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May 17, 2012 – 4:32 am | Comments Off

 
A local baker wants to warn other businesses about a scam in which someone almost cheated her out of a thousand dollars’ worth of cupcakes.

“I’ve had big orders, but not that big — it’s huge,” Sarah Johnson recalled herself saying when she received an e-mail order for 450 cupcakes.
Johnson works out of her Cobb County home producing “Sarah’s Heavenly Cupcakes.” She was also surprised the …

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Chrome 19 Patches Over 20 Security Flaws

May 17, 2012 – 3:31 am | Comments Off

For the browser update, Google paid security researchers $7,500 in bug bounties.
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QuickTime for Windows Update Patches Security Flaws

May 17, 2012 – 1:17 am | Comments Off

The update patches 17 vulnerabilities in versions of the software for Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP.
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Hackers Hit Multiple Human Rights, Foreign Policy Sites

May 17, 2012 – 12:10 am | Comments Off

Targets include the Center for Defense Information and Amnesty International Hong Kong, among many others.
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California’s IHSS Program Suffers Massive Data Loss

May 16, 2012 – 11:12 pm | Comments Off

Lost data included the Social Security numbers of 375,000 employees.
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Intel Launches New Generation of Secure Processors

May 16, 2012 – 6:50 pm | Comments Off

Security gets embedded in the latest generation of vPro chips, as Intel continues to drive McAfee technologies into the hardware layer.
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CEO of Hi-Tech Crime Solutions Gregory Evans Demonstrates How Crooks Get Your Credit Card Number At The Gas Pump on CBS Evening News

May 16, 2012 – 4:04 am | Comments Off

 
CEO of Hi-Tech Crime Solutions Gregory Evans Demonstrates How Crooks Get Your Credit Card Number At The Gas Pump on CBS Evening News.
If you use an ATM or a debit card to make purchases, thieves may be waiting for you ready to scan the information off your bank card to siphon the money out of your account. “Skimming” reportedly costs the financial industry more than …

BeyondTrust Buys eEye Digital Security

May 16, 2012 – 1:59 am | Comments Off

The company will integrate eEye’s Retina CS Vulnerability Management and Analytics solutions with BeyondTrust’s PowerBroker family of products.
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Kickstarter Security Flaw Leaked Data on 70,000 Projects

May 16, 2012 – 12:51 am | Comments Off

Accessible data included the project description, goal, duration, rewards, video, image, location, and more.
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Mac OS X Leopard Update Removes Flashback Malware

May 15, 2012 – 11:43 pm | Comments Off

The update removes common variants of the Flashback Trojan on OS X 10.5.
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Oops! Avira Anti-Virus Update Disables Windows PCs

May 15, 2012 – 11:43 pm | Comments Off

A recent update detected almost every executable file as malware.
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Artemis Proposes .secure Domain

May 15, 2012 – 1:21 am | Comments Off

Registrants would be required to agree to a code of conduct for security standards, and to ensure ongoing compliance with those standards.
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Multi-Tenant Public Clouds: Security Risk or FUD?

May 15, 2012 – 12:14 am | Comments Off

Cloud provider Rackspace seeks to dispel the myth that multi-tenancy makes public clouds an inherent security risk.
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New Android Malware Poses as Adobe Flash Player

May 14, 2012 – 11:09 pm | Comments Off

Once installed, the malware sends SMS messages to premium numbers without the user’s permission.
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Scammers Get 25 Years for Identity Theft

May 14, 2012 – 10:08 pm | Comments Off

Veronica Dale and Alchico Grant have also been ordered to pay $2.8 million in restitution to the IRS.
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Adobe Agrees to Provide Free Photoshop, Illustrator Security Updates

May 14, 2012 – 8:58 pm | Comments Off

The company now says it will release free patches for Illustrator, Photoshop and Flash Professional.
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Hackers Steal $90,000 in Bitcoins

May 14, 2012 – 7:52 pm | Comments Off

A database storing user names, e-mail addresses and account histories was also accessed.
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Severity of Windows 8 Privacy Flaw Questioned

May 12, 2012 – 2:57 am | Comments Off

Security experts say concerns about a recently-disclosed privacy flaw in Windows 8 may be overblown.
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University of Maine Hacked

May 12, 2012 – 1:50 am | Comments Off

1,175 Social Security numbers and 435 credit card numbers may have been accessed.
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Suspected SOCA Hackers Arrested in Norway

May 12, 2012 – 12:43 am | Comments Off

The two teenagers face a maximum sentence of six years in jail.
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UNC Charlotte Acknowledges Massive Security Breach

May 11, 2012 – 11:37 pm | Comments Off

Approximately 350,000 Social Security numbers were exposed.
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How Hackers Become Millionaires and How To Stop Them

May 11, 2012 – 11:37 pm | Comments Off

Here’s a hint: Cybercrime has a lot in common with multi-level marketing schemes.
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Amnesty International UK Site Hacked, Serves Malware

May 11, 2012 – 10:35 pm | Comments Off

The malware could enable attackers to access a victim’s files, e-mails, passwords and other sensitive data, according to Websense researchers.
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Windows 8 Privacy Flaw Questioned

May 11, 2012 – 9:30 pm | Comments Off

Security experts say concerns about a recently-disclosed privacy flaw in Windows 8 may be overblown.
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Top 10 Ways to Secure a Windows File Server

May 11, 2012 – 12:07 am | Comments Off

Have you hardened your file servers yet? Follow these steps to make sure your sensitive files are adequately protected against unauthorized access.
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Anonymous Hackers Respond to Activision’s ‘Terrorist’ Label

May 11, 2012 – 12:07 am | Comments Off

The hackers have released CEO Eric Hirshberg’s personal information, and have threatened to hack the company.
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Trusteer Warns of New Financial Malware Variant

May 11, 2012 – 12:07 am | Comments Off

While the new version of the Tatanga malware is currently focused on Spanish banking customers, it may be spreading to other countries.
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