Security Fix: September 25, 2005 - October 1, 2005
How to Be Someone ... Else
I'm in the middle of an engrossing book from the "Stealing the Network" series called "How to Own an Identity," a narrative penned by at least 10 different authors about ways in which criminal hackers evade detection and capture by...
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Brian Krebs
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September 30, 2005; 9:56 AM ET |
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Microsoft Issues Security Pack for Office 2003
Microsoft has released a patch rollup known as a "service pack" for its Office 2003 software. Service Pack 2 fixes several security flaws, so if you're using Office 2003, open up Internet Explorer and visit Microsoft Update to download and...
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Brian Krebs
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September 29, 2005; 3:25 PM ET |
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Punishing Sloppy Security
The Federal Trade Commission released information yesterday on a settlement it reached recently in a case involving a fairly large mortgage company that falsely claimed to be protecting the personal and financial details of its customers. Reading the details of...
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Brian Krebs
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September 29, 2005; 10:20 AM ET |
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From the Bunker
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Government Effort to Boost Security Savvy
Several federal agencies are partnering with Microsoft, eBay and a handful of nonprofit groups to launch an Internet security awareness campaign for consumers via newspaper, magazine and television ads as well as an educational Web site. It is nice to...
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Brian Krebs
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September 27, 2005; 1:48 PM ET |
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New Netscape Browser Holes Exposed
Researchers have identified at least four more serious security flaws in the Netscape Web browser that could let bad guys use the program as a vehicle for taking control over computers using Netscape to cruise the Web. After the disclosure...
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Brian Krebs
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September 26, 2005; 11:22 AM ET |
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Latest Warnings
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