Malware City/News

Feb
26

A Server Breach Does Not Have to be a Data Breach

Filed Under: VULNERABILITIES
Stop and think about your bank for a minute. Do they pile the money up in the middle of the lobby? Why not?–There are locks on the doors.

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Malware City/News

Sep
2

Instant messaging speeds up data theft danger

Filed Under: MISCELLANEOUS
The notorious Zeus malware can transmit stolen data immediately using an instant messaging module

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Malware City/News

Jun
9

Webhost hack wipes out data for 100,000 sites

Filed Under: VULNERABILITIES
100,000 websites were destroyed by a targeted a zero-day vulnerability in a widely-used virtualization application.

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Malware City/News

Jan
30

Hard drive manufacturers back new disk encryption standard

Filed Under: TECHNOLOGIES
Six hard drive manufacturers have joined forces behind a standard for firmware-level hard drive encryption, an important step for security interoperability.

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Malware City/News

Nov
3

Virtual Heist Nets 500,000+ Bank, Credit Accounts

Filed Under: MISCELLANEOUS
A single cyber crime group has stolen more than a half million bank, credit and debit card accounts over the past two-and-a-half years using one of the most advanced strains of computer spyware in existence, according to research to be published today. The discovery is among the largest stolen data caches ever recovered.

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Malware City/News

Oct
10

You need to encrypt your e-mail

Filed Under: TECHNOLOGIES
On Oct. 1, a new Nevada law went into effect that requires organizations operating in the state to encrypt personal information sent outside of the organization. A similar, but more restrictive, law will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2009 in Massachusetts.

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