagine life without the internet today? Besides shrinking the world it has made everything easier to do, whether it is communications or work or even entertainment and gaming. However, it has also opened new vistas to the technologically savvy criminals in the form of identity theft, phishing, banking ...
  1 week ago

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