VA lose data on 38,000 / Consumers lose to spyware / Trojan hijacks ICMP
Another PC with veterans' information is missingThe U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have lost another PC containing data on 36,000 military veterans. - CIO Magazine
Related of interest:
VA: Data for 38,000 veterans missing - AP/CNN.com
Another VA computer missing - Computerworld
Antoher VA computer goes missing - eWEEK
VA releases details of missing computer - Federal Computer Week
Computer stolen from VA subcontractor, Unisys - Government Computer News
AOL says privacy breach was a mistake
Internet service provider AOL apologizes for the accidental release of search data concerning about 650,000 users. - AP/CNN.com
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AOL removes search data - The New York Times
Researchers warn of serious Blackberry vulnerability
Organizations with Blackberry communications servers installed behind their gateway could be at risk, when exploit code is released later this month. - eWEEK
Security risk: Weekend
Security firm Kaspersky Lab found that it was impossible to reach investigators and credit card firms to report fraud on a weekend. - Heise online
Survey: Consumers lose to online schemes
A study by Consumer Reports finds that American consumers lost $8 billion to spyware, phishing, and viruses last year. - Los Angeles Times
Related of interest:
Viruses, spyware cost users $7,8bn - Washington Post
Lieberman campaign site, email hacked
U.S. senator Joe Lieberman has found his website defaced by hackers on the same day as the senator campaigns for reelection. - MSNBC
Trojan data-stealer hijacks ICMP traffic
A new trojan attempts to hide by sending information using ICMP back to its controllers. - Network World Fusion
Related of interest:
Phishing trojan plays ping-ping with captured data - The Register
Database security 'IT's biggest problem'
Breaches of database security is happening because of a large number of attacks that are just not noticed, security expert warns. - SC Magazine UK/US
Consumers say securty affects brand trust
Surveys seem to confirm that security can affect corporate brands. - SC Magazine UK/US
Brits beef up internet security
A British study shows that almost 90 percent of Brits are protecting their computer with antivirus, anti-spyware, and firewalls. - Silicon.com
High bidders with low motives
Organized crime is buying up exploits for security vulnerabilities and are willing to pay more than security companies offer, experts fear. - Sydney Morning Herald
IM attacks on the rise
Security firm warns that is has reported a steep increase in the use of instant messaging as an attack vector. - TechWeb
'Jitterbug' spies threaten IT security
Physical wiretapping of input from peripheral devices such as keyboards is easy to install and hard to detect. - Vnunet.com
JFK assassination spam scam exposed
In a new 419 advance fee scam, the sender poses as a dying KGB agent offering the truth about the assassination of U.S. president John F. Kennedy. - Vnunet.com
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