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Oracle renumbers Java patch updates, confuses users even more

Oracle has changed the numbering of its Java security updates, prompting one expert to say, "As if Java updates weren't confusing already."

By Gregg Keizer | 16 May, 2013 10:06

Tags: Cybercrime and Hacking, security, Malware and Vulnerabilities, Oracle
Microsoft rushes IE8 zero-day fix into next week's Patch Tuesday

Microsoft today said it will issue 10 security updates next week, two rated "critical," to patch 34 vulnerabilities, including the zero-day bug that has been used by cyber criminals to poison "watering hole" websites in attacks aimed at U.S. government workers.

By Gregg Keizer | 09 May, 2013 19:26

Tags: U.S. Department of Labor, Bull, Microsoft, Windows, SAP, software, Malware and Vulnerabilities, operating systems
Microsoft admits zero-day bug in IE8, pledges patch

Microsoft has confirmed that a "zero-day," or unpatched, vulnerability exists in Internet Explorer 8, the company's most popular browser.

By Gregg Keizer | 05 May, 2013 06:10

Tags: U.S. Department of Energy, Microsoft, Windows, software, Malware and Vulnerabilities, operating systems
Printers, routers used as bots in DDoS attacks

Printers, routers, IP cameras, sensors and other Internet-connected devices are increasingly used to launch large distributed denial of service attacks, security firm Prolexic warned in a report this week.

By Jaikumar Vijayan | 01 May, 2013 20:24

Tags: network security, security, Prolexic, Malware and Vulnerabilities, NTP
Google pays record $31K bounty for Chrome bugs

Google this month paid a security researcher $31,336 for reporting a trio of bugs in Chrome.

By Gregg Keizer | 29 April, 2013 12:49

Tags: web apps, App Development, infosec, Google, MWR InfoSecurity, Malware and Vulnerabilities, business management

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Bank security weaknesses led to cyber looting of $45M from ATMs

Alberto Yusi Lajud Pena, found dead in the Dominican Republic two weeks ago, was the leader of the New York cell of an international gang of cyber thieves that authorities allege stole a staggering $45 million from ATM machines around the world.

By Jaikumar Vijayan | 10 May, 2013 20:26

Tags: Cybercrime and Hacking, security, Malware and Vulnerabilities
Security Manager's Journal: Spam makes a comeback

Out of the blue, phishing attacks previously caught in the spam filter are getting through to employee inboxes.

By Mathias Thurman | 11 March, 2013 10:18

Tags: security, FedEx, Malware and Vulnerabilities
How to talk security so people will listen (and comply!)

Sure you want users to comply with security edicts, but would you phish your own employees or share your company's hack history? At least some CIOs say yes. Insider (registration required)

By Stacy Collett | 03 January, 2013 13:04

Tags: Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), symantec, security, intel, Malware and Vulnerabilities
Security Manager's Journal: Security has to extend to your customers

When a security manager's company sells software, he can't ignore the potential vulnerability of those products.

By Mathias Thurman | 22 October, 2012 10:12

Tags: security, application security, Access control and authentication, Malware and Vulnerabilities

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