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Hack Works Like Phone Tap

08/03/2009 - Hackers at the Black Hat and DefCon security conferences this weekend demonstrated a hack that works much like a phone tap does, the Associated Press reports.
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Malware Attacks

07/31/2009 - Malware attacks grew at a record pace in 2008 and are increasingly designed to steal personal information, such as passwords, according to the most recent Symantec Internet Security Threat Report. Most new infections stem from Web surfing.
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Hidden Vulnerabilities

07/31/2009 - Sixty-three percent of Web sites have a serious vulnerability, according to a study by WhiteHat Security. The most common vulnerabilities allow cross-site scripting attacks.
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Pentagon Weighs Banning Social Networking

07/30/2009 - The Pentagon is once again seriously considering a "near-total ban" of all social networking Web sites from its unclassified network, Wired.com's Danger Room blog reports.
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U.K.: MI-5 Web Site Hacked

07/30/2009 - Britain's domestic intelligence agency has admitted that a vulnerability in its Web site's search engine could have allowed hackers to divert visitors to malicious pages, reports ZDNet UK.
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Tight Budgets Harm IT Security, RSA Survey Says

07/29/2009 - Over half the respondents surveyed by the RSA Conference said their top security concern was budgetary constraints.
Book Reviews: Web-based Threats

Hacking Exposed Windows: Microsoft Windows Security Secrets and Solutions, Third Edition

07/28/2009 - Worried about protecting Microsoft operating systems from hackers? Hacking Exposed Windows offers a valuable tutorial, presented in an interesting fashion.
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Site to See: VIPRE Rescue Program

07/28/2009 - Sometimes malware can render computers nearly or completely inoperable. A VIPRE Rescue Program scan can remove rootkits and other malware and log removal events.
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Quick Bytes: Insecure Web

07/28/2009 - Most Web sites have at least one significant vulnerability, according to a study by WhiteHat Security, which examined its own enterprise customers.
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AV Lives

07/28/2009 - Antivirus vendors are evolving to fight malware beyond signature detection.
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Internet's Anonymity Protects Cyberattackers

07/17/2009 - Despite evidence that a British company's servers unleashed a recent wave of cyberattacks against U.S. and South Korean government and commercial Web sites, cybersecurity experts say it's hard to find a smoking gun in cyberspace's murky environs.
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Survey: 17 Percent Responded to Spam Despite Most Knowing the Danger

07/17/2009 - A new survey may make you question how schooled the average Internet user is in Internet security.
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Spam Explodes in First Half of 2009

07/13/2009 - Spam has once again reached the same volume it did in November 2008, when the servers of a major spamming company were disconnected, according to e-mail and Web security firm Marshal8e6.
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