Microsoft patches 22 vulnerabilities

Microsoft patches 22 vulnerabilities


Microsoft patches 22 vulnerabilities

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 12:14 PM PST

Today Microsoft released 12 security bulletins, three rated Critical and nine rated Important. They address a total of 22 unique vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office, Windows, Internet Explorer and Int...

Facebook secure browsing option thwarted

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 07:40 AM PST

If you were one of those people who jumped at the secure browsing option offered by Facebook a couple of weeks ago, you might be surprised to know that if you allowed a downgrading of https to http in...

US legislators targeted by identity thieves and account hijackers

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 06:49 AM PST

Facebook accounts of four Missouri state representatives and one staffer have been compromised and sporting mortifying messages. The interviewed affected politicians - Republicans Donna Lichtenegge...

The notable decline of identity fraud

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 06:10 AM PST

In 2010 the number of identity fraud victims decreased by 28 percent to 8.1 million adults in the United States, three million fewer victims than the prior year, according to Javelin Strategy & Resear...

Malware increases by 46% in only one year

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 05:44 AM PST

There is a steady growth of threats to mobile platforms, according to a new McAfee report. The number of pieces of new mobile malware in 2010 increased by 46 percent compared with 2009. The report ...

73% of organizations hacked in the last 2 years

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 05:10 AM PST

Website attacks are the biggest concern for companies, yet 88 percent spend more on coffee than securing Web applications, according to a survey by Barracuda Networks, Cenzic and the Ponemon Institute...

HTC Twitter client security issue

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:58 AM PST

A security issue exists in multiple HTC products and can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information, according to Secunia. The security issue is caused due to ...

What are banks not telling us about card fraud?

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 04:06 AM PST

Reports that a Russian hacker has pleaded guilty of ripping off WorldPay, the online transaction processor, to the tune of $10 million, have met with a grim smile by Lieberman Software. According t...

WordPress 3.0.5 security update

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 03:46 AM PST

WordPress 3.0.5 is now available and is a security hardening update for all previous WordPress versions. This security release is required if you have any untrusted user accounts, but it also com...

Organizations still don't understand application security strategies

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 03:36 AM PST

Organizations lack a sense of urgency for securing critical data, according to a new report by Application Security. The report found that the greatest challenges to securing application and data envi...

Increasing adoption of open source software

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 03:16 AM PST

A recent survey by Gartner found that more than half of organizations surveyed have adopted open source software (OSS) solutions as part of their IT strategy. Nearly one-third of respondents cited ben...

Event: CarolinaCon 2011

Posted: 08 Feb 2011 03:08 AM PST

CarolinaCon is an annual conference in North Carolina that is dedicated to sharing knowledge about technology, security and information rights. The event also serves to enhance the local and intern...

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