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 Spreading Security Awareness
The First State steps up computer safety with creative marketing campaigns aimed at citizens.
www.statetechmag.com, 11/05/09
Drill Pits Tech Experts Against Digital Foes
Hundreds of computer experts from around the state defended their agency's sensitive information at the fifth annual cyber Security Exercise in Cheswold, on October 29th.
www.doverpost.com, 11/03/09
Fake security software in millions of computers
Tens of millions of U.S. computers are loaded with scam security software that their owners may have paid for but which only makes the machines more vulnerable, according to a new Symantec report on cybercrime.
www.reuters.com, 10/19/09
Fake security software in millions of computers
Tens of millions of U.S. computers are loaded with scam security software that their owners may have paid for but which only makes the machines more vulnerable, according to a new Symantec report on cybercrime.
www.reuters.com, 10/19/09
Think before you click, Web security experts warn
Think before you click. Know who's on the other side of that instant message. What you say or do in cyberspace stays in cyberspace for many to see, steal and use against you or your government.
www.delawareonline.com, 10/08/09
FBI's "Operation Phish Phry" snares nearly 100 people
The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday charged almost 100 people in Operation Phish Phry, the largest cyber fraud phishing case to date.
www.zdnet.com, 10/07/09
Cyber security recruitment ramps up
Uncle Sam wants to build an army to defend the nation from cyber attack by reaching out to computer whiz kids.
www.whyy.org, 10/07/09
Cybercriminals Steal $415,000 From County in Kentucky
Sophisticated international cybercriminals stole $415,000 from a bank account belonging to Bullitt County, Ky. last month and got two dozen regular citizens to help them.
www.foxnews.com, 07/06/09
FEDERAL CYBERSPACE POLICY REVIEW FINAL REPORT - SECURING OUR DIGITAL FUTURE
Melissa Hathaway, Cybersecurity Chief at the National Security Council, discusses securing our nation's digital future.
www.whitehouse.gov, 06/26/09
PRESIDENT OBAMA REMARKS ON SECURING OUR NATIONS CYBER INFRASTRUCTURE
Press release on a speech made in the East Room, on May 29, 2009
www.whitehouse.gov, 06/26/09
WHY PHISHERS LOVE FACEBOOK
Facebook is the new playground for phishers. Why? The social networking site has made things relatively easy for computer criminals.
www.msnbc.com, 06/02/09
WEB ATTACKS ROUTINELY HOSTED BY REAL WEBSITES
Recent surge shows web's underbelly.
05/16/09
 SENATOR CARPER, GOVERNOR MARKELL, SECRETARY SILLS, AND MAYOR MOONEY ANNOUNCE DELAWARE COMMUNITY CYBER SECURITY TRAINING AND EXCERCISE PROGRAM
Delaware is one of only three states to receive this training-based federal award. Two communities, Great Dover and Greater Wilmington, will participate and benefit from a series of cyber security related instructional classes and take part in cyber security exercises.
5/04/09
LEXISNEXIS SAYS ITS DATA WAS USED BY FRAUDSTERS
LexisNexis acknowledged Friday that criminals used its information retrieval service for more than three years to gather data that was used to commit credit card fraud.
www.networkworld.com, 05/02/09
FACEBOOK TARGETED BY FRESH ROUND OF PHISHING
A number of phishing attacks that have struck Facebook users in the past two days have put the social networking site and its users on the defense.
www.networkworld.com, 04/30/09
 CYBER ATTACKS A CONSTANT THREAT
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that the United States is "under cyber-attack virtually all the time, every day" and that the Defense Department plans to more than quadruple the number of cyber experts it employs to ward off such attacks.
www.cbsnews.com, 04/21/09
CYBER CRIME AND SPYING THREATEN NATIONAL SECURITY
The FBI has now ranked cyber crime as the third-greatest threat to U.S. national security, after nuclear war and weapons of mass destruction.
www.pbs.org, 04/10/09
 GRANTS HELP DELAWARE TOWNS IMPROVE CYBER-SAFETY
As the Internet becomes more central to people's daily lives, it becomes more and more important that it is protected, said government officials on Monday, as they showcased a federal grant that will provide cyber security training.
Delaware State News, 04/07/09
IBM EXEC WARNS AGAINST BUDGET CUTS ON IT SECURITY
If there is something companies should continue spending on despite the present global economic crisis, it would have to be IT security,according to Marne Gordan, GRC market manager for IBM's Tivoli Software Division.
NetworkWorld.com, 02/03/09
NEW BOTNET RESURRECTS STORM'S VALENTINE'S DAY RUSE
Spam trumpeting the power of love is nothing more than an old trick dressed up in new clothes, more evidence that the backers of the Waledec bot Trojan are the same bunch that hammered users last year with Storm, security companies are warning.
NetworkWorld.com, 01/27/09
THE TOP 9 IT SECURITY THREATS FOR 2009
2009 is expected to continue the 2008 trend of increasing size, scope, and concentration of security attacks on computer networks nationwide.
www.perimeterusa.com, 12/11/2008
MAJOR SOURCE OF ONLINE SCAMS AND SPAMS KNOCKED OFFLINE
A U.S. based Web hosting firm that security experts say was responsible for facilitating more than 75 percent of the junk e-mail blasted out each day globally has been knocked offline...
www.washingtonpost.com, 11/11/2008
'RUTHLESS' TROJAN HORSE STEALS 500K BANK, CREDIT CARD LOG-ONS
Russian gang kept 'extraordinary' malware on the prowl for nearly three years...
www.computerworld.com, 10/31/2008
EIGHT CRAZY E-MAIL HOAXES MILLIONS HAVE FALLEN FOR
Congratulations, you won the lottery in a country whose name you can't even pronounce! A wealthy oil executive in a far-off land wants to give you millions of dollars, right now! Sexy girls want to meet you!
www.washingtonpost.com, 08/26/2008
REPORTED DATA BREACHES ALREADY AT LAST YEAR'S LEVEL
More data breaches have been reported in the first eight months of this year than in all of 2007, according to a report released yesterday by a nonprofit group that works to prevent fraud.
www.washingtonpost.com, 08/26/2008
THREATENING EMAIL SCAM SURFACES IN SUSSEX COUNTY, DE
State police are warning the public about a new e-mail scam designed to bilk recipients of money under threat of death.
www.delawareonline.com, 08/22/2008
FORMER CALIFORNIA CONSUMER AFFAIRS WORKER ACCUSED OF STEALING DOCUMENTS
A former Department of Consumer Affairs employee who e-mailed herself a confidential personnel roster containing 5,000 state worker names and Social Security numbers was arrested Friday and charged with five felony counts.
www.sacbee.com, 08/16/2008
TJX IDENTITY THEFT SAGA CONTINUES: 11 CHARGED WITH PILFERING MILLIONS OF CREDIT CARDS
The Justice Department charged 11 people in connection with the massive credit and debit card number theft from various retailers, including TJX, BJs and OfficeMax.
www.networkworld.com, 08/5/2008
APPLE FINALLY RELEASES DNS PATCH
Apple has gotten off the sidelines and patched its version of DNS, nearly a month after a researcher disclosed major issues with the naming system. The DNS update for Mac OS X is part of a broader security update from Apple. There are some reports from another researcher that the patch does not work, so be on the lookout for a potential follow-up patch from Apple.
www.networkworld.com, 08/4/2008
DATA BREACH CAUSED BY FILE SHARING
Sometime late last year, an employee of an investment firm decided to trade some music, or maybe a movie, with like-minded users of the online file-sharing network LimeWire while using a company computer. In doing so, he inadvertently opened the private files of his firm to the public.
www.washingtonpost.com, 07/9/2008
A FLASHY FACEBOOK PAGE, AT A COST TO PRIVACY
Facebook fanatics who have covered their profiles on the popular social networking site with silly games and quirky trivia quizzes may be unknowingly giving a host of strangers an intimate peek at their lives.
www.washingtonpost.com, 06/12/2008
HACKERS DEFACE COMCAST.NET
Hackers took over and defaced Comcast Corp.'s Web portal for several hours overnight, leaving a cryptic message on the site that the company's 14.1 million subscribers use to access e-mail, news and technical support.
www.delawareonline.com, 05/29/2008
BOTNET INSTALLS SQL INJECTION TOOL
The Asprox botnet is sending out more than just phishing e-mails—it is now spreading a SQL injection attack tool.
www.eweek.com, 05/14/2008
IRS WARNS OF ECONOMIC STIMULUS CHECK SCAMS
The Internal Revenue Service warns taxpayers to beware of several current e-mail and telephone scams that use the IRS name as a lure. This time the scammers are focusing on the economic stimulus checks that the IRS will begin mailing to most taxpayers starting in May.
04/24/2008
CYBERSECURITY CONTEST WINNERS
The poster contest winners and their families and teachers were invited to attend the annual Delaware Center for Educational Tecnnology (DCET) conference in April 2008.
04/22/2008
EXPERT ADVICE FOR SECURING YOUR WEBSITE AND YOUR REPUTATION
Is your company's web site hacked? Today, it can be hard to tell.
www.pcworld.com, 04/14/2008
APRIL FOOL'S STORM WORM ATTACK HITS
E-mail with an April Fool's Day theme is serving up the latest round of Storm worm attacks.
www.pcworld.com, 04/01/2008
"SPAM KING" PLEADS GUILTY TO FELONY FRAUD
Robert Soloway, crowned the "spam king" by federal prosecutors for having sent millions of unwanted e-mails around the globe, pleaded guilty Friday to felony mail fraud, fraud in connection with electronic mail and failing to file a tax return in 2005, the year he made at least $300,000 through his junk e-mail business.
www.seattletimes.com, 03/15/2008
VIRUSES FOUND LOADED ON GADGETS AT FACTORIES
Sporadic problem may be just the start, investigators say.
www.delawareonline.com, 03/14/2008
WASHINGTON PREPARES FOR CYBER WAR GAMES
The U.S. government will conduct a series of cyber war games throughout next week to test its ability to recover from and respond to digital attacks.
www.washingtonpost.com, 03/07/2008
FEDS MOVE ON CYBERSECURITY, WITH PRIVACY IN MIND
The House Committee on Homeland Security held a hearing on Thursday to discuss aspects of the U.S. government's Cyber Initiative, a classified program ordered by President Bush in an effort to boost the security of federal networks and systems.
www.networkworld.com, 02/29/2008
ONLINE PHOTOS NOT AS PRIVATE AS DISTRICT MOTHER ASSUMED
Be careful what photographs you post to online sites, even if they're marked "private".
www.washingtonpost.com, 02/21/2008
STORM WORM VALENTINE'S DAY E-CARD VIRUS WARNING
With the Valentine's Day holiday approaching, be on the lookout for spam e-mails spreading the Storm Worm malicious software (malware).
www.fbi.gov, 02/11/2008
TAX OFFICE COMPUTER SERVERS FOUND BY TRASH
FBI to examine content of machines for clues to D.C. corruption scandel.
www.washingtonpost.com, 02/08/2008
MICROSOFT READYING A SLEW OF CRITICAL UPDATES
After kicking off 2008 with just two security updates in January, Microsoft plans to release one of its largest bundles of patches ever this week.
www.networkworld.com, 02/07/2008
BEST BUY SOLD INFECTED DIGITAL PICTURE FRAMES
Best Buy Co. has confirmed that, during the holidays, it sold 10.4 inch digital picture frames under its in-house Insignia brand that harbored malicious code able to spread to any connected Windows PC. The frame -- which carried the part number NS-DPF10A -- has been discontinued, and all remaining inventory pulled, Best Buy added.
www.computerworld.com, 01/23/2008
FOREIGN HACKERS SEEK TO STEAL AMERICANS' HEALTH RECORDS
Foreign hackers, primarily from Russia and China, are increasingly seeking to steal Americans' health care records, according to a Department of Homeland Security analyst.
www.fcw.com, 01/17/2008
COLUMBIAN ENGINEER STEALS GUEST INFORMATION FROM HOTEL COMPUTERS
Between June 2004 and August 2007, Mario Bonilla, 40, checked into major hotels around the United States and overseas, where he would install software on all of the computers at their business centers, according to court records. Later, as guests logged onto these machines, the software would copy their keystrokes, which would often contain login information, passwords and other personal financial information.
www.miamiherald.com, 01/09/2008
ONLINE RECORDS MAY AID ID THEFT
In an era when government officials from President Bush to local sheriffs warn of the growing dangers of identity theft, the full Social Security numbers of untold numbers of Americans can be found in file rooms and on Web sites run by, well, governments.
www.washingtonpost.com, 01/02/2008
MICROSOFT SECURITY BULLETINS - DECMEBER 2007
Three critical bulletins, and four important bulletins were released on December 12, 2007.
12/13/2007
THEFT OF PERSONAL DATA MORE THAN TRIPLES THIS YEAR
Thieves are systematically pilfering sensitive personal data from companies, government agencies, colleges and hospitals like never before.
www.usatoday.com, 12/10/2007
ID THIEVES' NEW HANGOUT: FILE-SHARING SOFTWARE
In recent months, researchers, congressional aides, and journalists have pulled off the parlor trick of finding consumers' tax returns on file-swapping services.
www.msnbc.msn.com, 11/13/2007
MORE SECURITY EDUCATION NEEDED TO AVOID A CYBER SECURITY DISASTER
A panel of prominent security experts warned Tuesday that more needs to be done to increase awareness about cybersecurity issues and better educate future IT pros
www.searchsecurity.com, 11/07/2007
FORTRESS MAC IS GONE
The Mac's legendary security prowess seems to be mortal after all, as a Trojan, the first Mac-targeted malware exploit to be spotted in the wild, circulates.
www.eweek.com, 11/01/2007
TJX BREACH COULD TOP 94 MILLION ACCOUNTS
Filings in case involving Visa cards alone as much as $83 million.
www.msnbc.msn.com, 10/24/2007
WHO'S STEALING YOUR PASSWORDS?
A sophisticated new breed of online criminals is making it easier than ever for the bad guys to engage in identity theft and other cybercrime.
www.CIO.com, 10/17/2007
INDUSTRY GROUP USES AWARENESS MONTH TO LOBBY FOR DATA BREACH LAWS
The Cyber Security Industry Alliance, a trade group made up of US-based security vendors, is in full gear to pressure members of Congress to enact data security and breach legislation.
www.techtarget.com, 10/08/2007
YOUTUBE SERVICE HIJACKED BY SPAMMERS
E-mails that appear to be from YouTube's "invite-a-friend" service could be attached to a spam ring, security firm Sophos warns.
www.informationweek.com, 10/08/2007
GATHERING 'STORM' SUPERWORM POSES GRAVE THREAT TO PC NETS
The Storm worm first appeared at the beginning of the year, hiding in e-mail attachments with the subject line: "230 dead as storm batters Europe." Those who opened the attachment became infected, their computers joining an ever-growing botnet.
www.wired.com, 10/04/2007
FEDS SUSPEND CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT WEB SITES
Officials temporarily suspend the ca.gov domain in order to shut down a hacker's redirects.
www.eweek.com, 10/04/2007
HOW VIRGINIA TEACHES KIDS ONLINE SAFETY
State requires internet safety classes for students beginning in kindergarten.
www.cbsnews.com, 09/29/2007
NETWORKING SITES BRING YOU CLOSER TO FRIENDS -- AND TOTAL STRANGERS
Slate writer Reihan Salam plays Miss Manners for the social networking crowd, helping you understand what is and is not proper behavior on Facebook and its cousins.
www.washingtonpost.com, 09/27/2007
GMAIL HIT BY ZERO-DAY
Google's Gmail can be easily hacked, allowing any past and future emails to be read by hackers, according to a vulnerability researcher.
www.techworld.com, 09/27/2007
FRAUD POLICE BUCKLING UNDER MOUNTAINS OF DATA
Financial institutions are asking law enforcement and regulators to share more data to better combat fraud.
www.washingtonpost.com, 09/26/2007
2 CHARGED IN ELABORATE DEBIT CARD FRAUD
Men stole hundreds of thousands of dollars, authorities say.
www.delawareonline.com, 08/20/2007
TROJAN HIDDEN ON JOB SEARCH SITES STEALS PERSONAL DATA
SecureWorks uncovers a cache of records that were stolen from 46,000 victims on a single server used by attackers.
www.eweek.com, 08/17/2007
FBI'S SECRET SPYWARE TRACKS DOWN TEEN WHO MADE BOMB THREATS
FBI agents trying to track the source of e-mailed bomb threats against a Washington high school last month sent the suspect a secret surveillance program designed to surreptitiously monitor him and report back to a government server, according to an FBI affidavit obtained by Wired News.
www.wired.com, 07/18/2007
MICROSOFT SECURITY BULLETINS - JULY 2007
Three Critical Bulletins, two Important Bulletins, and one Moderate Bulletin were released on July 11, 2007.
07/12/2007
PAYPAL OFFERS A 'KEY' TO SECURE TRANSACTIONS
Online payment service PayPal, a subsidiary of eBay, rolled out on Friday a second factor for authenticating users online -- a key fob that generates a pseudo random security code every 30 seconds.
www.securityfocus.com, 06/18/2007
OHIO STATE EMPLOYEE BANK DATA STOLEN ON TAPE
Bank account information for local governments, school districts and certain state employees and vendors was among the data on a computer backup tape stolen from an intern's car last week, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland announced Saturday.
www.dispatch.com, 06/17/2007
FBI UNVEILS MOVABLE FEAST WITH 'OPERATION BOT ROAST'
The FBI said today it has identified more than 1 million personal computers that have been infected with computer worms enabling the attackers to control PCs for criminal purposes such as sending spam, spreading spyware and attacking Web sites.
www.washingtonpost.com, 06/13/2007
DDOS KNOCKS ANTISPAM SITES OFFLINE
Several antispam organizations have been targeted by an attempt to knock them offline.
www.pcworld.com, 06/12/2007
STOLEN COMPUTER OF NO USE TO THIEF, ARIZONA MOTOR VEHICLE DIVISION SAYS
A computer stolen last week from a south Phoenix Motor Vehicle Division office was not only security protected, but contained only minor information for about 1,650 area residents, Arizona MVD officials said Saturday.
www.azcentral.com, 06/09/2007
WILL THE RAPID RISE OF CYBER-CRIME CONTINUE IN 2007?
Computer security experts say 2006 saw an unprecedented spike in junk e-mail and sophisticated online attacks from increasingly organized cyber crooks.
www.icopyright.net, 06/09/2007
MCAFEE STUDY FINDS 4 PERCENT OF SEARCH RESULTS MALICIOUS
The "Search Engine Safety" study, put together by McAfee's SiteAdvisor group, was compiled by testing the links offered by the Internet's five largest search engines. McAfee concluded that AOL currently offers the safest search results, with Google second. Yahoo offered the highest number of potentially risky links in its search results.
www.newsfactor.com, 06/04/2007
IRS WARNS TAXPAYERS OF NEW E-MAIL SCAMS
If you get an e-mail telling you that you're under investigation by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, take a breath before calling your lawyer. It's a scam.
www.irs.gov, 05/31/2007
MAN DESCRIBED AS TOP SPAMMER ARRESTED
A 27-year-old man described as one of the world's most prolific spammers was arrested Wednesday, and federal authorities said computer users across the Web could notice a decrease in the amount of junk e-mail.
www.comcast.net, 05/31/2007
DIGITAL FEARS EMERGE AFTER DATA SEIGE IN ESTONIA
The attacks on Estonia’s systems are not over, but they have dropped in volume and intensity, and are aimed mainly at banks.
www.nytimes.com, 05/29/2007
LASER TARGETING BY HACKERS
A new batch of reports on malicious code are out, and the news just keeps getting worse. Not only did the number of targeted attacks go up, but the attacks are becoming more narrowly targeted.
www.gcn.com, 05/21/2007
ATTENTION, SHOPPERS: CHECKOUT STAND 4 IS NOW OPEN TO ID THEFT
Using your debit or credit card to pay for goods could be expensive if a scammer is bugging your store's keypad. It's happened in six states so far - California, Florida, Massachusetts, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island.
www.washingtonpost.com, 05/18/2007
eSECURITY ADVISORY: MAY 2007 MICROSOFT SECURITY BULLETIN RELEASE
Included are summaries
on the seven "Critical" bulletins Microsoft released for May.
05/09/2007
'EVIL TWIN' WI-FI ACCESS POINTS PROLIFERATE
The next time you spurge on a double latte and sip it while browsing the Internet, via the cafe's Wi-Fi, beware of the "evil twin."
04/25/2007
eSECURITY ADVISORY: APRIL 2007 MICROSOFT SECURITY BULLETIN RELEASE
Included are summaries
on the four "Critical", and one "Important" bulletins Microsoft released for April.
04/11/2007
eSECURITY ADVISORY: APRIL 03, 2007 MICROSOFT SECURITY BULLETIN RELEASE
Included is the summary for the one "Critical" bulletin Microsoft released out-of-band of the regular monthly alerts. This update resolves the Windows Animated Cursor Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.
04/03/2007
ANI ZERO DAY TAKES NEW TURNS TO THE UBER-NASTY
The Windows animated cursor zero-day attack that was coming through on IE 6 and 7 running on fully patched Windows XP SP2 is now also hitting Windows 2000, Server 2003 and Vista.
securitywatch.eweek.com, 03/31/2007
TJ MAXX PARENT COMPANY DATA THEFT IS THE WORST EVER
The intrusion hands the retailer the dubious honor of surpassing the 40 million stolen customer record mark, something that only CardSystems had been able to achieve.
www.informationweek.com, 03/29/2007
CYBER-CRIMINALS AND THEIR TOOLS GETTING BOLDER, MORE SOPHISTICATED
Robert Hoyler thought hackers who broke into his computer stole only his bank account information. But it turned out that the thieves also left something behind: a hidden software virus that recorded his every keystroke.
www.washingtonpost.com, 03/14/2007
VISA CHIEF: CUSTOMER DATA THEFT NEITHER RANDOM NOR UNAVOIDABLE
Visa USA president and CEO John Philip Coghlan insists that technology is the solution to combating fraud -- not the cause of it.
www.informationweek.com, 03/08/2007
eSECURITY ADVISORY: FEBRUARY 2007 MICROSOFT SECURITY BULLETIN RELEASE
Included are summaries
on the six "Critical", and six "Important" bulletins Microsoft released for February.
02/15/2007
WIFI TURNS INTERNET INTO HIDEOUT FOR CRIMINALS
Authorities are struggling with anonymity provided by unsecured networks.
www.washingtonpost.com, 02/11/2007
MASSIVE SECURITY BREACH REVEALS CREDIT CARD DATA
The TJX Companies, a large retailer that operates more than 2,000 retail stores under brands such as Bob's Stores, HomeGoods, Marshalls, T.J. Maxx and A.J. Wright, said on Wednesday that it suffered a massive computer breach on a portion of its network that handles credit card, debit card, check and merchandise transactions in the United States and abroad.
www.washingtonpost.com, 01/18/2007
STORM WORM TROJAN HORSE SURGES ON
The Trojan, named "Storm Worm" by antivirus vendor F-Secure, first started to spread last Friday as extreme storms engulfed Europe. The e-mail claimed to include breaking news about the weather, in an attempt to get people to download an executable file.
www.news.com, 01/22/2007
NOTE TO MYSPACE USERS: GET BETTER PASSWORDS...
An active scam Web site designed to look like the login page for social-networking site MySpace.com appears to have stolen user names and passwords from nearly 60,000 people, according to data in a file that was linked to today from a popular security mailing list.
www.washingtonpost.com, 01/15/2007
eSECURITY ADVISORY: ADOBE ACROBAT READER PLUG-IN VULNERABILITY
A vulnerability has been found in multiple versions of the Adobe Acrobat Reader Plug-in, which allows users to view Portable Document Format (PDF) files via a web browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox.
01/12/2007
eSECURITY ADVISORY: JANUARY 2007 MICROSOFT SECURITY BULLETIN RELEASE
Included are summaries
on the three "Critical", and one "Important" bulletins Microsoft released for January.
01/09/2007
NOT YOUR AVERAGE PHISHING SCAM
One of the first phishing scams to catch Security Fix's eye in the new year -- a counterfeit Amazon.com login page -- may set the tone for the sophistication of online schemes involving fake bank and e-commerce sites in 2007.
www.washingtonpost.com, 01/03/2007
WISCONSIN TAX MAILING HAS SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS VISIBLE
When Wisconsin taxpayers pull their packets of 2006 state income tax forms out of their mailboxes, tens of thousands of them will see something even less welcome than the annual reminder of how much money they owe to Madison. They'll see their Social Security numbers, printed right on the outside of the booklets - where identity thieves might be able to see them.
www.jsonline.com, 12/29/2007
MONTH OF SECURITY BUGS SET TO BITE APPLE
Two hackers plan to disclose bugs in the Mac OS X kernel, Safari, iTunes, iPhoto and QuickTime.
12/19/2006
CYBER CRIME HITS THE BIG TIME IN 2006
Call it the "year of computing dangerously." Computer security experts say 2006 saw an unprecedented spike in junk e-mail and sophisticated online attacks from increasingly organized cyber crooks.
12/22/2006
eSECURITY ADVISORY: DECEMBER 2006 MICROSOFT SECURITY BULLETIN RELEASE
Included are summaries
on the four "Critical", and four "Important" bulletins Microsoft released for December.
12/14/2006
HACKER INFILTRATES UCLA, DATA ON 800,000 PEOPLE
An unknown hacker has infiltrated a massive University of California, Los Angeles database with personal information on 800,000 people, the school said on Tuesday, in one of the worst computer breaches ever at a U.S. university.
12/13/2006
MYSPACE QUICKTIME WORM FOUND
Websense Security Labs has confirmed the existence of a worm spreading on the MySpace network that is being used to replace legitimate links on a user's MySpace profile with links to a phishing site.
12/01/2006
INTERNET EXPLORER 7 PROVES BUGGY ALREADY
It's safer, but security holes still affect the new browser. Plus, a worm in iPods.
11/23/2006
STATE OF DELAWARE HOLDS 2ND CYBER SECURITY TABLETOP EXERCISE
Delaware’s second annual cyber security tabletop exercise was held on November 2, 2006 at DelTech’s Terry Campus in Dover and was attended by over 150 participants/observers.
11/09/2006
FBI TIGHTENS NET AROUND IDENTITY THEFT OPERATIONS
The FBI is cracking down on an international identity theft operation that involves the trading of social security numbers; the sale of stolen credit card account information; and phishing, the practice of using e-mail to trick consumers into handing over personal information, authorities said...
www.washingtonpost.com, 11/03/2006
HACKER HITS PENNSYLVANIA WATER SYSTEM
The FBI in Philadelphia is investigating how a hacker bypassed security and compromised the computer of a Harrisburg, Pa., water filtration plant. FBI Special Agent Jerri Williams told ABC News the apparent motive in the Columbus Day attack wasn't to disrupt the plant's operation, but rather to use its computer...
www.icopyright.net, 10/31/2006
MOZILLA RELEASES FIREFOX 2.0
Mozilla this week unveiled Firefox 2.0, the next generation of its Web browser that includes security enhancements and quite a few new features that make Web browsing a bit more fun and a lot more intuitive.
www.washingtonpost.com, 10/25/2006
HACKERS ZERO IN ON ONLINE STOCK ACCOUNTS
Hackers have been breaking into customer accounts at large online brokerages in the United States and making unauthorized trades worth millions of dollars as part of a fast-growing new form of online fraud under investigation by federal authorities.
www.washingtonpost.com, 10/24/2006
WINDOWS VIRUS IN LATEST IPODS
Apple has warned Windows users that a very small number of its latest video iPod models are affected by a virus.
10/18/2006
IS THE BOTNET BATTLE ALREADY LOST?
A botnet is a collection of broadband-enabled PCs, hijacked during virus and worm attacks and seeded with software that connects back to a server to receive communications from a remote attacker. And these botnets are everywhere.
10/16/2006
NEEDED: NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY LAW
Paul Kurtz, head of the Cyber Security Industry Alliance, says it's time for Congress to pass a law aimed at preventing security breaches.
10/16/2006
eSECURITY ADVISORY: OCTOBER 2006 MICROSOFT SECURITY BULLETIN RELEASE
Included are summaries
on the six "Critical", one "Important", two "Moderate", and one "Low" bulletins Microsoft released for October.
10/12/2006
BUS PROMOTES CYBERSPACE SECURITY
The state Department of Technology abnd Information kicked off Cyber Security Awareness Month Monday by unveiling a DART bus "wrapped" in a new cyber security design.
Delaware State News, 10/03/2006
DELAWARE ANNOUNCES CYBER SECURITY AWARENESS MONTH
The Department of Technology and Information (DTI) announces that October 2006 is Cyber Security Awareness month. Cyber Security Awareness Month is a national effort to educate internet users of all ages on safe computing and internet practices.
10/02/2006
1,100 LAPTOPS MISSING FROM U.S. COMMERCE DEPARTMENT
More than 1,100 laptop computers have vanished from the Department of Commerce since 2001, including nearly 250 from the Census Bureau containing such personal information as names, incomes and Social Security numbers, federal officials said yesterday.
www.washingtonpost.com, 09/22/2006
TOP CYBER SECURITY POST IS FILLED
Greg Garcia, the vice president of information security policy and programs for the Information Technology Association of America, will become the first-ever assistant secretary for cyber security and telecommunications.
09/18/2006
eSECURITY ADVISORY: APPLE QUICKTIME VULNERABILITIES
Apple QuickTime prior to version 7.1.3 has multiple image and media file handling vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to run malicious programs on your computer.
09/14/2006
eSECURITY ADVISORY: SEPTEMBER 2006 MICROSOFT SECURITY BULLETIN RELEASE
Included are summaries
on the three "Critical", one "Important", and one "Moderate" bulletins (including two
re-releases) Microsoft released on September 12th.
09/13/2006
PHISHERS TARGET RECORD NUMBER OF BRANDS IN JULY
The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) reported today that the number of brands hijacked by phishers leapt to a record high of 154.
www.govtech.net, 09/11/2006
CHASE LOSES CARD DATA TAPES
Records believed destroyed.
www.delawareonline.com, 09/08/2006
eSECURITY ADVISORY: MICROSOFT WORD 2000 VULNERABILITY
Microsoft is investigating new public reports of limited zero-day attacks using a vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000.
09/07/2006
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