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Recent Articles

Corporations prepare for start of Olympics

August 07, 2008

The Olympics are here - and that means potential headaches for security administrators.

TJX, Countrywide arrests signal growing threat

August 06, 2008

Recent arrests in the hacking of nine U.S. retailers and Countrywide Home Loans is just the tip of the iceberg of what's to come, according to security experts.

Beijing Olympic ticket scam shut down

August 05, 2008

The U.S. federal courts shut down two websites that claimed to sell tickets to the Beijing Olympics, but instead scammed unsuspecting sports fans.

Countrywide loses personal data in insider scam

August 04, 2008

A former Countrywide Home Loans employee was one of two California men charged in a scam to steal and sell personal data of customers.

Backdoor scams emerge on phishing kits

July 31, 2008

Nearly half of the live phishing kits identified online have backdoors designed to steal from the information thieves using them.

X-Force at mid-year: Cybercriminals get faster

July 30, 2008

Cybercriminals are adopting new automation techniques and improving on strategies that enable them to exploit vulnerabilities rapidly.

Storm Worm leverages FBI and Facebook in new attack

July 29, 2008

A new malware campaign uses the FBI and Facebook as a ruse to trick users into downloading the Storm Worm trojan.

Study: Security flaws threaten online banking

July 28, 2008

More than 75 percent of bank websites have at least one design flaw that could lead to the theft of customer information, according to a recent University of Michigan study.

Is Limbo 2 the ultimate trojan?

July 18, 2008

The Limbo 2 trojan may be the most sophisticated trojan yet unleashed.

Romanian cybercrime ring busted

July 18, 2008

Thanks to a joint effort between the FBI and Romanian police, 24 Romanians believed to be part of an organized cybercrime ring were arrested during the past week.