| Spot the Tiny Phishing Trick The TinyURL service allows you to enter a long URL, such as one for a particular Google Maps location, and convert it into a short, easy-to-type or e-mail link. Good for sending links - or as Trend Micro reports, for hiding a malicious Web site URL in a phishing e-mail. Identity theft leads to murder Identity theft is getting truly nasty. In this case a woman who was apparently breaking into corporate accounts and stealing identities as well as dollars, was killed by three men who wanted her laptop and likely the cash stream the identity thefts were generating. Bribery case creates possible IT security nightmare in D.C. After being arrested on bribery charges Thursday, the District of Columbia's top information security official is being held without bail, partly because of uncertainty about whether he still has the ability to access the district's IT systems. FBI probe of Kundra’s former D.C. technology office may widen FBI agents have charged two men, one a staffer in the D.C. IT department run by Vivek Kundra, the Obama administration’s CIO, with bribery, fraud, and money laundering. Spammers Kick Job Seekers While They Are Down Heary: Yet another malicious e-mail outbreak is soaring around the Internet. This one is specifically targeting those that are job hunting. Foreign Web attacks change security paradigm Traditional security systems may be ineffective and become obsolete in warding off Web attacks launched by countries, according to Val Smith, founder of Attack Research. New attack trends include blog spam and SQL injections from Russia and China, Smith said during his talk at the Source Boston Security Showcase on Friday. Dangerous Windows Error Message Errors Weadock: Yes, you read that correctly. I’m writing today about Windows error messages that are … erroneous. Actually I’m hoping that you will chime in with your own examples, but to start things off, here’s one I have run into several times in recent weeks. Consultant who exposed flaw on Coleman site fires back A Minneapolis-based IT consultant is defending her decision to post details of a security weakness she found on former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman's campaign Web site in January, a flaw that later resulted in a donor database on the site being compromised. Lawyer indicted in alleged pump-and-dump stock scheme A Texas securities lawyer and former employee of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has been indicted on charges related to a stock pump-and-dump scheme that used spam e-mail to pump up the stock prices of several companies. Business process flaws seen posing security risks Running a secure Web site means more than just guarding against cross-site scripting and SQL injection attacks. Flaws in the business processes that underlie Web sites can also present serious security risks, the CTO of a Web security company said Thursday. Microsoft-led privacy group backs off legislation A Microsoft-led group set up three years ago has backed away from its original goal of pushing for comprehensive U.S. privacy legislation. Security management: 3 key considerations What should you ask when buying security information management software? Enter for a Microsoft training giveaway from New Horizons
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