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Article | 4/02/2010 How Wi-Fi attackers are poisoning Web browsers
Public Wi-Fi networks such as those in coffee shops and airports present a bigger security threat than ever to computer users because attackers can in...
Article | 4/12/2009 With new attack released, Adobe to patch next week
Adobe Systems' security response team is scrambling to fix a newly disclosed bug in its Illustrator software, even as it readies another security patc...
Article | 2/11/2009 Former CEO charged with cyber attack on firm
Khalid Shaikh, former CEO of YouSendIt, has been indicted by a grand jury on four counts of mail fraud after allegedly launching four denial-of-servic...
Article | 7/09/2009 Microsoft: Cyber-crooks exploiting unpatched IIS bug
Microsoft says that cyber-criminals are starting to exploit an unpatched bug in its IIS server software that was made public earlier this week.
Article | 19/08/2009 SQL injection attacks led to massive data breaches
This week's disclosure that the huge data thefts at Heartland Payment Systems and other retailers resulted from SQL injection attacks could finally pu...
Article | 17/08/2009 Georgia cyberattacks linked to Russian organized crime
The cyberattacks against Georgia a year ago were conducted in close connection with Russian criminal gangs, and the attackers likely were tipped off a...
Article | 12/08/2009 Attacks on US, Korea Web sites leave a winding trail
The investigation into the attacks against high-profile Web sites in South Korea and the U.S. is a winding, twisty electronic goose chase that may not...
Article | 7/08/2009 Cyber attackers empty business accounts in minutes
The criminals knew what they were doing when they hit the Western Beaver County School District.
Article | 9/07/2009 No sign of North Korean backing in bot attacks on US sites, says researcher
There's nothing in the code of the malware used since Saturday to attack a wide array of U.S. and South Korean government and high-profile Web sites t...
Article | 22/05/2009 DNS attack downs Internet in parts of China
An attack on the servers of a domain registrar in China caused an online video application to cripple Internet access in parts of the country late on ...
Article | 1/05/2009 Panel calls for national dialog on gov't cyberattacks
The U.S. needs to engage in a national dialog about its government's use of cyberattacks against other nations, and the government lacks a comprehensi...

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