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Its Tax Scam Season

Warn everyone that 'Tax Scam Season' is upon us, and that no one should respond to anything tax-related via email. The IRS does not use email or social media, don't fall for refund offers ...

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The Top 5 Executive Spear-phishing Scams

We recommend you copy and paste this section, and send it to your executive team, with a warning that they might be targeted with spear-phishing attacks. They need to 'Stop, Look, Think' ...

Fake AV Attack Targets Wordpress Users

Websense detected a new wave of mass-injections of a well-known rogue AV campaign. It targets websites that use the open source WordPress website content management system. Websense ...

Cost of penetration testing < cost of security incident :)

The Cost of a Security Incident Is Usually Much Greater Than Preventing It This is a blog post by John Pescatore, July 24, 2009, and still as valid today as it was then. "A few years ago ...

RSA Post-mortem: Massive Human Component To Security

George Hulme wrote on the CSO site: "There was an unusual level of gloom at the RSA Conference this year, and for good reason: a number of the biggest and most respected security firms ...

Message For The Owner: "Your Bank Account Emptied By Cyber Thieves"

Editor's Corner

Facebook Malware Scam Of The Week

Editor's Corner Facebook Malware Scam of the Week A "worrying number" of Facebook users are sharing a link to a malware-laden fake CNN news page reporting the U.S. has attacked Iran and ...

The Security Earthquake That Nobody Felt

Editor's Corner

And The #1 Security Risk for 2012 Is...

Humans are the weakest link that needs to be healed. New laws aimed at improving IT data security are being written by the bushel, loaded with penalties for non-compliance and security ...

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Google, What Happened To "Do No Evil?"


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