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Last Update: Fri Jun 19 15:40:37 2009

+ Web Fraud 2.0: Franchising Cyber Crime + For the most part, cyber gangs that create malicious software and spread spam operate as shadowy, exclusive organizations that toil [...] affiliates were really installing. What we found was the installation program given by InstallsCash to distributors installs

+ Malicious Attacks Most Blamed in '09 Data Breaches + Rogue employees and hackers were the most commonly cited sources of data breaches reported during the first half of 2009, according [...] or published. Please join me today at 11 a.m. ET for Security Fix Live , when Yours Truly endeavors to answer your questions abo

+ iPhone 3.0 Includes 46 Security Updates + Apple on Wednesday released the much anticipated 3.0 update for the iPhone , bundling at least 46 security fixes into a new [...] about you, dear Security Fix readers? Experience any problems applying this update? Leave a note in the comments section below.

+ An Odyssey of Fraud + Andy Kordopatis is the proprietor of Odyssey Bar , a modest watering hole in Pocatello, Idaho, a few blocks away from Idaho [...] cater to criminals who wish to buy large numbers of stolen credit and debit cards. Using such services, the would-be buyers can qui

+ Top Security Minds Urge Google to Encrypt All Services + A who's-who of more than three dozen high-tech and security experts from industry and academia is urging Google to beef up the [...] not affect whether Google Docs or Calendar data is encrypted. In fact, the letter points out, "there is no encryption setting availab

+ Apple Patches Java Flaws, At Last + Apple on Monday shipped updates to plug more than two dozen security holes in its version of Java , including a particularly [...] bundle). Mac users can grab the latest Java version via Software Update or directly from Apple's Software Downloads Web site .

+ Default Passwords Led to $55 Million in Bogus Phone Charges + The U.S. Justice Department today unsealed indictments against three Filipino residents accused of hacking into thousands of [...] difference between what their customers pay and the cost of the hacked PBX routing rate. According to a Google-translated Reuter

+ Spear-Phishing Gang Resurfaces, Nets Big Catch + A prolific phishing gang known for using sophisticated and targeted e-mail attacks to siphon cash from small to mid-sized business [...] used in the most recent spear-phishing attack by Group A is a message alerting the recipient that a wire transfer from their account

+ Adobe Issues Security Updates for Reader, Acrobat + Adobe Systems Inc. on Tuesday released security updates to remedy at least 13 security flaws in its PDF Reader and Acrobat [...] advisory for this rollup.. Adobe said security updates for Adobe Reader on the UNIX platform will be available on June 16, 2009.

+ Microsoft Issues Record Number of Security Updates + Microsoft Corp . issued a record-breaking number of software security updates today, shipping patches that plug at least 31 [...] one of those IIS flaws already is available online. "Anyone running IIS that isn't using the available mitigation steps

+ The Fallout from the 3FN Takedown + The Federal Trade Commission 's unprecedented recent takedown against troubled Web hosting provider 3FN.net has had an immediate [...] an immediate precipitous collapse" in Cutwail spam. "However, as it was only one spambot of many, its collapse is not particularly ap

+ Unshrinking Shortened Web Links + Social networking are contributing to an explosion in the number of services that help people convert long URLs into tiny Web [...] following are the more popular and versatile options, as well as a few approaches that work across multiple services and platforms.

+ T-Mobile Investigating Data Breach Claims + Wireless phone giant T-Mobile said today it is investigating claims that hackers have broken in and stolen customer data and [...] in buying their data - probably because the mails got to the wrong people - so now we are offering them for the highest bidder."

+ FTC Sues, Shuts Down N. Calif. Web Hosting Firm + In an unprecedented move, the Federal Trade Commission has taken legal steps to shut down a Web hosting provider in Northern [...] its services to domestic and overseas criminals by placing ads in the darkest corners of the Internet, including forums set up to faci

+ Microsoft's Fix for the Firefox Add-on Snafu + Last week, I received a tremendous reader response to a post I wrote about a security update from Microsoft that silently [...] instead of manually removing it by editing the Windows registry, you will need to re-enable the add-on before applying this fix.