Security News

FaceTime exposes customer contact data on its Web site 08 Aug 2007 13:00 GMT
Instant messaging security vendor FaceTime Communications said programming errors caused customer contact information to be exposed on its Web site.

Source: Computerworld

Google mistakes own blog for spam, deletes it 08 Aug 2007 13:00 GMT
Google mistakenly removed its Custom Search Blog after misidentifying it as spam-related.

Source: Computerworld

Spam case tossed; plaintiff must pay $111k 08 Aug 2007 13:00 GMT
A U.S. District Court has ordered a Washington state man who sued spammers under the CAN-SPAM Act and lost his case to pay the legal fees of the defendants.

Source: Computerworld

Huge pump-and-dump spam spike in progress 08 Aug 2007 13:00 GMT
A massive spam campaign that's part of a pump-and-dump stock scam began yesterday and shows little sign of abating, according to Sophos.

Source: Computerworld

Leaked Vista hotfix packs now official, ready to download 08 Aug 2007 13:00 GMT
Microsoft has released two Windows Vista updates that leaked to the Internet late last month, but it still won't say when it will push them out to users by way of Windows Update.

Source: Computerworld

VPNs still show basic flaws, says study 08 Aug 2007 11:01 GMT
Pen tests of corporate VPNs around the UK turned up good news and bad, according to testing firm NTA Monitor. Unfortunately, every company tested exhibited at least two vulnerabilities with their IPsec VPNs. But the news isn't all bad.

Source: Computerworld

Aladdin's eSafe targets 'anonymizer' proxies 08 Aug 2007 11:01 GMT
A new add-on offered by Aladdin Knowledge Systems could increase network security, but raises troubling issues of privacy and censorship.

Source: Computerworld

UC researchers: Take antispam fight to the Web 08 Aug 2007 11:01 GMT
Researchers at UCSD suggest that spammers have an Achilles heel that could be targeted with relative ease and significant results.

Source: Computerworld

Reports on eVoting continue to give it poor marks for security 07 Aug 2007 20:15 GMT
I ran across three different articles on eVoting over the last little while that interested me:E-voting systems vulnerable to viruses and other security attacks, new report finds - This report documents the efforts of two teams of security researchers from UC Berkeley and UC Davis (my alma mater). The...
Source: ZDNet

Laptop of VeriSign employee stolen 07 Aug 2007 13:00 GMT
A laptop containing the personal information of VeriSign Inc.'s current and former employees was stolen from an employee's car last month.