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Hackers Hit OpenX Ad Server in Adobe Attack - PC World

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:41:23 GMT+00:00

Hackers Hit OpenX Ad Server in Adobe Attack
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Hackers have exploited flaws in a popular open-source advertising software to place malicious code on advertisements on ...

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Inmate Gets 18 Months for Hacking Prison Computer - PC World

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:50:37 GMT+00:00

Inmate Gets 18 Months for Hacking Prison Computer
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A former Massachusetts prison inmate has been given an 18-month prison sentence for hacking prison computers while he ...

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Citigroup, Law Enforcement Refute Cyber Heist Report - PC World

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:31:17 GMT+00:00

Citigroup, Law Enforcement Refute Cyber Heist Report
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Citigroup and a federal law enforcement source on Tuesday refuted a claim that the bank's customers ...

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Heartland Pays Amex $3.6 Million Over 2008 Data Breach - PC World

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:40:58 GMT+00:00

Heartland Pays Amex $3.6 Million Over 2008 Data Breach
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Heartland Payment Systems will pay American Express US$3.6 million to settle charges relating to the 2008 hacking of ...

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Privacy Groups Bring Facebook Complaints to FTC - PC World

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:31:22 GMT+00:00

Privacy Groups Bring Facebook Complaints to FTC
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Ten privacy and consumer groups, including the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), filed a complaint Thursday ...

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Chinese ISP hosts 1 in 7 Conficker infections - Computerworld

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:50:07 GMT+00:00

Chinese ISP hosts 1 in 7 Conficker infections
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IDG News Service - Security experts have known for months that some countries have had a harder time battling the Conficker worm than ...

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Five Things You Need to Know About Social Engineering - PC World

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:00:45 GMT+00:00

Five Things You Need to Know About Social Engineering
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1. SOCIAL ENGINEERING IS GROWING UP. Social engineering, the act of tricking people into giving up sensitive ...

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Rogue Antivirus Lurks Behind Google Doodle Searches - PC World

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:10:52 GMT+00:00

Rogue Antivirus Lurks Behind Google Doodle Searches
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In Esperanto the word is "malica." It means malicious and it's the best way of describing many of the search results ...

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Adobe Offers Advice on Avoiding New Reader Attack - PC World

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:40:55 GMT+00:00

Adobe Offers Advice on Avoiding New Reader Attack
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One day after warning of a new attack on its Reader and Acrobat software, Adobe issued a security advisory Tuesday ...

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Adobe Warns of Reader, Acrobat Attack in the Wild - PC World

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:51:22 GMT+00:00

Adobe Warns of Reader, Acrobat Attack in the Wild
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Adobe is investigating new reports that hackers are attacking a previously unknown bug in the latest version of the ...

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