The SC Magazine Newswire

Sept. 25, 2007

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Get your IT security news to go. Each week, SC Magazine interviews the experts on the hottest news in IT security. This week, Online Editor Frank Washkuch talks with Rich Sutton, director of 8e6 Labs at 8e6 Technologies, about the recent data breach at TD Ameritrade, and what IT administrators can do to ensure an insider breach doesn't take place at their companies.

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Latest News

nCircle: Few punish security policy violators

Jim Carr September 24, 2007

Despite growing concern about data breaches, 51 percent of IT professionals surveyed by network security vendor nCircle said their organizations do not have clear consequences for policy violations.

D-Day for federal agencies to develop breach polices, evaluate SSN use

Dan Kaplan September 21, 2007

Today marks the White House-imposed deadline for federal agencies to develop and implement a breach notification policy and to have reviewed their use of Social Security numbers (SSNs).

Money mules recruited through spoofed pages

Frank Washkuch Jr. September 21, 2007

How do cybercriminals recruit money mules to move their ill-gotten gains from one country to another? One way is through real-looking websites appearing to promote Apple resellers.

Ethical hacking courses for sale on eBay

September 21, 2007

Ethical hacking kits, which provide a variety of tools for penetration testing, password theft and guides to virus development, are being sold on eBay.

VMware, Adobe vulnerabilities disclosed

September 20, 2007

Virtualization software maker VMware issued a bulky patch release today to shore up 18 vulnerabilities, most of which affect the critical ESX Server.

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GAO: VA at risk of another data breach

September 20, 2007

Weaknesses in the physical controls of laptops and other hardware at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities has put the agency in danger of suffering another data breach, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

Connecticut sues Accenture over Ohio breach

Dan Kaplan September 20, 2007

The state of Connecticut is suing IT consulting giant Accenture after sensitive information about state bank accounts and dozens of taxpayers was found to be placed on a backup tape stolen three months ago in Ohio.

Deloitte: Human factor is No. 1 IT security issue

September 20, 2007

The human factor — employees, customers, third parties and business partners — are the greatest root cause of security breaches, according to Deloitte Touche Tohmatsus 2007 Global Security Survey.

IBM-ISS X-Force finds a more complex malware market, fewer vulnerabilities, during first half of 2007

September 19, 2007

The malware underworld grew more complex during the first half of 2007, despite a decrease in the number of disclosed vulnerabilities, according to statistics provided by IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force Labs.

Mozilla patches QuickTime bug in Firefox

Dan Kaplan September 19, 2007

Mozilla released an updated version of its browser on Tuesday to correct a critical QuickTime security vulnerability for which proof-of-concept code was available.

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