Monday, June 2nd, 2008
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation has admitted to misplacing the details of 4.5 million customers, following the loss of a data tape earlier this year.
The backup tape went missing on 27 February while being transported to an off-site archive by a third-party vendor. The lost data includes the ...
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008
IT security and control firm Sophos is reminding computer users about the risks of identity theft and online fraud following news that Jade Saunders, the current beauty contest winner in the British seaside town of Scarborough, has fallen foul of an email phishing scam.
The twenty year old student, who was ...
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008
The reported security hole in Flash Player can now be given the all clear. The general consensus is that users of the current version 9.0.124.0 are safe. For the first time ever Secunia, one of the most reliable sources of information about security issues, has even revoked its advisory about ...
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Sunday, June 1st, 2008
Users of the professional-oriented social networking site LinkedIn are being warned that scam artists are using the site to nab lucrative bank account information from naive victims, say security experts.
Advanced fee fraud -- also known as "419 scams" after the relevant section of the Nigerian penal code -- have become ...
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Sunday, June 1st, 2008
In an unusual move, Microsoft Corp. on Friday warned Windows users to swear off Apple Inc.'s Safari Web browser until a patch is available that plugs holes that could let attackers to compromise computers.
One security researcher noted that Microsoft's public warning -- and Apple's silence on the subject -- are ...
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