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Cybercrime Stats are Vastly Exaggerated

How accurate are cybercrime statistics, really? Researchers say that in some cybercrime surveys 90 percent of findings come from the answers of one or two people, which results in skewed statistics and exaggerated threats.

9 May 2012 3 mins

Cybercrime Fraud Security

Financial Malware Tricks Users with Claims of Free Credit Card Fraud Insurance

Tatanga malware asks victims to approve rogue transfers in order to activate free credit card insurance from their banks

8 May 2012 3 mins

Fraud Intrusion Detection Software Security

Twitter Says Many Leaked Passwords Inaccurate, Duplicates

Many accounts were used for spamming and have been suspended, Twitter said

8 May 2012 1 min

Data Breach Social Networking Apps

Twitter Resists Subpoena to Release User’s Data Without Warrant

A judge erred when ruling a person does not own content he posts to the service, Twitter said

8 May 2012 3 mins

Legal Privacy Social Networking Apps

PHP Working on New Patch for Critical Vulnerability After Initial One Failed

The rapid adoption of cloud services and infrastructure makes cybersecurity an even greater priority.

15 Sep 2017

Security

PHP Working on New Patch for Critical Vulnerability After Initial One Failed

Upcoming PHP updates will address two known remote code execution vulnerabilities

7 May 2012 3 mins

Enterprise Applications Patch Management Software Security

Apple Engineering Mistake Exposes Clear-text Passwords for Lion

An attacker could potentially decrypt information secured with an older version of FileVault, Apple's encryption technology

6 May 2012 3 mins

Data and Information Security Windows Security

Cybersecurity Roundup: Tech Firms Waver on CISPA; Android Malware; and More

This week's cybersecurity roundup has Mozilla becoming the first major Internet company to publicly oppose the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA); new Android malware; and a trojan that uses the U.S. DoJ name to extort cash fr

5 May 2012 2 mins

Security

Report Spotlights Changes in Cybersecurity Landscape

A new cybersecurity report from Symantec offers an interesting look at 2011's significant Internet-security threats and trends, including a new focus for hackers, mobile attacks and the effects of major data breaches.

5 May 2012 3 mins

Data Breach Intrusion Detection Software Phishing

IT Budgets, Cybersecurity Top Federal CIO Concerns

New survey from TechAmerica reveals the mounting pressure facing agency CIOs to do more with less, as budget cuts imperil new initiatives such as cloud computing and data-center consolidation.

4 May 2012 5 mins

Budgeting Government Government IT

Email Product Looks to Reduce Spam False Positives

TrustSphere looks at the relationship between senders, which can be a better indication of whether a message is spam or not

4 May 2012 2 mins

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Cybercrime Stats are Vastly Exaggerated

Financial Malware Tricks Users with Claims of Free Credit Card Fraud Insurance

Twitter Says Many Leaked Passwords Inaccurate, Duplicates

Twitter Resists Subpoena to Release User’s Data Without Warrant

PHP Working on New Patch for Critical Vulnerability After Initial One Failed

PHP Working on New Patch for Critical Vulnerability After Initial One Failed

Apple Engineering Mistake Exposes Clear-text Passwords for Lion

Cybersecurity Roundup: Tech Firms Waver on CISPA; Android Malware; and More

Report Spotlights Changes in Cybersecurity Landscape

IT Budgets, Cybersecurity Top Federal CIO Concerns

Email Product Looks to Reduce Spam False Positives