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Increase in Gumblar backdoors poses FTP credential problems

Robert Westervelt — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:58:22 EST

Security Researcher explains how to detect the Trojan, but many victimized website owners don't have the technical expertise to fix the problem.

Hackers to sharpen malware, malicious software in 2010

Robert Westervelt — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:02:56 EST

Symantec researchers predict an increase in attacks using social network architectures, third-party applications and URL shortening services.

Health Net healthcare data breach affects1.5 million

Robert Westervelt — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:41:31 EST

A lost hard drive contained seven years of patient data including Social Security numbers and medical records of more than a million Health Net customers.

Massive T-Mobile UK security breach involves insiders

Robert Westervelt — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:23:49 EST

A UK agency suspects insiders are behind a massive data breach at T-Mobile UK where customer data was pilfered and sold to competitors.

InZero Systems launches hardware-based security gateway

Robert Westervelt — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:52:17 EST

New InZero gateway uses hardware to halt malware by separating the endpoint from the network and isolating desktop software.

Russian cybercriminals target H1N1 Swine Flu fears

Robert Westervelt — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:32:37 EST

Report outlines massive affiliate campaigns pushing counterfeit Tamiflu and making Russian hackers millions.

H.D. Moore speaks about Metasploit Project deal, Release 3.3

Neil Roiter — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:56:55 EST

Founder talks about the community's reaction to the Rapid7 acquisition, big changes in the latest Metasploit Framework release and what the future might hold.

Windows 7 DoS flaw allows hackers to freeze Microsoft's newest OS

Robert Westervelt — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:25:27 EST

A Server Message Block (SMB) flaw in Microsoft's latest OS can be remotely exploited by an attacker to cause Windows 7 machines to stop responding.

Secure your remote users in 2010

Eric Ogren — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:05:29 EST

As companies shave operational costs by hiring more remote workers, IT security teams should plan to protect sensitive data being used by a highly mobile workforce in 2010.

Web security firm ranks Firefox, Safari browsers as flaw prone

Robert Westervelt — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:31:26 EST

Penetration testing firm Cenzic says Mozilla Firefox and the Apple Safari browsers contain the most vulnerabilities in a study covering the first half of 2009.