Current Security Issues
Some Kids' Cameras Coming With Viruses
Some of Fisher-Price's Kid-Tough digital cameras have viruses that are affecting not just the camera, but computers as well. More...
Fake Christmas, holiday greetings spread new malware
Beware of spam with subject lines such as "Merry Xmas!" and "Merry Christmas card for you!" More...
Microsoft issuing an emergency patch today for Internet Explorer vulnerability
Microsoft will release a patch this afternoon, Dec. 17, for a zero-day vulnerability affecting Internet Explorer that has been under attack by hackers. More...
Mozilla issues eight patches for Firefox browser
Mozilla issued eight patches for its Firefox Web browser, three of which fix problems classified as critical. More...
Scammers Once Again Hide Behind the FBI
Citizens continue to be inundated by spam claiming to be from the FBI. The latest versions use the names of several high ranking executives within both the FBI and the Internet Crime Complaint Center to attempt to defraud consumers. More...
Microsoft issues hefty security update - 6 Critical and 2 Important
Microsoft released its December 2008 security patches, with 6 marked Critical and 2 marked Important. More...
Financial Sector's Cyber Threat Level Raised to Elevated (Yellow)
The Cyber Threat level has been raised to Elevated for the financial sector due to these three reasons. More...
Shopping Safely Online
Online shopping has become a popular way to purchase items without the hassles of traffic and crowds. However, the Internet has unique risks, so it is important to take steps to protect yourself when shopping online. More...
Koobface virus targets Facebook users
Facebook users are under attack by a virus called Koobface which asks the user to download the latest adobe flashplayer. More...
Holiday Season Cyber Scammers Target Victims
The FBI is reminding people this holiday season that cyber criminals continue to aggressively seek ways to steal money and personal information. More...
Woman out $400K to 'Nigerian scam' con artists
Janella Spears doesn’t think she’s a sucker or an easy mark. So how did she end up sending nearly half a million dollars to a bunch of con artists running what has to be one of the best-known Internet scams in the world? More...
Only 2 security updates from Microsoft this month - 1 Critical and 1 Important
This month, Microsoft released 2 security patches: 1 Critical and 1 Important. Make sure you patch your operating system as soon as possible! More...
Hackers use Obama win for massive malware campaign
Hackers have launched a major malware campaign that tries to trick users into installing an update to Adobe Systems Inc.'s Flash, but actually plants a Trojan horse on unprotected PCs. More...
Facebook worm takes advantage of google's reputation
Facebook users are under attack by a new worm written to take advantage of Google's reputation. More...
Microsoft to rush out emergency Windows patch
Microsoft will rush out an emergency security patch for Windows users on Thursday, October 23rd. More...
Mark Start of National "Protect Your Identity" Week by being a Smart Consumer
On October 21, 2008, Attorney General Bill McCollum announced the beginning of National Protect Your Identity Week and encouraged Floridians to be proactive to avoid identity theft. National Protect Your Identity Week takes place from October 19-25 this year and is designed to bring ID theft awareness and prevention programs to consumers in communities across the country. More...
As U.S. elections draw near, political phishing and malware increases
As the time for the U.S. presidential election draws near, the risk increases for malware infection and phishing scams. More...
Microsoft releases 11 patches this month - 4 of them Critical
This month, Microsoft released 11 security patches: 4 Critical, 6 Important, and 1 Moderate. Make sure your operating system is up to date! More...
Apple releases another patch for Mac OS X
Apple patched 40 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X on October 9th. More than half of the vulnerabilities are labeled with the company's equivalent of "critical." More...
Security giants fail Virus Bulletin test
Some of the biggest names in the security industry have failed the latest Virus Bulletin 100 test. However, those that passed include McAfee, Symantec, Microsoft and Sophos. More...
Mozilla patches 11 bugs in Firefox
Late on Tuesday, Mozilla released Firefox 3.0.2, which patches 11 vulnerabilities (several are critical) in Firefox 3, and fixes 14 bugs in the older Firefox 2. More...
Four CRITICAL Patches from Microsoft This Month
Please make sure that you install these four critical updates as soon as you can. See the article for details. More...
"Hit Man" E-mail Scam Returns
Two new versions of the "hit man" email scam have surfaced. More...
Hate spam? Then stop buying things from it!
Everyone claims to hate getting spam, but research indicates that 30 percent of Internet users buy goods advertised in spam emails. More...
Hackers plant Trojan horses through fake MSNBC alerts
Last week it was fake CNN news stories. This week it's fake MSNBC alerts. Hackers are up to their same old tricks; trying to dupe users into clicking on links to fake news alerts. More...
Lots of security updates for August's "Patch Tuesday"
On Tuesday, Microsoft issued 11 security bulletins, 6 of which it labels as critical, to patch 26 vulnerabilities in its array of software. More...
Spamming of fake CNN news stories uses legit sites to deliver fake Flash
A massive number of hacked Web sites are serving up fake Flash Player software to users who are duped into clicking on links in spam mail purporting to be CNN.com news notifications. More...
ID Theft: 11 charged with pilfering millions of credit cards
The Justice Department has charged 11 people in connection with the largest identity-theft case ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice. More...
New Hampshire residents find their personal information compromised
New Hampshire residents have been notified that their personal information was stored on a laptop computer taken by thieves that burgled an Anheuser-Busch Co. office in Missouri in June. More...
FBI Warns of Storm Worm Virus
The FBI has received reports of recent spam e-mails spreading the Storm Worm malicious software, containing the phrase “F.B.I. vs. facebook.” More...
Cybersecurity Will Take A Big Bite of the Budget
The national cybersecurity spending for 2009 is projected to be President Bush's single largest request for funds. More...
Pay Up or Die! Email extortion on the rise
A new wave of extortion e-mails that threaten recipients with bodily harm and death if they do not pay thousands of dollars to the sender is circulating on the Internet. More...
New Unpatched Bug in Microsoft Word 2002
On the same day that it sent out its latest round of patches, Microsoft confirmed that hackers are taking advantage of an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2002 More...
4 Security Patches from Microsoft for July--none are listed critical
Microsoft today released its July 2008 security bulletin, which includes no critical updates and four important updates. More...
Microsoft releases information on a new vulnerability
Microsoft has released information on a new vulnerablity that exploits ActiveX. More...
Apple releases Mac OS X Security Update 2008-004
This latest update to Mac's operating system patches 25 vulnerabilities found in Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and 10.5 (Leopard). Of the 25 vulnerabilities, 11 of them are labeled as critical. More...
Microsoft Update Eliminates Millions of Password Stealing Trojans
On June 10th, Microsoft released an update for its Malicious Software Removal tool that was responsible for cleaning Trojan Horse infections from Millions of computers. More...
Firefox 3 Just Released, Complete with a Vulnerability --but old Firefox may not be safe either
Tuesday at about 1pm EST Mozilla released Firefox 3.? Five hours later the?first exploit was?announced.? But alas, older versions of Firefox are also vulnerable. More...
7 Security Patches from Microsoft for June - 3 of them Critical
Microsoft today released its June 2008 security bulletin, which includes three critical, three important, and one moderate patch. More...
Had a credit card in the last 20 years? You might be eligible for 9-months' worth of credit monitoring - FREE
In a class-action settlement that may be unprecedented in its size, TransUnion?is offering up to nine months?of free credit-monitoring service to anyone in the U.S. who has ever held a credit card or a line of credit over the last 20 years. More...
Comcast hack leaves users without email
Unknown hijackers took control of Comcast's domain name for 3 hours Wednesday night (5/28/08), sending users who tried to access comcast.net to a defaced web site that touted the hijackers' exploit. More...
Adobe Flash Exploit: you may want to turn Flash off for now
Even the latest version of Flash may not be immune to this vulnerability, so you may want to simply disable the program until the issue is resolved. More...
Scam Emails Seek Donations to Help Chinese Earthquake Victims
Once again, in the wake of a disaster, the low-life scammers are coming out of the woodwork. The FBI has issued a warning telling people to beware of emails claiming to be raising money to help the victims of the recent earthquake in China. More...
iTunes Users Receive Phishing Email
People who use iTunes are the latest targets of a phishing scam, a first for Apple's online music store. More...
Phishing Scam Targets Stimulus Payments from IRS
Email users are seeing the first stages of a major phishing attack targeting recipients of IRS refund checks, as well as the Bush administration's economic stimulus payment distribution.
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Judge puts to use CAN-SPAM Act of 2003
US District Judge Audrey B. Collins has awarded Myspace with a $234 million dollar judgement against Rines and Wallace for their violation of the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. More...
CAN-SPAM Rules Modified
May 12th, 2008, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a new rule provision under the CAN-SPAM Act. The new rule seeks to clarify some of the requirements CAN-SPAM imposes on senders of commercial email. More...
4 Microsoft Updates, 3 Critical in the Merry Month of May
Microsoft's "Patch Tuesday" for May includes 4 updates, 3 of which are labelled critical. More...
Trojan adware hiding in MP3s
A huge spike in fake MP3 files is currently spreading on peer-to-peer networks. More...
Beware of unsecured "hotspots," warns the FBI
There are more than 68 thousand wireless "hot spots" in the U.S. Did you know that many are not secured?? That makes it much easier for a hacker to eavesdrop on your Internet communications. Sometimes, hackers set up their own hotspot hoping to lure wireless users.? Once you connect to the hacker's network,?all your sensitive informati More...
Attorney General Warns of Two Separate Incidents Threatening Floridians' Personal Information
Attorney General Bill McCollum recently issued a consumer advisory warning of two separate incidents where Floridians' personal identification information may have been compromised--one from a phishing scam, the other from?a compromised company database of information. More...
Microsoft Report Reveals Rise of Trojan Downloaders
Microsoft's latest Security Intelligence Report reveals that there was a 300 percent increase in the number and proportion of Trojan downloaders detected. More...
Updates on Tuesday, Exploits by Friday
The most critical update released by Microsoft in April is already being exploited.? If you read email or surf the web--at all--you could be a target. More...
April Sees 8 Microsoft Updates, 5 Critical
This April's patch Tuesday offerings include 8 updates including 5 critical updates.? Several of these updates even affect the recently released Windows Vista Service Pack 1. More...
Beware Targeted Tax Phishing Scam
A new wave of targeted e-mail attacks is underway, arriving in messages that personally address both the recipient and his or her employer. More...
Apple releases patches to fix several vulnerabilities
Apple released 11 patches today that fix serious vulnerabilities that hackers can exploit. More...
7 lessons learned from the decade's deadliest disasters
If you're fortunate, you don't have personal experience dealing with tragedies like the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks or Hurricane Katrina. But one of the best ways for businesses to prepare for such disasters is to learn from those who survived them. More...
Firefox browser patched to 2.0.0.13
Mozilla recently patched 10 vulnerabilities, half of them marked "critical," in its latest Web browser, Firefox Version 2.0.0.13. More...
Florida employees' personal data may have been exposed
If you have used Google to find the state of Florida's payroll site, you may have been directed to a proxy server in Germany, exposing?your personal information?to identity theft. More...
The Web's best free stuff
ComputerWorld presents these great finds for productivity, security, photo and video, maps and directions, and much more. More...
Apple issues large security update
Apple issued a record-breaking security update that patched nearly 90 vulnerabilities in both its own code and the third-party applications that come with its Tiger and Leopard operating systems. More...
Supermarket data breach affects 4.2 million accounts
A grocery store chain in Maine disclosed information about a network intrusion on their computer network that led to the theft of millions of credit and debit card numbers. More...
Browser makers focus on beating malware
Microsoft and Mozilla are upping the ante in security features for the next versions of their popular browsers. More...
Microsoft Office under the patch microscope this month
Microsoft on Tuesday released four Critical security updates, all of which address issues on Microsoft Office, and Office for Mac. Summaries for the four bulletins are listed below, or go to the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for?March 2008 for the complete details. If you would like to download them immediately, go to Microsoft's upd More...
Spammers taking advantage of email "auto-replies" to send their ads
Spammers have found a new trick that gets around many current antispam filters -?abusing the "out of the office" auto-respond feature found in legitimate Webmail services. More...
YouTube goes offline and exposes problems with the Internet
YouTube.com went offline for two hours Sunday-- and it wasn?t on purpose. What happened and why? More...
Hacked Harvard website available on bittorrent
Computerworld reports that Harvard's website has been hacked and user information has been compromised. More...
FBI warns of Valentine's Day Email Scam
The FBI is alerting people to be on the lookout for spam emails spreading the Storm Worm malicious software. More...
Happy Valentines Day from Microsoft: 11 Updates patch 17 vulnerabilities this month
Microsoft released 11 updates Tuesday to fix 17 vulnerabilities in Windows and a variety of other Microsoft products. More...
Happy Valentines Day from Microsoft: 11 Updates patch 17 vulnerabilities this month
Microsoft released 11 updates Tuesday to fix 17 vulnerabilities in Windows and a variety of other Microsoft products. More...
Updates Flying this Week, Check your software! And don't forget patch Tuesday next week.
In the last week updates have been released that fix critical problems in Firefox, Adobe Reader, Apple Quicktime, and Skype. More...
4th cable rupture calls into question the security of undersea communications
Four undersea communication cables have been cut in the past week, raising questions about the safety of the oceanic network that handles the bulk of the world's Internet and telephone traffic. Most telecommunications experts and cable operators say that sabotage seems unlikely, but no one knows what damaged the cables or whether the incidents w More...
FBI Sees Another Wave of E-mail Scams
The FBI has discovered cyber criminals are again attempting to send fraudulent e-mails to unsuspecting recipients stating that someone has filed a complaint against them or their company. More...
New attack proves critical Windows bug 'highly exploitable'
Computer security?company, Immunity Inc.,?yesterday said they'd discredited Microsoft's claim that the year's first critical Windows vulnerability would be "difficult and unlikely" to be exploited. More...
Valentine's Day Malware: Sorry, but they don't really love you!
Florida's Agency for Enterprise Information Technology has this warning for us on the latest series of scams to "socially engineer" us into infecting our computers. More...
Digital photo frames sold by Best Buy have virus
BestBuy sold digital picture frames over the Christmas holidays that were infected with a virus. More...
Myspace.com hacked and photos marked as private are accessed
Hacker gets past the security at MySpace.com,?and is able to access photos from profiles marked private. More...
FBI sees increase in phone-based 'vishing' attacks
Now that consumers are getting wise to e-mail phishing attacks, scammers are changing tactics and switching to phone-based attacks. More...
Two new malware programs try to access your bank accounts
Two new malware programs -?Silentbank and Mebroot?- intercept your online communication with your bank: one a Trojan horse and the other a rootkit. More...
MySpace to Improve Security Measures to Block Predators
MySpace has reached an agreement with Florida and 44 other states?to make changes that help to prevent sexual predators and others from misusing it. More...
Microsoft releases 2 security patches - 1 Critical and 1 Important
Microsoft released two security bulletins that patch vulnerabilities in several recent version of Windows, Windows Server 2003, and Vista. More...
'Hacker safe' Web site gets hit by hacker
Geeks.com warns their customers that their personal and financial data may possibly have been? compromised in spite of the site's security certification. More...
Microsoft "Rings Out the Old" with 2 new patches next week
Microsoft has given?advanced notification that there will be two?security patches - one Critical and one?Important?- released on January 8, 2008. More...
Hackers Exploit Bhutto Assassination
Within hours of the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, malware makers took advantage of the breaking news to dupe users into downloading attack code. More...
Google Attacked by Hackers
Google is just as vulnerable to attack as any other major corporation with a large presence on the internet. More...
Storm Botnet Drops Strippers Lure, Tempts with New Year's Greeting
After unleashing spam featuring Christmas strippers, the Storm botnet yesterday began luring users into infecting their own PCs by sending them emails with a link to a New Year's card. More...
What can you do with your old electronic equipment?
People all across America received new electronic gadgets for Christmas, but now what do you do with the old ones? More...
FBI Warning: Email claiming to be from the Central Bank of the Philippines
12/11/07?The FBI has become aware of a spam e-mail purporting to be from Amando M. Tetangco, the governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, (Central Bank of the Philippines). The e-mail claims the recipient is the beneficiary of a large sum of money, free of any liens or encumbrances, and asks the recipient to confirm the following information: Fi More...
Early Holiday Gifts from Microsoft as 7 Updates Bring Yuletide Joy
Microsoft released seven security bulletins that patched vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Direct X, and DirectShow. More...
Expect Seven Microsoft Updates in Your Christmas Stocking
Microsoft Corp. is expected to schedule seven security updates for next Tuesday to fix flaws in Windows and Internet Explorer.
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Update: Facebook caves in to Beacon criticism
Saying, "We've made a lot of mistakes building this feature," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today that the popular social networking site will allow users to turn off the Beacon ad system that was tracking their activities online. More...
Microsoft has taken password security to a new level!
Microsoft is using inkblots as password reminders. More...
Facebook's Beacon: More intrusive and stealthy than anyone thought
Facebook's Beacon, a major part of the Facebook Ads platform, was introduced with much fanfare several weeks ago. A security researcher now is sounding the alarm that Beacon goes much further than anyone has imagined in tracking people's Web activities. More...
McAfee releases updated anti-virus for Mac's Leopard
McAfee has released version 8.6 for Apple's Leopard operating system. More...
QuickTime 7.2 and 7.3 vulnerability
Symantec is warning users about a vulnerability that has been exploited the same day it was made public. If you are using QuickTime 7.2 or 7.3, you could be directed to websites that will install malicious malware on your computer. More...
Bug That Was Fixed in Apple's Tiger Sinks its Teeth into Leopard
A vulnerability in Apple Mail that was fixed in the older version of Apple's operating system called Tiger was not incorporated into Leopard, the newest version of Mac OS X. More...
Stolen credentials used to send police to innocent people's homes
Cleveland man pleads guilty to 60 counts of swatting. More...
Why fight the crowds when you can take advantage of Cyber Monday
Cyber Monday (also known as the Monday after Thanksgiving) may not be the number one shopping day of the year, but online retailers will be offering special deals on that day.
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Hacker won't be eating turkey with his family for a long time.
Hacker faces up to 60 years in prison and fines up to 1.75 million dollars. More...
Hackers poised for Black Friday assault
You know retailers are ready for Black Friday – but so are hackers poised to launch a slew of Web-based attacks against consumers. Your money and personal information could be at risk. More...
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