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Study: Air Cargo Security Seriously Lacking
12 August 2009, 6:00 pm

There are serious security problems in international air cargo transportation and the controls around it, according to a report released this week by the International Transfer Center for Logistics and the Technische Universität of Berlin (See also: What New Air Cargo Security Rules Mean for Business).

Source: Network World on Security

[Tinker]

Twitter users targeted by Koobface again
12 August 2009, 6:00 pm

Hackers are continuing to use Twitter to exploit people's PCs with the latest scam redirecting users to the malicious Koobface worm, according to PC Tools.

Source: Network World on Security

[Tinker]

Apple patches 6 Safari security vulnerabilities
12 August 2009, 6:00 pm

A month after it last patched Safari, Apple today plugged six security holes, four of them critical, in both the Mac and Windows versions of its Web browser.

Source: Network World on Security

[Tinker]

Microsoft fixes 19 bugs in big patch smorgasbord
11 August 2009, 6:00 pm

Microsoft today delivered nine security updates that patched 19 vulnerabilities in several crucial components of Windows, as well as in Media Player, Outlook Express, IIS, Office and several other products.

Source: Network World on Security

[Tinker]

Enterprises have false sense of data security
11 August 2009, 6:00 pm

The lack of a data quality initiative in enterprises today can be driven by the perception that the cost associated with poor data quality is a mere cost of doing business, said one analyst.

Source: Network World on Security

[Tinker]

eBay requires developers to change their account passwords
11 August 2009, 6:00 pm

Members of the eBay Developers Program must change their account passwords because the e-commerce company recently discovered a way in which account information could be accessed by malicious hackers.

Source: Network World on Security

[Tinker]

ActiveX Overhaul in Microsoft Patch Batch
11 August 2009, 6:00 pm

Microsoft's nine security bulletins released today close a range of security holes involving ActiveX controls, Windows Media files and other software that affect the full array of Windows versions.

Source: Network World on Security

[Tinker]

Microsoft patches 19 bugs in sweeping security update
11 August 2009, 6:00 pm

Microsoft today delivered nine security updates that patched 19 vulnerabilities in several crucial components of Windows, as well as in Windows Media Player, Outlook Express, IIS (Internet Information Server), Office and several other products.

Source: Network World on Security

[Tinker]

Phone calls & emails snooped on 500,000 times
11 August 2009, 6:00 pm

The UK government has been accused of supporting a surveillance society akin to George Orwell's 1984 after new figures revealed that police, councils and intelligence services made more than 500,000 requests to access citizens' communications data in 2008.

Source: Network World on Security

[Tinker]

Fortinet spies IPO as market bounces
11 August 2009, 6:00 pm

After nine years of successful independence, security hardware vendor Fortinet has admitted it is plotting to turn itself into a public company.

Source: Network World on Security

[Tinker]

Study: Adobe Flash cookies pose vexing privacy questions
11 August 2009, 6:00 pm

Adobe's Flash program is being used on heavily trafficked Web sites to collect information on how people navigate those sites even if people believe they've restricted the data collection, according to a new study.

Source: Network World on Security

[Tinker]

Attacks on US, Korea Web sites leave a winding trail
11 August 2009, 6:00 pm

The investigation into the attacks against high-profile Web sites in South Korea and the U.S. is a winding, twisty electronic goose chase that may not result in a definitive conclusion on the identity of the attackers.

Source: Network World on Security

[Tinker]

No, you're not infected
10 August 2009, 6:00 pm

A reader who wishes to remain anonymous is concerned about a very scary looking website. I attempt to calm the waters.

Source: Network World on Security

[Tinker]

Secunia PSI Points Out Dangerous Software Holes
10 August 2009, 6:00 pm

One of the best ways to protect your PC is to keep all your software up-to-date. Patching over security holes blocks online attackers who like nothing more than exploiting old software flaws to surreptitiously install Trojans and other malware. The free Secunia Personal Software Inspector makes it easy to find and fix old programs--even those that lack automatic update features--on your PC. Secunia PSI scans your computer to find out what versions of what software you have installed, and it reports on which might contain known security holes.

Source: Network World on Security

[Tinker]

Police, councils spy on your calls, SMS and email
10 August 2009, 6:00 pm

Official figures have revealed that in Britain each day last year, local authorities, police and the intelligence services had granted more than 1,500 requests to snoop on the public's phonecalls, emails and text messages.

Source: Network World on Security