The SC Magazine Newswire

Sept. 18, 2007

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Latest News

TD Ameritrade database breach an inside job?

Jim Carr September 14, 2007

Was TD Ameritrade, which revealed on Friday that contact information of 6.3 million customers was stolen from one of its databases, victimized by an insider attack?

Miami man gets five years in jail for leading TJX fraud ring

Frank Washkuch Jr. September 14, 2007

A Florida man, the ringleader of a group that used financial information stolen from TJX customers for fraudulent purchases, was sentenced this week to five years in prison and ordered to pay $600,000 in restitution.

Show's over for Movieland; download service settles with FTC over adware

Dan Kaplan September 14, 2007

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Thursday that it has settled with a movie download service accused of bombarding customers with pop-up advertisements demanding payment for a free trial membership they never signed up for.

Firefox plagued by unpatched QuickTime flaw

Jim Carr September 13, 2007

Mozilla on Thursday acknowledged that a year-old vulnerability in the QuickTime media player plug-in for Firefox could let a hacker break into the open-source browser.

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ArcSight announces IPO plans

Dan Kaplan September 13, 2007

ArcSight, provider of security and compliance management software, announced plans this week to go public.

U.S. Consulate in St. Petersburg hacked

Frank Washkuch Jr. September 13, 2007

Hundreds of webpages belonging to the U.S. Consulate General in St. Petersburg, Russia, were compromised by hackers this week.

California a signature away from passing data breach law

Jim Carr September 12, 2007

California, a leader among states in consumer privacy and protection legislation, is a single signature away from passing a closely watched bill that would require retailers to reimburse banks and credit unions for the costs of data breaches.

Hacker salesman indicted on ID theft charges

Dan Kaplan September 12, 2007

A San Francisco man accused of hacking into financial institutions and then hawking the stolen data in an online forum was indicted Tuesday on identity-theft charges, authorities said.

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