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Latest News

China has penetrated key U.S. databases: SANS director

Jack Rogers January 18, 2008

China appears to have won the first battle in a global cyberwar, gaining access to key U.S. databases through aggressive, non-stop phishing assaults. The U.S. response must include monitoring of all email traffic to critical government and private-sector networks, experts say.

MySpace spam seeks botnets

Dan Kaplan January 17, 2008

Researchers at Marshal, an internet security firm, are tracking a new spam campaign in which recipients receive messages inviting them to join MySpace -- but a click on the link leads them to a bogus page containing malware disguised as an Adobe update.

Malware up 800 percent in 2007, says Panda

Frank Washkuch Jr. January 17, 2008

The amount of malware captured last year increased by 800 percent over 2006, researchers said this week.

FERC approves cybersecurity standards for power grid

Dan Kaplan January 17, 2008

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today approved eight mandatory cybersecurity standards that extend to all entities connected to the nation's power grid.

Adobe patches prevent cross-site scripting attacks via Flash

Frank Washkuch Jr. January 17, 2008

Adobe on Wednesday released two patches to protect against cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

U.S. in middle of cyber war with China, Russia?

Jack Rogers January 17, 2008

The Cold War may be over, but the global battle over information security is heating up, as U.S. intelligence experts struggle to fend off relentless cyber attacks from China and Russia.

DHS-funded project uncovers open-source flaws

Jim Carr January 17, 2008

A vendor working with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has uncovered vulnerabilities impacting 11 major open-source software projects, including the Perl and PHP programming and scripting languages used widely to develop web applications.

Weak wireless security on display at retail convention

Frank Washkuch Jr. January 16, 2008

Wireless LAN vendor AirDefense disparaged vendors at the National Retail Federation (NRF) Convention and Expo, which took place this week in New York, for slipshod airborne web-security practices.

Storm's "Valentine's Day massacre" arrives early

Jack Rogers January 16, 2008

The notorious Storm worm trojan has continued its holiday-themed onslaught with a massive wave of "love" notes that attempt to deliver a poison kiss to a recipient's PC in the form of malicious code.

(ISC)² publishes IT security pro hiring-help guide

Dan Kaplan January 16, 2008

Do you work with a human resources or recruiting department that is clueless when it comes to hiring IT security professionals? Help is on the way, in the form of a new booklet containing hiring guidelines.

Excel exploit targets vulnerability in the wild

Frank Washkuch Jr. January 16, 2008

Microsoft has warned Windows and Mac users that cyberattackers are remotely exploiting a flaw in Excel to take over computers.

Organization offers $20,000 for Windows flaws

Frank Washkuch Jr. January 15, 2008

A little-known cybersecurity intelligence organization is offering $20,000 to researchers who can provide exploitable vulnerabilities in Windows or a Windows Diffuse Application.

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