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Top-of-mind IT security problems are bad enough. Finding the right sources of information to help rectify them can be tougher.

So to make the busy IT security executive's job easier, we've aggregated all our feature and news articles into SC Magazine's Featured Sectors.

By conveniently divvying our objective editorial offerings into today's most pressing IT security-related matters, you can quickly peruse the most up-to-date news and in-depth features.

Financial Services

"Fourth of July" hacker jailed after hospital hack

Chuck Miller July 02, 2009

A Dallas hospital guard was ordered to jail following his arrest on charges of breaking into computers, planting malicious software and planning a massive distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on the Fourth of July.

iPhone hacker reveals SMS vulnerability

Dan Kaplan July 02, 2009

A security researcher on Thursday unveiled a new iPhone SMS vulnerability, according to reports out of the SyScan Conference in Singapore.

Spam increased in Q2, despite 3FN takedown

Angela Moscaritolo July 02, 2009

During the second quarter of 2009, the amount of spam was up 53 percent from the first quarter, according to Google.

"Fourth of July" hacker jailed after hospital hack

Chuck Miller July 02, 2009

iPhone hacker reveals SMS vulnerability

Dan Kaplan July 02, 2009

A security researcher on Thursday unveiled a new iPhone SMS vulnerability, according to reports out of the SyScan Conference in Singapore.

Spam increased in Q2, despite 3FN takedown

Angela Moscaritolo July 02, 2009

During the second quarter of 2009, the amount of spam was up 53 percent from the first quarter, according to Google.

"Fourth of July" hacker jailed after hospital hack

Chuck Miller July 02, 2009

iPhone hacker reveals SMS vulnerability

Dan Kaplan July 02, 2009

A security researcher on Thursday unveiled a new iPhone SMS vulnerability, according to reports out of the SyScan Conference in Singapore.

Spam increased in Q2, despite 3FN takedown

Angela Moscaritolo July 02, 2009

During the second quarter of 2009, the amount of spam was up 53 percent from the first quarter, according to Google.

"Fourth of July" hacker jailed after hospital hack

Chuck Miller July 02, 2009

iPhone hacker reveals SMS vulnerability

Dan Kaplan July 02, 2009

A security researcher on Thursday unveiled a new iPhone SMS vulnerability, according to reports out of the SyScan Conference in Singapore.

Spam increased in Q2, despite 3FN takedown

Angela Moscaritolo July 02, 2009

During the second quarter of 2009, the amount of spam was up 53 percent from the first quarter, according to Google.

Rolling Stone magazine hacker arrested

Chuck Miller July 01, 2009

A disgruntled software developer has been charged with launching attacks against Rolling Stone and Radar Magazine.

Juniper pulls researcher's Black Hat ATM talk

Dan Kaplan July 01, 2009

Black Hat is still a month away, but it is already making news after a planned presentation, which would have shown how to force ATMs to give cash, was pulled.

Mozilla Firefox 3.5 officially released

Chuck Miller June 30, 2009

After a prolonged beta period, Mozilla has officially released its new version of Firefox.

Appellate court affirms that Zango can't sue Kaspersky

Dan Kaplan June 30, 2009

An appeals court has upheld a ruling that Kaspersky Lab did nothing wrong when it blocked users' access to Zango programs.

"Iceman" hacker pleads guilty, faces 60 years

Angela Moscaritolo June 30, 2009

A hacker who went by the alias "Iceman" pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Pittsburgh to charges of wire fraud and now faces up to 60 years in prison.

Trojans are fastest-growing data-stealing malware

Chuck Miller June 29, 2009

Most of the rise in cybercrime can be linked to data-stealing malware, and trojans are the fastest growing category.

Britney Spears Twitpic account hacked; fake death posted

Dan Kaplan June 29, 2009

Reports of the death of Britney Spears have been greatly exaggerated -- and caused by hackers.

Final settlement reached in CVS HIPAA violation suit

Angela Moscaritolo June 25, 2009

CVS Caremark must implement an information security program and obtain assessments of its effectiveness every other year for 20 years to settle federal charges.

FTC releases FAQs on Red Flags Rules

Angela Moscaritolo June 12, 2009

A new frequently-asked-questions document aims to clear up some of the confusion around the Red Flags Rules.

Bank sues Savvis over 2005 CardSystems breach

Angela Moscaritolo May 28, 2009

Utah-based Merrick Bank claims to have lost $16 million as a result of a 2005 breach of payment card processor CardSystems Solutions and is now seeking legal restitution.