Electronics Firm Faces FTC Lawsuit Following Multiple HacksFeb 05,2009
Federal case says Compgeeks didn't do enough to prevent well-known SQL injection attacks
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The Top 10 Internet Registrars Hosting Spammers, Illicit SitesFeb 05,2009
New Knujon report identifies registrars hosting 83 percent of spamming and badware Websites worldwide
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Antivirus firm confirms hackers breached site
Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab admitted today that a database containing customer data had been exposed for almost 11 days -- until the security firm learned of the breach from Romanian hackers. Read more...
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BitDefender website also leaking
Kaspersky is not alone, as BitDefender's Portuguese site is found to be vulnerable to SQL injection by the same hacker who discovered the Kaspersky problem more…
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Data Breaches Continue to Get More Costly
The average cost of data breaches to the companies hit by them continues to increase, according to a report by the Ponemon Institute.
The study of 43 breaches disclosed last year found that costs averaged $202 per compromised customer record -- up from $197 in 2007 and $182 in 2006. Overall costs ranged from $613,000 to $32 million, with the number of compromised records ranging from about 4,200 to 113,000.
Increasingly, the biggest cost to companies is lost business, which accounted for $139 of the average breach cost, said Larry Ponemon, the think tank's chairman.
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Geeks.com agrees to security audits in wake of data breach
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E-Verify requirement in Obama stimulus plan sparks controversy
A proposal initially included in President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package that requires entities getting federal funds or tax breaks to use the government's E-Verify program to vet the immigration status of workers is proving to be controversial.
Supporters of the idea say it is needed to prevent illegal immigrants from securing jobs paid for by the stimulus package -- especially in the construction sector, which is slated to receive $104 billion if the measure makes it through Congress intact.
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HP urges LaserJet users to patch printers
Hewlett-Packard Co. has warned owners of some of its laser printers to update their devices' firmware or risk having remote attackers access previously printed documents.
In an advisory published Wednesday, HP said users of certain LaserJet, Color LaserJet and Digital Sender models are affected, and it urged them to immediately download and install firmware upgrades.
The devices include 10 LaserJet models, ranging from the 2410 to the 9050; two Color LaserJet models; and the 9200C Digital Sender, a sheet-fed document scanner.
According to San Antonio-based Digital Defense Inc., the security company that reported the problem to HP last October, attackers can exploit a bug in the printers' Web-based control interface to "read arbitrary system configuration files, cached documents, etc."
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01623905
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Top 10 spam-friendly registrars named and shamed
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Microsoft caves in, will change Windows 7 UAC
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Calif. DMV tried to sneak in biometrics for driver's licenses, groups claim
Consumer rights groups in California are protesting what they claim is an attempt by the state Department of Motor Vehicles to sneak in via the backdoor a fingerprint and facial-recognition system for issuing driver's licenses in the state.
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Fake stimulus payments
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Google turns on Exchange for iPhone and Windows Mobile users
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White-hat hacker to show way to clone passport card data
Dan Kaplan February 06, 2009
With $250 in easy-to-obtain equipment and 20 minutes, a researcher was able to clone the RFID tags of two U.S. passport cards.
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Are Chinese hackers forcing Indian Officials off the web?
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New Valentine Scam on the Loose
One word: PUPPIES!
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