Frank Washkuch Jr.

 
Frank Washkuch
Frank Washkuch has been online editor of SC Magazine since November 2005. Previously he worked as a reporter at the Bridgeport, Conn.-based newspaper Connecticut Post. Frank is a graduate of Fairfield University in Fairfield, Conn., and is a native of Northeastern Pennsylvania. He resides in New York City.
 

Recent Articles

Mac OS X attacks to become more common, say 93 percent of survey respondents

February 15, 2008

An overwhelming majority of end-users surveyed believe Apple's Mac platform will be more widely targeted by cybercriminals in the future.

Attacks on health care organizations up 85 percent

February 14, 2008

Attempted cyberattacks on health care organizations have increased 85 percent in the past year, according to SecureWorks, a software-as-a-service vendor.

IRS spam rockets as tax deadline nears

February 13, 2008

Scammers are taking advantage of next month's income tax deadline by distributing phishing emails seeking end-users' personal information.

House bill mandates high-tech Social Security cards

February 12, 2008

Two Republican congressmen from Illinois have proposed legislation that would update the Social Security card for the age of cybercrime.

Juvenile pleads guilty to infecting government PCs

February 12, 2008

A juvenile cohort of botmaster Jeanson James Ancheta pleaded guilty this week to using botnets to infect thousands of PCs, including those used by sensitive government agencies.

Cyberattackers may have personal information of MLSgear.com shoppers

February 11, 2008

The personal information of an unknown number of customers of Major League Soccer's (MLS) online clothing store may have been accessed by cyberattackers last year.

Mozilla plugs 10 Firefox vulnerabilities

February 08, 2008

Mozilla released Firefox version 2.0.0.12 on Thursday, fixing 10 vulnerabilities -- three critical -- in the alternative web browser.

Conn. police sergeant charged with computer crime

February 07, 2008

A Hartford, Conn., police sergeant has been charged with a computer crime after he allegedly disclosed information from a national law enforcement database to a female friend.

Apple fixes HTTP-response vulnerability in QuickTime

February 07, 2008

Apple on Wednesday released a new version of its QuickTime media player, patching a flaw in the application on both Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.

Atheists' MySpace page restored after hacking incident

February 06, 2008

The "Atheist and Agnostic Group" MySpace page has been reactivated, a month after the page was deleted following a November 2007 hacking incident where unauthorized users renamed it "Jesus is Love."
 
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