The FDIC warned this week of new phishing scams targeting the confusion bank customer’s are facing during this unprecedented period of mergers, acquisitions, and failures. UAB’s Spam Data Mine has uncovered a new plot targeting LaSalle Bank customers

Cyber Security Questions Persist at World Bank - Fox Birmingham
Over the past year, as FOX News reported three weeks ago, the bank has suffered a series of Internet attacks that penetrated at least 18 and perhaps as many as 40 of the bank’s data servers. Moreover, spyware was apparently installed on computers

The Secunia Online Software Inspector - CNET News
Secunia’s Online Software Inspector (OSI) is a great free service, one that all Windows users should avail themselves of regularly. OSI is an online scan of a Windows computer (Macs and Linux are not supported) that looks for software with known

Security Flaw Is Revealed in T-Mobile s Google Phone - The Ledger
SAN FRANCISCO Just days after the T-Mobile G1 smartphone went on the market, a group of security researchers have found what they call a serious flaw in the Android software from Google that runs it. One of the researchers, Charles A. Miller

Facebook virus kills user accounts - News.com.au
USERS of the social networking website Facebook are under attack from an virus sweeping through the victim’s account and everyone on their friend’s list. The virus is technically a trojan worm that disguises itself as an email from facebookmail.com

Internet Voting in Florida Raises Security Concerns: Geek the Vote - Popular Mechanics
Beginning this week, Internet voting is getting its first prime-time test, for overseas voters from Okaloosa County, Florida. Our Geek the Vote reporter investigates and finds that experts remain skeptical about the operation, and that we won’t be

Wal-Mart security officer honored by police chief for role in - Seattle Times
A King County District Court judge today ordered that a 35-year-old Everett man, accused of sneaking into a Wallingford home and raping a woman at knifepoint, be held at the King County Jail in lieu of $1 million bail. Court papers released today

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