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Chase puts credit card data in the trash"Personal information on 2.6 million past and current Circuit City credit card holders was mistakenly thrown out as trash, a division of J.P. Morgan Chase has said.
Chase Card Services said on Thursday that it mistakenly tossed out computer tapes with the personal information of Circuit City card holders. It said it believes the tapes, inside a locked box, were compacted, destroyed and buried in a landfill." Read more....
Security firm: Samsung site hosts Trojan
"Samsung Electronics' U.S. Web site is hosting a Trojan horse that logs keystrokes, disables antivirus applications and steals online banking access codes, according to Internet security company Websense.
"Currently, there is no exploit code on the Web site that attempts to trigger a download of the file without user interaction," Websense said in an alert this week. "The site is hosting and most likely distributing files to users who are lured through instant messaging or e-mail links."" Read more....
Software vendors add tips to flaws database
"The National Vulnerability Database on Thursday expanded its security information offerings to include comments from software vendors about flaws in their products.
and the public about all known computer vulnerabilities, has added a new twist to its year-old database. Software vendors, which previously were not allowed to post to the site, can now post their comments to the NVD site and distribute information over the NVD real-time feeds." Read more....
Virginia court upholds antispam law
"The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld a state antispam law on Tuesday by affirming the conviction of the first person in the United States to face prison time for spamming.
Jeremy Jaynes was convicted in November 2004 of sending out bulk e-mails with disguised origins and being in possession of a stolen database of more than 84 million AOL subscribers' addresses. He was sentenced to nine years in prison." Read more....
Word flaw hit with zero-day attack
"An "extremely critical flaw" in Microsoft Word 2000 is currently being exploited by malicious attackers, which could lead to remote execution of code on a user's system, security researcher Secunia advised Tuesday.
The vulnerability affects systems running Windows 2000 and occurs when processing malicious Word 2000 documents, according to Secunia's security advisory." Read more....
-Last updated on 09 September 2006 @ 5:54 AM