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InternetNews September 21, 2006 Andy Patrizio	IE Vulnerability Spreads To Email The VML exploit found earlier this week could prove to be a severe problem because it can take initiative without requiring any action on the part of the user. But so far Microsoft does not appear to be a big rush to fix the problem.
InternetNews February 17, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Microsoft Media Player Exploits Released Just days after Microsoft fixed a hole discovered in its Windows Media Player, security firms report exploits are now targeting the vulnerability.
InternetNews April 2, 2007 Michael Hickins	Game On: Microsoft to Issue Emergency Patch Microsoft is issuing the patch in advance of its usual Patch Tuesday schedule to counter role-play game hackers.
InternetNews September 19, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	Latest IE Zero Day Has XML Designs Yet another zero-day exploit takes aim at Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
InternetNews December 29, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	It's That Time: 'Happy New Year' Worms Once again an e-mail worm with the title 'Happy New Year' is making the rounds.
PC World February 21, 2007 Ryan Singel	Zero-Day Malware Attacks You Can't Block No matter how diligently you patch your PC, it may still be vulnerable during the first hours of a previously unseen attack. Here's what you should know about zero-day hazards and the security holes they exploit.
InternetNews July 26, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Exploits Fish For Unpatched PCs Security vendor Symantec alerted customers to two exploits using already-patched vulnerabilities.
InternetNews February 17, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Blaster Type Virus Attack Called 'Imminent' Exploit code for 'critical' Windows ASN.1 flaw could lead to major network disruption. Microsoft Patches 'Critical' ASN.1 Flaw
InternetNews January 28, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Weak Passwords Leave Win MySQL Vulnerable Got a weak-password habit? If you're not running the latest anti-virus scanners along with MySQL, you could have a bot problem.
InternetNews December 29, 2005 Sharon Gaudin	Hackers Exploiting Zero Day Windows Flaw The Zero Day exploit of the Windows Metafile bug has racked up six variants as of Thursday afternoon and has left security analysts wondering what's coming next.
PC Magazine December 14, 2004 Jay Munro	Bots March In These worms could "zombify" your computer, but you can give bots the boot.
InternetNews February 26, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Worms Continue to Wriggle, Wreak Havoc 'Zero-day' exploits and new styles of viruses send security firms scrambling to patch the latest holes in the network.
InternetNews January 3, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	Microsoft Readies WMF Patch The zero-day Windows Metafile exploit is to be patched in the first update of the year.
InternetNews December 28, 2004 Tim Gray	Santy Worm Moves On The Santy.A worm uses search engines to find websites running forum software with an exploitable PHP security hole. Less than a week after Google stopped the worm, variants are reportedly utilizing other search engines.
InternetNews September 20, 2005 Roy Mark	Malicious Code For Profit New trend finds shifts toward attacks seeking confidential information.
InternetNews March 1, 2004 Jim Wagner	New Worms Mean March Madness for IT Pros The latest 'Bagle' worm leaves a bad taste, but it's the return of the Netsky worm that has many security experts worried.
InternetNews February 27, 2004 Jim Wagner	IE Frame Exploit Grabs Keystrokes iDefense warns of an exploit that can grab login and password information from Web surfers.
InternetNews April 15, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	A Jump on Security Advisories (For a Fee) iDefense customers get software security advisories well ahead of the rest of the world.
PC World July 26, 2007 Stuart J. Johnston	Web Attack Kit Makes IE Patches Crucial Thousands of legitimate sites were recently hijacked by online thugs who used MPack, the "latest and greatest tool" for sale by the Russian underworld... Vista E-Mail Problem... Yahoo Messenger Hacks IE... HP Laptop Help Flaw... etc.
PC Magazine August 20, 2008 Matthew D. Sarrel	There's a Bot in Your PC Aiding the rise of blended threats around the world, botnets are digging in and using your network as a base of operations.
Wired November 2006 Scott Berinato	Attack of the Bots The latest threat to the Net: autonomous software programs that combine forces to perpetrate mayhem, fraud, and espionage on a global scale. How one company fought the new Internet mafia - and lost.
InternetNews January 27, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Riding on Open Code, Bagle Worm Returns The worm is flooding inboxes again, with likely two different new variants.
InternetNews September 22, 2006 Andy Patrizio	VML Exploit Growing In Severity The VML exploit is growing quickly and a mass email attack could be just days away, warn security experts who are tracking the problem.
Bank Technology News February 2007 Holly Sraeel	ID Theft Needs Little Fuel to Fan The Flames. Or Does It? With financial crime -- particularly cybercrime -- becoming more sophisticated among for-profit criminals, some industry observers argue that ID fraud is rising, and that many victims are still unaware of it.
Bank Technology News June 2006 Rubina Johannes	The Demographics Of ID Fraud Not every group is victimized, or protected, in the same way or at the same level. Javelin examines how incidents and precautions differ based on age, income and ethnicity.
InternetNews December 23, 2003 Sharon Gaudin	2003 'Worst Year Ever' for Viruses, Worms In no other year have computer viruses and worms wreaked so much havoc and caused so much damage as in this past year, according to security analysts.
InternetNews July 14, 2005 Tim Gray	VeriSign Makes $40M Move on Defense The firm adds to its security services division with iDefense buy.
InternetNews January 10, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Critical Patches Follow Windows WMF Trouble Microsoft issues two critical patches as part of January's monthly patch cycle, with similar warnings to the Windows Metafile image processor exploit.
InternetNews April 5, 2006 David Miller	Spyware For The Masses Stealing personal information on the Internet is becoming easier, thanks to do-it-yourself kits and tutorials.
InternetNews August 4, 2009	Businesses Not Immune to Botnets, Report Warns A new report delivers best practices on dealing with this spam vector.
Wired August 23, 2007 John Robb	When Bots Attack If you want to bring down a country's information infrastructure and you don't want anyone to know who did it, the weapon of choice is a distributed denial of service attack.
InternetNews December 21, 2004 Tim Gray	Holiday Worm Putting Grinch in Season Santy.A might sound like some kind of holiday cheer but as thousands of Web site operators are quickly finding out, the nasty little worm is only spreading fear.
Bank Systems & Technology May 24, 2007 Nancy Feig	International Fraud Could Be Slowed By Data Sharing, Study Shows First Data study reveals that data sharing could be the key to stopping cross-border bank fraud.
Bank Systems & Technology February 10, 2010 Penny Crosman	ID Fraud Grew 12% in 2009, But Wells Fargo's Fraud Losses Are Down Javelin Research's latest fraud survey finds identity fraud continues to rise, but losses are down at some banks due to fraud detection technology improvements.
InternetNews September 26, 2006 Ed Sutherland	VML Exploit Subsiding, Questions Remain Microsoft said it is "working non-stop" to develop a fix for a fresh round of attacks exploiting a flaw in the VML portion of Internet Explorer.
InternetNews March 1, 2005 Jim Wagner	Fresh Bagle Attacks Under Way A wave of Bagle variants is slipping past anti-virus software and into computers.
InternetNews January 7, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Blaster Worm Still Active; Removal Tool Released Tardy home users with unpatched systems are the main culprits.
InternetNews January 4, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	CERT's Best-Worst Vulns of 2005 Though there were more reported vulnerabilities, Linux is still seen as likely more secure than Windows.
InternetNews February 23, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	Apple's Safari Still a Sitting Duck? US-CERT issues an alert for MAC OS X, as zero-day exploit stays open. Switching browsers is the current remedy.
PC World August 2006 Andrew Brandt	The 10 Biggest Security Risks You Don't Know About Hackers, scammers, and identity thieves are constantly coming up with new ways to attack your PC and your privacy. Here are the newest perils and how to foil them.
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Bank Systems & Technology August 2, 2005 Phil Britt	Fighting the New Face of Fraud Technology plays a critical role in banking fraud, both in creating new opportunities for fraud and offering new methods to defend against it. Financial services institutions must take a holistic approach to combating fraud.
PC Magazine September 13, 2004	AIM beta Fixes Security Hole America Online has released a beta version of AOL Instant Messenger that fixes a critical security hole that could open users to remote attack.
InternetNews January 5, 2006 Jim Wagner	Microsoft Patches WMF Flaw Early Facing customer complaints, and users going to unofficial patches for the answer, Microsoft fixes a critical flaw five days early.
PC World February 2006 Stuart J. Johnson	Internet Explorer Holes Threaten Your PC Computer Terrorism checks your PC's vulnerability... Poisoned images, skins, and other graphics files could lead to system breaches... Nikon recalls batteries for its D50, D70, & D100 digital SLR cameras... Update for Macromedia Flash Player... RealPlayer update...
InternetNews October 26, 2007 Andy Patrizio	Hacker Criminals Find An Exploit In a Fix Adobe issues a fix to an exploit that could allow a rootkit to be installed on unsuspecting computers. The bad guys craft an exploit off that fix within a day.
InternetNews January 9, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Fake Microsoft Service Pack is Xombe Trojan Another day, another virus. Unsuspecting Internet users were greeted Friday with an e-mail message purportedly from [email protected] to update their computers. Problem is, the message isn't from Microsoft and the patch is actually a back door Trojan.
Bank Systems & Technology August 2, 2005 Phil Britt	Keeping Up With Fraudsters As fraud schemes become more sophisticated, banks need to examine a wider array of data to identify fraud trends. That means investing in more sophisticated technology systems, adding personnel and employing additional fraud-fighting processes.