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

Apple fixes iPhoto bug

February 06, 2008

Apple this week released a security update for iPhoto, patching a flaw that could allow remote code execution.

Weight-loss spammer ordered to pay $2.5 million

February 05, 2008

A federal judge has ordered a purveyor of weight-loss and human-growth hormone-related products to pay more than $2.5 million for violations of the FTC Act and the CAN-SPAM Act.

Mega-D usurps Storm Worm as top spam botnet

February 04, 2008

Storm Worm is no longer the biggest spam-generating botnet on the block. Researchers in the U.K. say Mega-D, the latest contender for the spam menace crown, now is accounting for nearly one-third of all unwanted email.

Data theft: the in crowd

February 01, 2008

Contracted third parties and other insiders create a bevy of risks for companies looking to secure data.

RFID/Bluetooth: convenient threats

February 01, 2008

IT pros need to move fast as RFID and Bluetooth threats move from the drawing board to the real world.

Two-factor authentication: ask the right questions

February 01, 2008

Are multifactor solutions enough to protect today's financial customers?

Spammers plead guilty to "419" scams that netted $1.2 million

January 31, 2008

Three men pleaded guilty this week in New York to running get-rich-quick spam schemes - including a scam where one of the men claimed to have terminal throat cancer - targeting email users.

Yahoo names VeriSign's Balogh CTO

January 30, 2008

In a move overshadowed by sizable layoffs announced this week, Yahoo has named VeriSign's Aristotle Balogh its new chief technology officer (CTO).

Mortgage spam spikes due to Federal Reserve rate cut

January 30, 2008

Spammers have taken advantage of the U.S. mortgage crisis to intensify the amount of financial junk mail sent to end-users.

Do-it-yourself phishing kit targets email, social networks

January 29, 2008

A do-it-yourself phishing kit is making it easy for amateur scammers to target users of popular social networking sites Orkut, MySpace and Facebook and webmail platforms like Yahoo and Hotmail, researchers said.
 
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