Security Fix: October 22, 2006 - October 28, 2006
Boarding Pass Hacker Gets Visit From FBI
A computer security researcher who created a Web page designed to allow anyone to generate and print out a fake boarding pass for Northwest Airlines got a visit from the FBI yesterday, following public calls for his arrest by a...
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October 28, 2006; 12:40 PM ET |
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Scams Target Latest Upgrades in E-Banking Security
Financial institutions across the country are scrambling to meet a Dec. 31 deadline set by banking industry regulators to have security processes in place for online banking that go beyond simply requiring customers to enter a user name and password....
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October 27, 2006; 9:00 AM ET |
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ZoneAlarm's New Auto-Updater Prompts Confusion
While I was out in San Diego for a security conference last month, I struck up a conversation with a guy from Check Point Technologies, which makes the popular ZoneAlarm line of firewall products. I asked him whether the company...
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October 25, 2006; 3:55 PM ET |
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Mozilla Releases Firefox 2.0
Mozilla this week unveiled Firefox 2.0, the next generation of its Web browser that includes security enhancements and quite a few new features that make Web browsing a bit more fun and a lot more intuitive. If you've been using...
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October 25, 2006; 9:00 AM ET |
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Microsoft Delays Service Pack 3 Again
Microsoft quietly let it be known this week that it plans yet again to delay the release of Service Pack 3 for Windows XP users, this time until some point in the first half of 2008. At the beginning of...
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October 23, 2006; 12:31 PM ET |
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New Bug Installs Legit Anti-Virus Program
Are you using a Microsoft Windows machine to cruise the Web but don't have up-to-date anti-virus software installed? No worries: A sophisticated new breed of malware identified this week will silently download and install a legitimate anti-virus program on your...
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October 23, 2006; 8:39 AM ET |
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