IMSafer aims to guard MySpace kids from predators   21 Mar 2007 13:00 GMT
IMSafer Inc. has updated its online service to let parents know when their children are contacted by potential secual predators in the popular MySpace online community.
Source: Computerworld

GratisCard offers a credit card for the anonymous   21 Mar 2007 13:00 GMT
GratisCard Inc. on April 1 plans to introduce the nation's first completely anonymous credit card -- a move aimed at fighting security concerns about ID theft.
Source: Computerworld

Stolen TJX data used in Florida crime spree   21 Mar 2007 13:00 GMT
Breached chain retailer TJX knew about a Florida crime ring using credit card data stolen from its servers months before the company notified its customers, according to Florida Department of law Enforcement officials. Florida has arrested six suspects so far in that case.
Source: Computerworld

Liberty Alliance releases new client ID specs   21 Mar 2007 13:00 GMT
Mobile devices gain some protection for identity information they transmit in a new set of specifications released this week by the Liberty Alliance.
Source: Computerworld

Mozilla fixes single Firefox flaw   21 Mar 2007 12:41 GMT
Two new versions of Firefox, 2.0.0.3 and 1.5.0.1, were released yesterday to fix a single flaw that could have allowed attackers to run a rudimentary port scan of systems within the same perimeter as the victimized machine.
Source: Computerworld

Biggest security threat? Your users   21 Mar 2007 04:33 GMT
All the security technology in the world won't stop nave, careless or malicious users, but implementing effective security policies might. Here's how.
Source: Computerworld

Microsoft probes possible Xbox Live fraud   21 Mar 2007 01:15 GMT
Gamers report having their Xbox Live accounts hijacked and their credit cards used to buy the virtual currency on the gaming service.
Source: ZDNet

Tool turns unknowing surfers into hacking help   21 Mar 2007 00:04 GMT
With Jikto, JavaScript on a Web site can turn PCs into a bug-hunting tool, thus doing a hacker's dirty work.
Source: ZDNet

Gozi Trojan leads to Russian data hoard   20 Mar 2007 13:00 GMT
A Russian Trojan named Gozi stole more than 10,000 records containing confidential data belonging to about 5,200 users and sent it to a server in St. Petersburg, where it was offered for sale.
Source: Computerworld

Microsoft, Vista activation researcher butt heads   20 Mar 2007 13:00 GMT
A technique to delay Vista's activation for up to a year just "doesn't work," a Microsoft official said yesterday. Does so, said the researcher who published the activation extension.
Source: Computerworld