Latest security news.
Monster.com identity attack may claim more vicitims, 08/20/07: The 46,000 people reportedly infected by ads on job sites may be only a fraction of the victims of an ambitious, multistage attack that has stolen data belonging to several hundred thousand people who posted resumes on Monster.com, a researcher said this weekend.
Survey: Security policies neglect off-network devices, 08/22/07: A majority of companies put confidential data at risk every day when equipment such as servers, desktops, laptops and portable storage devices leave the confines of their network, according to a recent survey of 735 IT security practitioners.
First exploit appears for Patch Tuesday vulnerability, 08/20/07: A security researcher has published the first exploit against one of the 14 vulnerabilities patched last week by Microsoft, security company Symantec has warned customers.
Phishers looking to cash in on Wells Fargo computer crash, 08/21/07: Wells Fargo & Co. may have a new problem, following its widespread computer crash earlier this week: online scammers.
Survey: Cisco has the knack for NAC, 08/21/07: A Current Analysis survey says Cisco is most often considered by NAC customers, but other vendors do better at retaining customers that have already bought their NAC gear
BeyondTrust tames Vista’s UAC pop-ups, leaves security intact, 08/21/07: Management vendor BeyondTrust Tuesday unveiled software that lets companies nearly eradicate the pop-ups that plague Windows Vista’s user account control feature.
Lawsuit filed on behalf of consumers in data breach case, 08/20/07: A California law firm has filed a class-action lawsuit against Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) and one of its subsidiaries over an incident involving the potential compromise of personal data belonging to 8.5 million consumers.
Worried companies block Facebook, 08/21/07: The security backlash against Facebook has taken a new twist with a survey finding that large numbers of employees are now being blocked from accessing it.
SpamSieve update targets attachments, 08/20/07: The antispam utility SpamSieve has undergone an update that creator Michael Tsai says will improve accuracy for e-mail messages containing attachments. SpamSieve 2.6.4 also fixes a bug that could cause crashes when processing messages containing PDF attachments.
Annoying Microsoft warning be gone!: Blogger Colin Spence shows you how to get rid of “This page contains both secure and nonsecure items” error with RSS feeds.
