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Researcher blows $15K by reporting bug to Google

Researcher blows $15K by reporting bug to Google

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 08:58 AM PST


A security researcher lost a sure $15,000 at this week's Pwn2Own hacking contest because he had earlier reported the bug to Google, which has patched the vulnerability in its Android Market.

FTC: ID theft again tops consumer complaints

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 08:02 AM PST


ID theft tops the list of consumer complaints made to the U.S. FTC and its partners in 2010.

European agency warns of botnet dangers

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 06:54 AM PST


The battle against groups of hacked computers known as botnets is suffering from a lack of coordination, resulting in a cybercrime industry worth more than US$10 billion worldwide annually, according to a report from a European Union security agency.

French gov't gives more details of hack: 150 PCs compromised

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 06:50 AM PST


The French National IT Systems Security Agency has released further details of the recent attack on French government computers, saying they were targeted by cyberspies.

Malvertising continues to pound legitimate web sites

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 06:19 AM PST


Malicious attacks from online advertising networks is growing fast, stealthier.

Cyberattack-alert system could be model for U.S.

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 04:44 AM PST


An ambitious project to create a statewide cyber-alert "early warning" system in the state of Washington to link with the federal Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) is starting to take shape and could be a cybersecurity monitoring model for other states.

Corporate data breach average cost hits $7.2 million

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 02:00 AM PST


The cost of a data breach went up to $7.2 million last year up from $6.8 million in 2009 with the average cost per compromised record in 2010 reaching $214, up 5% from 2009.

8 must-have Android security apps

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 02:00 AM PST


While Android is a terrific operating system in many ways, it does pose some real risks for IT departments. Last week's revelation that Google had to remove around 50 malware-infected applications from its Android Market highlighted the downside of the company's "free love" approach to publishing applications where it will let anyone put their app on the market and will only take it down if alerted by a third-party user. The upside of this, of course, is that the market also offers a wide variety of quality security applications that can protect you from malicious apps. Here are eight Android applications that can help IT departments keep a better hold on employees' Android-based devices.

What is privacy, really?

Posted: 08 Mar 2011 02:00 AM PST


Last issue we examined anonymity in the context of identity issue discussions. Over and over again people confuse anonymity with privacy. As we concluded in that discussion, anonymity means that no one knows who performs a certain activity. Privacy is far different.

New firewalls should increase protection

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 11:06 PM PST


This week, my company began deploying new firewalls. The old ones have been in place for more than six years; the new ones will allow us to take advantage of the next generation of features.

Google throws 'kill switch' on Android phones

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 10:43 PM PST


For only the second time, Google has remotely deleted Android apps from users' phones, moving to erase malware-infected applications that users had downloaded from the Android Market.

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