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200 days to fix a broken Windows
News Security researchers are divided on whether Microsoft's 200-day process for developing its latest critical patch was reasonable or just too slow.
Tags: Network security, Microsoft Windows
Finding a replacement for passwords
Insight Seeking to replace password-based security systems are new verification gadgets that range from tokens to cell-phone-based systems--but cost keeps them from catching on.
Tags: Security
US banks ordered to tell customers about breaches
News If it's "reasonably possible" that customer data will be misused as the result of a breach, a bank must act, four U.S. agencies say.
Tags: Data security
Corporate bank accounts targeted in online fraud
News Small and midsize businesses, governments, and school districts are targets of online bank fraud involving malicious e-mails, key loggers, and money mules, FBI says.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Data security, Business security, Malware, Security, Krebs, bank, Money, Authentication and encryption, Web Browser
How online search traces helped lead to arrest
News Electronic traces ranging from online library searches to credit card records led to charges that a New Mexico man sent 64 threatening letters with a white powder.
Tags: Legal, Web sites, Affidavit, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Yahoo! Inc., FDIC, attorney, Washington Mutual Inc., Internet Search, Computer
Microsoft releases early IE fix
News Microsoft broke its once-a-month schedule on yesterday to fix a critical flaw in Internet Explorer that could allow malicious coders to take control of an unwary user's PC.
Tags: Security, Microsoft Windows
IE security patch nixes some apps
News Some Web developers are complaining that an Internet Explorer patch that's meant to foil Net scams is disabling some applications that didn't put a premium on security.
Tags: Security, Microsoft Windows
Keep your Web applications secure
Techguide When it comes to Web application security, many companies just scan their systems for vulnerabilities and call it a day. But that's a mistake.
Tags: Mobile, Policy and management
