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.: Stolen Boeing laptop held ID data on 382,000 - 14th Dec 2006
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"Boeing confirmed that a laptop stolen from an employee's car contained sensitive information on 382,000 employees and retirees. It is third such incident at the aircraft giant in the past 13 months. The laptop, whose theft potentially puts the individuals at risk for identity theft, contained names, home addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers and dates of birth for current and former Boeing employees..."
[news.com] |
.: Attack the spam, viruses, spyware - 12th Dec 2006
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"Developers of products designed to keep us safe and happy while computing have decided that fall is the time of year to introduce their new lines of products. Symantec, McAfee, Grisoft and Panda all recently released new versions of their Internet security products using the months when our attention turns to goblins — and turkeys — to make us aware of all the new threats that await us in cyberspace..."
[Azstarnet] |
.: State reaches $1M settlement in first spyware case - 5th Dec 2006
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"Washington's attorney general has settled the first case prosecuted under the state's 2005 Computer Spyware Act.
The settlement announced Monday is with antispyware vendor Secure Computer LLC. The White Plains, New York, software company was accused of marketing its product via deceptive spam and pop-up ads, which offered free spyware scans that always detected a problem with the computer that was scanned..."
[ComputerWorld] |
.: McAfee's malware trends for 2007 - 4th Dec 2006
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"Anti-virus vendor McAfee has made a few predictions for 2007, providing insight into potential trends in digital security threats. According to the company, the malware market is becoming increasingly commercialized as organized crime groups fund development to generate profit. Financial competition has stimulated innovation, leading to broader use of sophisticated techniques like encryption and polymorphism..."
[Ars Technica] |
.: Curse of the keystroke loggers who cost businesses £1bn a year - 3rd Dec 2006
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"IT SOUNDS like some sort of cynical joke conjured up by a pack of IT hacks out for mischief. Or a piece of hi-tech urban myth, one of many circulating in cyberspace. But a growing number of business victims are unwittingly falling foul of an insidious online practice known as laptop keystroke logging. Or keylogging for short..."
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